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BREAKING: Assad Shot By Bodyguard – Hospitalized in Damascus
Gateway Pundit ^ | 3/24/13 | Jim Holt

Posted on 03/24/2013 11:00:51 AM PDT by turbocat

According to Arab media reports that have been verified – officials assassinated by his bodyguard of Syrian President life Heavy security around the hospital a – my mother in Damascus and in-hospital–


TOPICS: Breaking News; Israel; Russia; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: arabworld; assad; assaddead; assaddeadrumor; assassinationplot; bhomiddleeast; israel; russia; syria; waronterror
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To: Kenny Bunk

The House of Saud pretends to be our friends, and takes our goodwill and funnels it to fund Wahabbism. They keep their friends close, and their enemies even closer.


121 posted on 03/24/2013 12:31:27 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: turbocat

Saw this on FB but didn’t think it was true.


122 posted on 03/24/2013 12:33:58 PM PDT by ilovesarah2012
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To: ilovesarah2012

Where on FB?


123 posted on 03/24/2013 12:35:41 PM PDT by Former Fetus (Saved by grace through faith)
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To: Revolting cat!

Lol


124 posted on 03/24/2013 12:37:28 PM PDT by Sawdring
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To: Former Fetus

Don’t remember. Was just scrolling down and saw someone had posted it. I went to FR and Fox and didn’t see anything so I figured it was just a rumor. Checked ABC, too, and didn’t see anything. I was at work so didn’t think much about it as I was busy. Home now and very curious about what the truth is and how long it will take to find out.


125 posted on 03/24/2013 12:41:55 PM PDT by ilovesarah2012
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To: ilovesarah2012
Finding the truth on this one might be one of those long hauls. Having no success.
126 posted on 03/24/2013 12:45:28 PM PDT by no-to-illegals (Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
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To: no-to-illegals

Israel’s News1 is reporting now that Assad was shot by a bodyguard.


127 posted on 03/24/2013 12:48:32 PM PDT by Former Fetus (Saved by grace through faith)
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To: turbocat

As gun guru Jeff Cooper commented upon completing the training of a Middle Eastern leader’s team of bodyguards (paraphrased): “I know they are well trained and capable, but how well do you know them?”


128 posted on 03/24/2013 12:49:54 PM PDT by ctdonath2 (3% of the population perpetrates >50% of homicides...but gun control advocates blame metal boxes.)
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To: Former Fetus

Have a link? Found one from Israel earlier saying basically the same but had it unverified.


129 posted on 03/24/2013 12:50:56 PM PDT by no-to-illegals (Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
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To: Former Fetus

Israel’s News1 is reporting now that Assad was shot by a bodyguard.


World ‘leaders’ need time to get on the same page before news
like this is allowed out. Plus they have to think about their own bodyguards for a few minutes.


130 posted on 03/24/2013 12:52:28 PM PDT by txhurl
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To: turbocat

Any Democrat could have told Assad that he’s didn’t need security in the first place - he could have just written some gun control laws... works every time. /s


131 posted on 03/24/2013 12:55:36 PM PDT by GOPJ (DHS HAS secured: 1.6 BILLION bullets - 2.700 tanks and 35,000 drones ...to use on American soil...)
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To: no-to-illegals

Update: According to Arab media www.eltira.org, Bashar al-Assad has been seriously wounded by gunfire last night Saturday, March 23 by his Iranian bodyguard but is not dead. He is currently hospitalized, between life and death, in Shami Hospital in Damascus. Surrounding streets have been closed.

Proprietary information (in France): According to reports in the Arab press (and then republished in the Israeli press), journalists say they have “verified” the Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad was killed this morning by one of his bodyguards. A security detail has been set up at the hospital in Damascus.

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The assassin of Boucher Damascus is his Iranian bodyguard, a military officer named Mehdi Jakoby. He was in charge of presidential security and was provided by allies in Tehran.

According to various sources, there are reports of heavy fighting in any armed Damascus. The roads leading to the hospital have been closed.

Google translation of the French article with editing by me.


132 posted on 03/24/2013 12:56:21 PM PDT by yldstrk (My heroes have always been cowboys)
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To: turbocat

Nothing yet on CNN, BBC or Al Jazeera.

????


133 posted on 03/24/2013 12:56:34 PM PDT by BwanaNdege ("To learn who rules over you simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize"- Voltaire)
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To: txhurl

I was thinking along the same lines — OR maybe they have some other news for tonight they WANT us to hear — like the Cyprus Miracle for markets opening soon, or that Duke lost NCAA (or have they already).


134 posted on 03/24/2013 12:57:37 PM PDT by bunster
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To: dfwgator
Gator, some members of the House of Saud ARE our pals. Others as you note, are not. However, they all do work together in some fashion unknowable by a guy from a small town in Maine.

There are some 3,000 "Princes of the Blood" who are the top dogs in the KSA. Each has a business advisor, usually, would you believe, an Iranian. The KSA is run like Tony Soprano runs Northern New Jersey. Every Prince has a piece of the action, a crew, and a territory. There's a Taco-Bell Prince, a McDonald's Prince, a KFC Prince, a Ford Prince, a Mercedes Prince. One hotshot Prince runs the Navy. Another the AF, Another the Army, another the National Guard, another the Religious Police, Another the Intelligence Service, the Phoneco, yadda yadda yadda. ... none of whom are on the same page, but somewhat coordinated. Underneath the Princes of the Blood is another club of minor princes, dividing up whatever loot is left over.

So on any given day, the "government" of the KSA can support terrorists and claim to be waging all-out war against them. Both cases are 100% true. One Prince gives millions to bloodthirsty Imams. Another Prince gives millions to a hospital. Arabs don't think they lie, the guy talking just tells you some of what he thinks you might need to know about what HE might be doing, at the moment.

In my dealings in the KSA, where I worked for a long while, my model was "Colombo," "Just one more question, Mam." And Eliot Ness. Checkers doesn't work when the worthy oriental gentlemen are playing high level chess! Also, once you realize that nothing is going to happen until ALL the relevant princes are happy, it's interesting.

135 posted on 03/24/2013 12:59:42 PM PDT by Kenny Bunk (The Obama Molecule: Teflon binds with Melanin = No Criminal Charges Stick)
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To: Kenny Bunk

Robert's Rules of Order do not apply to relations between the various incredibly inbred tribal sects of camel-and-goat-schtuppers that populate the Middle East.

136 posted on 03/24/2013 1:00:14 PM PDT by Old Sarge (We are officially over the precipice, we just havent struck the ground yet...)
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To: Enterprise

The salmon mousse!


137 posted on 03/24/2013 1:00:15 PM PDT by rfp1234 (Arguing with a liberal is like playing chess with a pigeon.)
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To: no-to-illegals
Arab Report: Assad's assassination. The translation by Google is very bad, but it does say VERIFIED... whatever that means in the ME!
138 posted on 03/24/2013 1:01:51 PM PDT by Former Fetus (Saved by grace through faith)
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To: no-to-illegals

Me neither. Nothing on Fox or CNN.


139 posted on 03/24/2013 1:04:13 PM PDT by ilovesarah2012
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To: Former Fetus
New York Daily News, unconfirmed
140 posted on 03/24/2013 1:05:31 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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