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2005-12-05 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Syrian security forces clash with gunmen in Aleppo

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Posted by Steve White 2005-12-05 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 I think operations against homegrown islamicits trying to overthrow the Syrian regime are being sold as operations against Iraqi bound jihadis.

Posted by phil_b">phil_b 2005-12-05 00:10|| 2005-12-05 00:10|| Front Page Top

#2 Phil, I think that's likely right.

Posted by Steve White">Steve White 2005-12-05 00:46|| 2005-12-05 00:46|| Front Page Top

#3 DEBKAfile: Syrian forces captured three terrorists, operatives of al Qaedaâs Syrian arm Jund al-Sham, in Aleppo, northern Syria. Earlier al Jazeera TV reported the three terrorists blew themselves up in a car after clashing with Syrian forces. According to our sources, they were caught alive.

Posted by Steve">Steve 2005-12-05 09:30|| 2005-12-05 09:30|| Front Page Top

#4 If memory serves, aren't the Alawites shi'ia? If so, all those Sunni jihadists transiting the country might have decided to find easier picking in Syria rather than getting wacked in Iraq

Posted by BlackCat 2005-12-05 12:37|| 2005-12-05 12:37|| Front Page Top

#5 the alawites are a secretive group, whose real beliefs may include Christian and pagan elements. In order to avoid being considered infidels, they have in recent years emphaszied the Shia Muslim aspects of their faith, at least in public. But theyre not really "twelver Shia' (the variety prevalent in Iran and Iraq)

But youre right, the Sunni Jihadists would love to kill them.

Posted by liberalhawk 2005-12-05 13:38|| 2005-12-05 13:38|| Front Page Top

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