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2011-08-12 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Assad's attack on Hama leaves Hama in ruins

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Posted by Frozen Al 2011-08-12 00:00|| || Front Page|| [10 views ] Top

#1 *sniff, wipes tear*
"Daddy would be sooo proud"

Posted by Frank G 2011-08-12 08:02|| 2011-08-12 08:02|| Front Page Top

#2 Wasn't there a phrase about "Hama rules"?

Seems like we're going back to the future.

Posted by AlanC 2011-08-12 09:00|| 2011-08-12 09:00|| Front Page Top

#3 Assad's only allies are in Iran and South Lebanon. Sunni Arabs have Syria in their sights.

The IDF had 45 of their top tanks either destroyed of damaged during the last invasion. With Syria out of the way, the only thing they will send in will be carpet bombs and heavy artillery shells. As ye sow...

Posted by Thumper and Tenille2812 2011-08-12 09:50|| 2011-08-12 09:50|| Front Page Top

#4 Assad's only allies are in Iran and South Lebanon. Sunni Arabs have Syria in their sights.

You left out Iraq, which does have a Shia majority. Would Iraqi Shias be thrilled to see Syrian Sunnis thumped - something they can't do in Iraq because GI's in-country? I wouldn't bet against it, given that the Alawite faith is basically a Shia heresy.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2011-08-12 13:18|| 2011-08-12 13:18|| Front Page Top

#5 Haven't heard any reports of suicide bombings agz security forces or gov buildings. Where are they all? Is suicide operations only OK agz Muslim Regimes that have Western Support ie Kabul, Baghdad, Peshawer. Why no suicide attacks in Dammascus, Tripoli or Saana?

Posted by Rightwing 2011-08-12 14:37|| 2011-08-12 14:37|| Front Page Top

#6 "Assad's attack on Hama leaves Hama in ruins"

What, again?

Deju phooey.

Posted by Barbara 2011-08-12 14:39|| 2011-08-12 14:39|| Front Page Top

#7 Why no suicide attacks in Dammascus, Tripoli or Saana?

Uncle Sam is preventing collective punishment in Iraq and Afghanistan. Pakistan's government can't quite figure out whether it's for the terrorists or against them. Public opinion supports the terrorists, so even even if the government wished to carry out collective punishment, the response could be outright civil war. Assad hasn't quite gone Saddam on the rebels, but I suspect they don't doubt his resolve. If push comes to shove, Assad could conceivably go after their extended families.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2011-08-12 16:09|| 2011-08-12 16:09|| Front Page Top

#8 The headline's a little hysterical. If Assad had really left Hama in ruins, the death toll would be in the tens of thousands, not a couple of hundred. The PLA killed thousands in Tiananmen Square without leaving anything in ruins.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2011-08-12 16:11|| 2011-08-12 16:11|| Front Page Top

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