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2011-04-28 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

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Posted by Fred 2011-04-28 00:00|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top
File under: Govt of Syria

#1 See also PEOPLE'S DAILY FORUM > BAATHISTS QUIT GOVT. OVER SYRIA'S DERAA CRACKDOWN.

I would to say Milyuhns-N-Zilyuhns of Baathists, but actually 'tis only a couple hundred-plus.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2011-04-28 01:23|| 2011-04-28 01:23|| Front Page Top

#2 If MOSSAD has ever done anything, I hope they are up to their eyebrows in Syria. It would easily be worth $10b to Israel to get rid of pencil neck, after making very sure that the Sunnis knew that those were Iranian officers directing the Syrian army to hose civilians.

Getting rid of Assad, with Syria hostile to Iran, would totally muck up Hezbollah, likely Hamas, and would screw up Iran's schemes for a decade or two.

Such an opportunity.

Posted by Anonymoose 2011-04-28 10:55|| 2011-04-28 10:55|| Front Page Top

#3 Even if the Assad/Military regime survives, they will be weakened for years to come.

Not least beause they will have to purge the Armed Forces of anyone of dubious loyalty, which means everyone who isn't an Alawite.

Posted by phil_b 2011-04-28 21:28|| 2011-04-28 21:28|| Front Page Top

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