Ford rarely visits Syria now. But he was there just a few days ago to meet with the rebel leadership and to deliver some 'food'.
Ambassador Robert Ford, the State Department's point man on Syrian policy, crossed into northern Syria on Wednesday. The secret visit was confirmed by Syrian activists at the media office at the Bab al-Salama crossing on the Turkish frontier.
Ford met with the head of the Aleppo military council, Abdul Jabbar Okaidi, who thanked him for the shipment of nonlethal aid. Seven trucks transported some 65,000 MREs, or meals ready to eat, the U.S. military's battlefield rations. Syrian activists posted a video of the aid delivery.
[source : Top U.S. Official Meets With Rebels Inside Syria, WBUR, http://www.wbur.org/npr/182665171/top-u-s-official-meets-with-rebels-inside-syria, 9th May 2013]
Yesterday two car bombs killed over 40 people in Reyhanli on the Syria-Turkey border.
REYHANLI IS JUST 20 MILES FROM ALEPPO! The same area that Ford visited!
Coincidence?
The Turkish Foreign Minister Davotoglu is reported as saying the timing of the bombings is "not coincidence", referring to talks with the Kurds. Other members of the Turkish government accuse Syria.
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