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Syrian deaths soar as tanks, snipers, commandos mow down civilians
Debkafile ^
| 4/25/11
Posted on 04/25/2011 9:39:19 AM PDT by Dave346
Bashar Assad has launched all-out war on his people. Tanks firing artillery, APCs, infantry units, commandoes and snipers were deployed for the first time at daybreak Monday, April 25 in cities across Syria for the most brutal assault on any Arab anti-government protest in the four-month uprising. In the first few hours, hundreds are estimated to have been massacred (over and above the 350 shot dead in the last three days) and thousands injured. Denied medical attention, they are left in the streets to die. The military offensive to break the back of the uprising is led by his younger brother Maher Assad at the head of the Republican Guard and the 4th Division which is made up mostly of the Assad's Alawite clan.
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: basharassad; bhomiddleeast; goodshow; islam; rage; syria; win
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Stay tuned, looks like the Assad regime is playing its final cards in bid for survival...
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posted on
04/25/2011 9:39:25 AM PDT
by
Dave346
To: Dave346
Well, Assad better send Bam a nice campaign donation if he knows whats good for him...
To: Dave346
Have they killed more than obummer and Hillary have in Libya, I’m sure obummer and Hillary are working on a catch up killing spree.
To: Dave346
Where’s big bad Obama......yep nit-pickin’ on poor old Gadafi.
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posted on
04/25/2011 9:43:20 AM PDT
by
kenmcg
(pROBLEM)
To: Dave346
Golly gee Wally, It sounds like Syria is doing the same thing that Gadahffi guy over in Libya is accused of doing...
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posted on
04/25/2011 9:43:21 AM PDT
by
Rebelbase
To: Dave346
Any better source?
Debka’s been on my B.S. list for several years now.
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posted on
04/25/2011 9:46:11 AM PDT
by
toast
To: org.whodat
Oh, but Hillary has stated that “Assad is a reformer” and we are told that he “protects Christians in Syria”. He is a puppet of Iran and let’s not forget it! He is cruel and brutal. Nothing to see, folks - let’s move on.
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posted on
04/25/2011 9:46:20 AM PDT
by
juliej
To: Dave346
When does that start in the United States?..
Answer: After the 2012 elections.. if the TpCaucus don't make a clean sweep..
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posted on
04/25/2011 9:47:46 AM PDT
by
hosepipe
(This propaganda has been edited to include some fully orbed hyperbole...)
To: org.whodat
If it weren’t for my deep abiding hatred for all things Assad I’d say who gives a crap....
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posted on
04/25/2011 9:49:21 AM PDT
by
Lurker
(The avalanche has begun. The pebbles no longer have a vote.)
To: Dave346
For Assad..., deploying the entire army is a wild gamble because more than 75 percent of Syria's 220,000-strong rank and file are Sunni Muslims, Kurds and Druzes.... ..... and therefore drawn from ethnic and religious groups long repressed by the Alawite-dominated regime. Uniformed troops might well flout orders to shoot live rounds into crowds of protesters who are members of their community or even family. It would start the break-up of the Syrian army amid large-scale defections of officers and men. Looks like this is as tribal as others....everyone jumps into the bandwagon and sides are chosen.
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posted on
04/25/2011 9:52:51 AM PDT
by
caww
To: hosepipe
When does that start in the United States?.. Answer: After the 2012 elections.. if the TpCaucus don't make a clean sweep.. Do you think Obama would open fire on our people as these nations have done?
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posted on
04/25/2011 9:55:48 AM PDT
by
caww
To: Lurker
That is the problem, all the assets getting thrown away and the insanity of killing people that harmed no one in Libya, when this country and Iran should be getting attacked. But Iran's oil is not sweet light crude close to France.
To: Dave346
"Tanks firing artillery" Noting the depth of stupidity in reporting. Tanks have rounds, munitions, warheads, etc. But they do not fire "atillery". Artillery fires artillery rounds.
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posted on
04/25/2011 9:59:58 AM PDT
by
Uncle Miltie
(0bamanomics: Trickle Up Poverty.)
To: Dave346
Not the first time the Syrian regime got a bit heavy handed:
Hama Massacre.
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posted on
04/25/2011 10:01:23 AM PDT
by
PapaBear3625
("It is only when we've lost everything, that we are free to do anything" -- Fight Club)
To: Uncle Miltie
The Correct spelling is: commandos
Common misspellings of the word commandos are:
comandos
commandoes
Did Dan Quayle join the headline writing staff?
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posted on
04/25/2011 10:02:20 AM PDT
by
Uncle Miltie
(0bamanomics: Trickle Up Poverty.)
To: Michael Barnes
“Well, Assad better send Bam a nice campaign donation if he knows whats good for him...”
He likely thinks the amounts he gave during the last election will be enough.
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posted on
04/25/2011 10:03:19 AM PDT
by
Gabrial
(The Whitehouse Nightmare will continue as long as the Nightmare is in the Whitehouse)
To: caww
“Do you think Obama would open fire on our people as these nations have done? “
I believe it depends on which ‘our people’ are protesting.
If it’s Holder’s people, then no way does the Obama government open fire.
If it’s the Tea Party, the all bets are off.
To: Dave346
.....and Hillary said Assad was a reformer. Yep, according to Hillary Assad is a good guy.
To: Parley Baer
He probably still is better than the alternative.
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posted on
04/25/2011 10:07:16 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: Uncle Miltie
Guy tried to convince me that a mortar round was a cluster bomb.
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