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| Syria Rebels Threaten to Eradicate Alawites if Al-Qusair falls. |
| 2013-05-22 |
| Communities inhabited by Shiite Muslims and President Bashar al-Assad’s Alawite minority will be “wiped off the map” if the strategic city of Al-Qusair in central Syria falls to government troops, rebel forces said. Fighter planes and heavy artillery pounded the city [May 21st], the U.K.-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said in an e-mail. It said two people were killed during clashes between rebels and government troops backed by Hezbollah fighters, bringing the death toll from clashes at Al-Qusair in the last three days to more than 90. Bassam al-Dada, a political adviser to the Free Syrian Army, said from Istanbul yesterday that Assad’s forces were still at the outskirts of the city. “Our people are still fighting inside and very strongly, but it’s not an easy situation,” he said. |
| Posted by:Pappy |
| #8 the 'eradicate alawites' sounds suspiciously like a false flag... partly because if Al qusair falls to assad's forces, it makes the alawite populated area safer It means that al Nusra and its Al Qaeda allies will target Alawites in future campaigns. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2013-05-22 16:47 |
| #7 An old military tactic. Flood your opposition's areas with refugees. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2013-05-22 15:38 |
| #6 the 'eradicate alawites' sounds suspiciously like a false flag partly because if Al qusair falls to assad's forces, it makes the alawite populated area safer |
| Posted by: lord garth 2013-05-22 15:35 |
| #5 JFM - I think that depends on where you work - if at McDonald's the 'Sex at work' angle might not be as attractive.... |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2013-05-22 12:31 |
| #4 What's most impressive is that "Sex at work" is second to "Why Can't McDonald's Offer Egg McMuffins All Day" |
| Posted by: JFM 2013-05-22 11:03 |
| #3 Love that this is still #1 read Why Can't McDonald's Offer Egg McMuffins All Day? |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2013-05-22 09:46 |
| #2 Nothing like a little genocide to warm the cockles of a Muzzies (or Obama's) heart. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2013-05-22 07:14 |
| #1 Freedom fighters. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2013-05-22 04:45 |