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2012-07-07 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Manaf Tlass: From Golden Boy to Dissident

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Posted by Fred 2012-07-07 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top
File under: Govt of Syria

#1 Months later he gave up his military uniform and opted for civilian clothing. He set up residence in Damascus, where he let his beard and hair grow long.

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"The Tlasses were pampered by the regime because they were the guarantors of Sunni loyalty in central Syria," Balanche said.

"But when they were no longer able to fulfill this role, there was no longer any cause to hold on to them, especially given that their predatory attitude was contributing to the explosive situation in Rastan."

Neo-cons believe that inside every Muslim is an American waiting to jump out. Unfortunately, reality has taught us differently, that inside every moderate (TM) Sunni Muslim is an Islamist mass murderer waiting to jump out. There are moderate Muslims in the world. The problem is that most of them are non-Sunnis. It's no coincidence that the vast majority of the freelance terrorist groups in the world, operating without government sponsorship, are Sunnis, funded by the kind of small donors who gave Islamists a 75% parliamentary majority in Egypt, and a near-majority in Tunisia.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2012-07-07 10:28|| 2012-07-07 10:28|| Front Page Top

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