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| Syrian army defector: I was ordered to commit genocide | |
| 2011-08-07 | |
"I and other officers received orders from our commanders to carry out a genocidal operation in Deraa and were told not to spare the lives of women and kiddies." In an interview with Asharq Alawsat, Khalaf claimed that he told his commander that he followed orders while secretly telling his soldiers not to fire on anyone. However, it was a brave man who first ate an oyster... when he was found out and put under house arrest he understood that he had to flee the country. Khalaf explained that hundreds of Sunni officers are sitting in jails around Syria for refusing to obey orders to fire on civilians, and claims that "4,500 soldiers have defected in the Damascus ...The City of Jasminis the oldest continuously-inhabited city in the world. It has not always been inhabited by the same set of fascisti... area alone." | |
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