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Syrian secret police defect
(Reuters) - At least a dozen Syrian secret police have defected from an intelligence compound, activists said, in what appeared to be the first major desertion from a service that has acted as a pillar of President Bashar al-Assad's rule.A gunfight broke out overnight on Saturday after the defectors fled the Airforce Intelligence complex in the centre of Idlib city, 280 km northwest of Damascus. Ten people on both sides were killed or wounded, the activists said on Sunday. Time to make bets on how long pencilneck will last. I say 2 months or less. But think it is likely Syria gets broken up into multiple states. Posted by: phil_b 2011-12-05 |
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