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2012-02-10 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Syria TV: Explosions rock city of Aleppo, 17 killed

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Posted by g(r)omgoru 2012-02-10 05:42|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 This looks like a rerun of the Ikhwan's campaign of bombings and assassinations in the late '70's and early '80's that culminated in Assad pere's usage of tank and artillery units to flatten the Ikhwan's home base in Hama. The Gulf Arabs are making a lot of noise about Sunnis being killed, but I doubt they really want the Muslim Brotherhood ruling Syria, because the Ikhwan's goal is to abolish the Gulf monarchies, making them mere provinces in an ummah-wide caliphate, and using their oil revenues to make war on the infidel instead of buying luxe properties in London and hanging out with pricey European call girls.

Note that the Muslim Brotherhood gave birth to al Qaeda - Zawahiri was part of the Ikhwan before he migrated over to al Qaeda. Around the turn of the 20th century, the Saud family had to crush the Ikhwan before the dynasty was able to acquire a firm hold on power, because Brotherhood wanted to go to war with the entire world, whereas the Sauds were happy with owning a chunk of the Arabian peninsula. Now that the Brotherhood is about to acquire Egypt, Tunisia and Libya, history (i.e. big - and potentially catastrophic - events that nobody expected) is about to return to the region in a big way.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2012-02-10 09:02|| 2012-02-10 09:02|| Front Page Top

#2 the wikipedia website on the 2011-2012 syrian uprising has a total fatal causualty estimate from anti Assad sources. As of yesterday, the count was above 8000, not including Assad's military

Posted by Lord Garth 2012-02-10 09:44|| 2012-02-10 09:44|| Front Page Top

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