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2012-02-04 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

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Posted by tipper 2012-02-04 12:45|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 It's an interesting report. Big grain of salt, of course.

But would we really be surprised if the Muslim Brotherhood, with the House of Saud in the background, saw an opportunity to take down Pencilneck and decided to act on it? There's been bad blood between the Saudis and the Alawites for decades. The Alawites persecute the Sunnis in Syria, and one can count on the Muslim Brotherhood to stand up for the latter.

So Pepe may have a point: the trouble in Syria may not be a democratic uprising against the Assad and the Ba'ath Party but rather a tribal affair with the overriding narrative of "We're more Islamic than you!"

Posted by Steve White 2012-02-04 13:59|| 2012-02-04 13:59|| Front Page Top

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