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Syrian troops storm town near Turkish border
Yahoo/AP ^
Posted on 08/11/2011 5:25:34 AM PDT by nuconvert
BEIRUT (AP) — The Syrian army stormed a northwestern town near Turkey's border on Thursday, a day after authorities declared the military pulled out of the region, activists said.
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: assad; syria; syrianprotests
and the band played on.....
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posted on
08/11/2011 5:25:41 AM PDT
by
nuconvert
To: nuconvert
What is the ethnic make-up of this area? Kurdish by any chance?
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posted on
08/11/2011 5:42:55 AM PDT
by
TigerLikesRooster
(The way to crush the bourgeois is to grind them between the millstones of taxation and inflation)
To: TigerLikesRooster
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posted on
08/11/2011 5:57:04 AM PDT
by
nuconvert
( Khomeini promised change too // Hail, Chairman O)
To: nuconvert
Over 1,700 killed and counting.
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posted on
08/11/2011 6:35:30 AM PDT
by
Gabrial
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posted on
08/11/2011 6:47:07 AM PDT
by
DJ MacWoW
(America! The wolves are here! What will you do?)
To: Gabrial
Actually, most reports are it’s over 2,000
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posted on
08/11/2011 6:47:52 AM PDT
by
nuconvert
( Khomeini promised change too // Hail, Chairman O)
To: nuconvert
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posted on
08/11/2011 7:55:25 AM PDT
by
bayouranger
(The 1st victim of islam is the person who practices the lie.)
To: nuconvert
“Actually, most reports are it’s over 2,000”
Just Dang. If these are reported numbers, who knows what the actual death toll is?
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posted on
08/11/2011 9:24:00 AM PDT
by
Gabrial
(The Whitehouse Nightmare will continue as long as the Nightmare is in the Whitehouse)
To: TigerLikesRooster
Likely, considering its location.
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posted on
08/11/2011 11:00:16 AM PDT
by
ohioWfan
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