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2013-10-21 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Report: Hezbollah Gearing For Decisive Battle In Syria

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Posted by trailing wife 2013-10-21 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top
File under: Hezbollah

#1 various MilBloggers proclaim that there is no such thing as FSA anymore, + that any remaining FSA elements are now so weak as to either join Al-Qaeda + other hardline islamist groups, or else re-swear allegiance to Baby Assad + fight alongside Assad's SAA + the Iran Boyz.

* DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > ]WaPo] MODERATE SYRIAN FIGHTERS STRUGGLE FOR FUNDING [$$$], LOSE FIGHTERS TO HARDLINE ISLAMIST GROUPS.

* DAILY STAR > [Arab League Chief] BRAHIMI: NO
"GENEVA" WIDOUT CREDIBLE OPPOSITION | NO SYRIA CONFERENCE [peace talks] ... OPPOSITION PARTICIPATION.

Methinks its safe to say that Baby Assad is not counting on rapprochement wid the Al-Qaeda or other foreign militant groups.

* FARS NEWS AGENCY > ASSAD RULES OUT "GENEVA II", ROCKETRY POWER PROTECTS SYRIA.

* INDIAN DEFENCE FORUM > SYRIA: AL-QAEDA GROUP [Iraq-based ISIS] RE-ARRANGING SHAPE OF CIVIL WAR.

Wid the decline of the FSA + aligned
"moderates", ITS COMES DOWN TO ASSAD-VS-AL-
QAEDA, OR IN ALTERNATE ASSAD-VS-NOT-AL-QAEDA-BUT-JUST-AS-VIOLENT-FOREIGN-MILITANT-GROUP.

'Tis why IMO Shia Iran + Hezbollah, Quds Force is now Bad US-Global Econ, Sequester, + now Shutdown-affected Bammer Amerika's new [pseudo]BFF in the Middle East.

* PAYVAND NEWS > ISRAEL + GULF INCREASINGLY NERVOUS ON IRAN-US DETENTE'.

I suspect ISRAEL + KSA + ANTI-IRAN GCC = JAPAN + PHILIPPINES + INDIA, ASEAN, etal. = Ovama will behave roughly the same vee CHINA [Iran] over in East Asia + WESTPAC - I see nothing from the new GOP-Dem shutdown deal to change my view???

* TOPIX, DAILY STAR > JAPAN WELCOMES CAROLINE KENNEDY AS NEW US AMBASSADOR.

Iff ISRAEL, etal. = JAPAN, etal. WHAT KIND OF MAJOR OR SIGNIFICANT STRATEGIC CONCESSIONS CAN THE US [Allies?] ACCEPT OR TOLERATE TO AVOID MILITARY CONFLICT???

Posted by JosephMendiola 2013-10-21 00:48|| 2013-10-21 00:48|| Front Page Top

#2 NORTH KOREA is repor dev a ...

> Mini-TacNuke warhead.
> Its own anti-NIMITZ-CLASS ASBM.
> a SRBM capable of moving 5X the speed of sound.

Which of course Iran clearly can't use to defend agz the USN or USDOD in the Persian Gulf + littorals.

Yuuup.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2013-10-21 00:59|| 2013-10-21 00:59|| Front Page Top

#3 Gotta lay in stocks of popcorn & condiments.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2013-10-21 02:03|| 2013-10-21 02:03|| Front Page Top

#4 Don't forget to send arms and ammo to the rebels, preferably enough to last to the end of the year.

Posted by Pappy 2013-10-21 11:11|| 2013-10-21 11:11|| Front Page Top

#5 So Hamas and Hezbollah are going to duke it out in Syria?

Great, I hope there are not enough left standing to write home. I know a lot of ME folks I correspond with are fed up with both groups.

Since no legitimate(?)sovereign state in the ME will deal with these misguided and manipulated souls, perhaps Darwin can kick in with the aid of some AK-47's and we can eject this mess from the gene pool.

Perhaps they can cripple each other to the point of becoming marginalized. I hope so.

I'm going to cheer the body count and not choose sides, I don't want any butter on my popcorn and pass me a diet DP.

Posted by Bill Clinton 2013-10-21 12:54|| 2013-10-21 12:54|| Front Page Top

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