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    The killing Syrian defence military personnel is a serious escalation. But another point to note is that this could not have happened without insider help. An authoritarian regime like Assad's would be very conscious about security so this would indicate that the rebels/CIA/Turkey/GCC e.t.c...
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    Well the Syrian crisis does sound very much like a newer version of Operation AJAX which led to the CIA supported coup in Iran in 1953. The plan comprised propaganda, demonstrations, and bribery, and "false flag" operations, dissident military leaders, and paid protestors agains the...
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    Looks like latin America is moving towards the anti-Us bloc
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    @pmaitra Agree with most of what you said but just want to make the following two points (1) Assad can't seriously be taken as the elected representative of the syrian people. He is as elected as Mubarak in Egypt or Gaddafi in Libya was. But ofcourse that doesn't mean there is no support to...
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    @pmaitra The Houla massacre is one incident. And you are quite right that rebels could have been involved in some of the killings. But Assad forces have also unwittingly gotten involved in waging a war on its own people. The overall issue is that there is pretty much a civil war like situation...
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    ^^^^ He is a Christian orthodox of lebanese origin.Fawaz Gerges - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia I think the amount of support that is coming via Iran, Russia is in no war comparable from whatever little support if it is coming from Turkey/GCC states. I think its more likely that they want...
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    Fawaz Gerges, one of the best experts on the ME IMO on the Syrian crisis
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    Russia and NATO are playing their proxy wars in Syria and its the poor Syrian people who will get crushed in the middle. Seems like a repeat of Afghanistan here given that a full scale invasion by NATO now seems to be an impossibility. This is going to be a multiyear long conflict like the...
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    What Russia Gave Syria, a list of weapons being provided to keep Assad in power. What Russia Gave Syria - By David Kenner | Foreign Policy
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    Turkey brings in NATO. And NATO are only willing to oblige After plane shot, Turkey calls NATO meeting on Syria - Indian Express NATO ambassadors will meet this week to discuss whether and how to respond to Syria's downing of a Turkish jet in what Turkey insists was international airspace. The...
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    Re: Syria: Russia to send marines to naval base Just for reference this was in May. I am sure the Russians didn't miss the hint that lion refers to the name Assad - the president of Syria. US, 18 other nations, wrap up Eager Lion military exercise in Jordan - CSMonitor.com
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    Re: Syria: Russia to send marines to naval base This is getting serious now as Russia in no way wants a repeat of Libya. There are also rumours of a Russia, China, Iran, Syria military exercise in the offing. Keep in mind that this is just after the US led Jordanian exercise where the GCC and...
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    Clinton, Turkey See NATO Role in Pressuring Syria's Assad Regime Not sure if NATO countries have the finances to get involved in another land war but a creative way to do so in Syria is certainly being built up. Clinton Sees NATO Role in Pressuring Syria's Assad Regime - Businessweek U.S...
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    Zawahiri posting a youtube message opposing Assad is nothing new. OBL and Zawahiri have been spewing venom against tin pot dictators across the Middle East including rulers of GCC countries like Saudi Arabia for the past 2-3 decades now. But when the Hosni Mubarak was ousted, it wasn't on the...
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    GCC ministers to pressure Russia on Syria .:Middle East Online::GCC ministers to pressure Russia on Syria :. Gulf foreign ministers will meet their Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov in the Saudi capital next week to discuss developments in Syria, Kuwait's foreign minister said on Thursday...
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    How Syria Is Splitting Russia and China From the Developing World How Syria Is Splitting Russia and China From the Developing World - Ted Piccone & Emily Alinikoff - International - The Atlantic The Security Council's recent failure to condemn Bashar al-Assad's brutal crackdown in Syria...
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