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Bodyguard to Assad’s wife killed by anti-regime Alawites, Syrian media and attackers say
Albawaba ^ | June 6, 2016 | Non-attributed

Posted on 06/06/2016 10:32:46 AM PDT by BeadCounter

Multiple Syrian and other media outlets are reporting that Alaa Makhlouf-the personal bodyguard to Syrian first lady Asma al-Assad-was killed via a car bomb on Saturday, June 4th by members of the Free Alawite Movement. Syria Mubasher and Baladi appear to have been the first outlets to break the story, citing regime sources and the Free Alawite Movement’s Facebook page respectively.

“We’ve killed Alaa Makhlouf, bodyguard to the wife of Bashar the beast,” the group declared coldly on Facebook after the attack. The attack took place in central Damascus. Rumors of a possible assassination against Makhlouf had been circulating for three months, Baladi claims.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Russia; Syria
KEYWORDS: alaamakhlouf; albawaba; alqardaheh; asmaalassad; assadthemurderer; assassinationplots; baladi; facebook; freealawitemovement; iran; iraq; jordan; kurdistan; lattakia; lebanon; marjmoirban; putingaveiranthebomb; russia; syria; syriamubasher
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1 posted on 06/06/2016 10:32:46 AM PDT by BeadCounter
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...
Thanks BeadCounter.

2 posted on 06/06/2016 11:05:50 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (I'll tell you what's wrong with society -- no one drinks from the skulls of their enemies anymore.)
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To: SunkenCiv

One down, thousands to go...


3 posted on 06/06/2016 11:17:17 AM PDT by gigster (Cogito, Ergo, Ronaldus Magnus Conservatus)
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To: BeadCounter

Could someone explain this to my ignorant self? I thought he was an Alawite, and his support came from them.


4 posted on 06/06/2016 2:03:15 PM PDT by OldNewYork (Operation Wetback II, now with computers)
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