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Report: Russia's military intelligence chief killed in secret operation in Lebanon
The Jerusalem Pist ^ | March 3, 2016 | MAAYAN GROISMAN

Posted on 03/06/2016 6:30:17 PM PST by Sawdring

The Head of Russia's military intelligence service, Colonel-General Igor Sergun, was killed in January during a secret mission in the Lebanon's capital, Beirut, the Lebanese daily newspaper al-Akhbar reported Thursday.

The Kremlin announced the death of Sergun on January 4, saying that he died in Moscow after a heart attack. The military intelligence chief played a key role in the Russian seizure of Crimea in March 2014, and reportedly died three weeks after he was sent to Syria by Russian President Vladimir Putin to demand Syrian President Bashar Assad step aside.

(Excerpt) Read more at m.jpost.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Russia
KEYWORDS: lebanon; russia; turkey
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1 posted on 03/06/2016 6:30:17 PM PST by Sawdring
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To: Sawdring

Russians always get revenge


2 posted on 03/06/2016 6:33:07 PM PST by 2banana (My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
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To: Sawdring

Interesting ...bet I know what nation states were behind this ..


3 posted on 03/06/2016 6:33:57 PM PST by Neu Pragmatist (All Trump detractors, who should we vote for and why ? State your case or quit bashing Trump)
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To: Sawdring

Ignore the secrets and nuke islam.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npUacQgC3Xw


4 posted on 03/06/2016 6:34:22 PM PST by soycd
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To: Sawdring

Let me guess. He had a heart attack.


5 posted on 03/06/2016 6:34:36 PM PST by lodi90 (Clear choice for Conservatives now: TRUMP or lose)
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To: Sawdring

God bless him and his family. He was fighting the Godless.


6 posted on 03/06/2016 6:34:45 PM PST by WENDLE (Trump is not bought . He is no puppet.)
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To: Sawdring

Doesn’t make sense. Putin supports Assad.


7 posted on 03/06/2016 6:36:15 PM PST by anton
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To: Sawdring

Memory eternal.


8 posted on 03/06/2016 6:38:25 PM PST by MarMema (2016 - Trump or Goldman Sachs)
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To: anton

My thoughts too.


9 posted on 03/06/2016 6:39:08 PM PST by Inyo-Mono
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To: Sawdring

I don’t know...is Jerusalem really “Pist” about this? (check the FR article header information)


10 posted on 03/06/2016 6:40:02 PM PST by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: anton

Yes Putin supports Assad. Beirut is in Lebanon. And the USA assassinates people with a substance that kills by heart attacks.

Now do you understand?


11 posted on 03/06/2016 6:41:18 PM PST by SatinDoll (A NATURAL BORN CITIZEN IS BORN IN THE USA OF TWO USA CITIZENS)
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To: grey_whiskers

Lol, fat fingers on the tablet tonight!


12 posted on 03/06/2016 6:41:37 PM PST by Sawdring
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To: Sawdring

keep an eye on the middle east....it is getting way too interesting


13 posted on 03/06/2016 6:42:46 PM PST by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: Sawdring

Beirut must be just an ant nest of the world’s clandestine services. It could be hard to point a finger at any one of them.


14 posted on 03/06/2016 6:42:50 PM PST by VanShuyten ("a shadow...draped nobly in the folds of a gorgeous eloquence.")
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To: anton

Me three? Assad has looked to a Russian savior. This doesn’t make sense.


15 posted on 03/06/2016 6:47:17 PM PST by JimSEA
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To: Sawdring
he was sent to Syria by Russian President Vladimir Putin to demand Syrian President Bashar Assad step aside.

Makes me doubt the entire story.

16 posted on 03/06/2016 6:47:46 PM PST by PAR35
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To: Sawdring
JPost is deteriorating lately.

The story about Sergun's being killed in Lebanon is not new, it originated at Stratfor who cited an anonymous ISIS source on January 6th, and was rebutted by the Russians on Jan 8th. It took two months of recycling through arab media for JPost to catch it.

Yes, the cause of general's death was reported as a heart attack, seemingly linked to the New Year celebrations.

17 posted on 03/06/2016 6:53:52 PM PST by mvonfr
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To: PAR35
There seems to be a problem with this particular reporter at JPost. A quick check resulted in two more fake stories, one about a Turkey invasion of Syria and one about DOZENS of Russian Generals killed in Syria.
18 posted on 03/06/2016 7:03:37 PM PST by mvonfr
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To: lodi90

He got breitbart disease


19 posted on 03/06/2016 7:05:57 PM PST by FlyingEagle
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To: mvonfr

Good catch, thanks for the input.


20 posted on 03/06/2016 7:06:57 PM PST by Sawdring
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