Syria not using gunboats on Latakia - US confirms http://pennyforyourthoughts2.blogspot.com/2011/08/syria-notusing-gunboats-on-latakia.html

Chuckyman and I were discussing the allegations made by the peaceful activists regarding the Port city of Latakia/Syria. As mentioned in the comments section here, there are mixed messages with regard to this news.Were gun boats being used? Were they not? Chuckyman left this link. Syria has denied the usage of gunboats. At this time, I am in the camp that gunboats are not being used.

Interestingly in the third paragraph the State department "able to confirm there is armor in the city" of Latakia? How are they able to do so? Are they sitting in a ship somewhere in the Mediterranean? Are they flying over? How are they confirming armor in the city? If they can confirm armor in the city but cannot confirm gunboats it means there are no gunboats!