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Assad bumps off an Alawite General
It is in that context that the death of the man who was an Assad intimate and his Defense Minister [former Lt General], Ali Habib, is so striking other reports were that he is not dead but in confinement There were reports that he had objected to the use of the military in Hama. And according to news reports, after being fired Monday Habib was found dead in his home Tuesday. The official news agency noted that he had been suffering from a deterioration in his health. As we are talking about Assad's Syria, that deterioration may have been very rapid indeed: it may have occurred immediately after he was shot. Posted by: Lord Garth 2011-08-10 |
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