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2016-06-20 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Hizbullah Reportedly Incurs Very Heavy Casualties in Aleppo Province

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Posted by trailing wife 2016-06-20 00:00|| || Front Page|| [9 views ] Top
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#1 Nasrallah, in his bunker ~~under his daughter's bed~~: "please turn up the A/C, it's getting a tad warm in here"

Posted by Frank G 2016-06-20 09:27|| 2016-06-20 09:27|| Front Page Top

#2 "Hizbullah and the Iranians are dismayed by the fact that the Russian warplanes are not supporting them"

Perhaps the Iranians ought to send theirs.

Posted by Pappy 2016-06-20 10:37|| 2016-06-20 10:37|| Front Page Top

#3 the battle for Aleppo has been going on now since 2012

Hezbollah became involved beginning in mid 2013

the Assad-Hezbollah-Iran-Russia side has far better equipment and is numerically superior but a lot of their assets are tied up protecting vital targets -- on the other hand the other side has the disadvantage of greater internecine conflict with perhaps a quarter of their casualties resulting from intra-alliance battle

(the Assad-Hezb- side has also had some intra alliance battles but fewer

Posted by lord garth 2016-06-20 11:16|| 2016-06-20 11:16|| Front Page Top

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