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2012-07-18 Syria-Lebanon-Iran
18th Syrian General Defects to Turkey
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Posted by Fred 2012-07-18 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [166 views ]  Top
 File under: Govt of Syria 

#1 syria has about a dozen divisions which probably have about 2 generals each (only 2 or 3 divisions are doing most of the fighting); they probably also have about a dozen staff generals and a similar number of air force generals but even with this, 18 generals is a pretty substantial percentage of the total.
Posted by lord garth 2012-07-18 00:18||   2012-07-18 00:18|| Front Page Top

#2 I was surprised they had that many to start with! Are we sure some have not defected twice? [do I need the /sarc tag?]
Posted by Bobby 2012-07-18 06:05||   2012-07-18 06:05|| Front Page Top

#3 I see our Al Qaeda allies have now killed the Christian defence minister by suicide bombing.

Allahu Al Akbar
Posted by Glereck Lover of the Hatfields2641 2012-07-18 07:16||   2012-07-18 07:16|| Front Page Top

#4 "Now tanks are storming into al-Qaboun [district], shelling everything, shelling residential houses, shooting every moving thing and they are trying to arrest people and kill."
Posted by newc 2012-07-18 08:03||   2012-07-18 08:03|| Front Page Top

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