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| Syria: 20 Hezbollah Fighters Killed In Qusair | |
| 2013-05-20 | |
| [Ynet] Al-Arabiya TV reported that 20 bodies of Hezbollah fighters have been moved from the scene of battles in the Syrian town of Qusair to a hospital in Beirut. In addition, 62 maimed were taken to hospitals across Leb. On Sunday, Syrian army soldiers aided by Hezbollah combatants launched an assault on the rebel-held town near the Lebanese border.
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| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #7 I read on these pages.... a damn long time ago, these words of wisdom from someone. A Man, a man, Must plan and plan for his Clan. The basics still apply. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2013-05-20 18:15 |
| #6 Spengler on minority-ruled regimes in the Middle East: There is a reason that Syria has labored under brutal minority regimes for half a century, since the Ba'ath Party coup of 1963 led by the Christian Michel Aflaq, followed by the Alawite Assad dynasty's assumption of power in 1971. The colonial cartographers who drew the modern map of the Middle East after World War I understood something that America's political mainstream does not: states composed of the tribal remnants of pre-modern society can be stable only if the ethnic and sectarian melange is ruled by a minority. Syria's Alawites ruled over a Sunni majority with Christian support, while Iraq's Sunnis ruled over a Shi'ite majority, also with Christian support. Tyrannical as a minority regime might be, it is constrained by the fact that it is a minority. The minority cannot exterminate the majority, so it must find some sort of compromise arrangement. A majority government, though, can (and frequently will) exterminate an ethnic or religious minority. That is why the Sunni majority in Syria long tolerated the Alawite minority regime while the Iraqi Shi'ite majority tolerated a minority Sunni regime. Syria's Alawites will fight to the death because a Sunni victory would mean the end of their sect, and Iran will provide unlimited numbers of weapons and fighters. Iraq's Sunnis, divided from their Syrian cousins by the thin pencils of colonial cartographers, will not stand by and allow Syria to turn into an Iranian protectorate, while Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Qatar support the Sunni rebels with weapons and personnel. What we have seen so far are the preliminary skirmishes. The real horrors of war are yet to come. |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2013-05-20 14:17 |
| #5 The Arab League is noo 'appy Syrian forces storm rebel bastion of Qusayr |
| Posted by: tipper 2013-05-20 12:07 |
| #4 Rot in pieces. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2013-05-20 07:36 |
| #3 Qusair is only a few miles from Lebanon. Latest reports are that 30+ Hezbollahs were snuffed. also reports are that this was a Hezbollah op with a few token Syrians also reports that many Sunnis now call them Hezb o Saitan (party of the devil) |
| Posted by: lord garth 2013-05-20 06:00 |
| #2 Humanitarian aid in the form of medical supplies are absolutely essential. Get these people returned to duty, and back into the fight as quickly as possible. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2013-05-20 05:08 |
| #1 I hope they fight each other for another 20 yes. if they keep killing each at this pace. Hell empty Guantanamo and drop them off in Syria. |
| Posted by: chris 2013-05-20 03:39 |