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2012-01-27 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

BFFs no longer? Iran condemns Syria pilgrims abduction

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Posted by trailing wife 2012-01-27 00:00|| || Front Page|| [9 views ] Top

#1 Makes you wonder how many of them are al-Quds?

Remember also that Iranians have been imported by Assad specifically to kill Syrians that Syrian military was hesitant to do. This has not endeared the Iranians to the revolutionaries.

Posted by Anonymoose 2012-01-27 08:57|| 2012-01-27 08:57|| Front Page Top

#2 "...take immediate action to free Iranian pilgrims.."

I doubt there are any worthwhile sites in Syria that would attract a Shiite from Iran. The guys taken were probably there to help Assad murder people and the anti-Assad people recognized the Persian accented arabic or the clothes or the big viva Ayattolah sign on the bus.

Posted by Lord Garth 2012-01-27 13:11|| 2012-01-27 13:11|| Front Page Top

#3 Wikipedia says that there's three significant Shia shrines or pilgrimage sites in Damascus, Garth, but I can't find anything about a shrine in Aleppo. Unless they were en route to the Turkish border for some sort of generic Muslim pilgrimage - maybe to Istanbul?

I don't know why anyone would immediately blame this kidnapping on the Alawi regime - looks and sounds like freelance disorder, unless it's a false-flag provocation designed to infuriate the Iranians and keep the money taps flowing. Pretty stupid false-flag op, though, if that's what it is, because it's designed to piss off Iran about Syrians in general, some of that has to get on the regime as well.

Posted by Mitch H. 2012-01-27 14:02|| http://blogfonte.blogspot.com/ 2012-01-27 14:02|| Front Page Top

#4 Yes there are some Shia shrines in Damascus but for someone from Iran, these are less important than those in Iraq or Iran.

I'm thinking the Free Syrian Army killed or captured the Iranian 'pilgrims'.

Posted by Lord Garth 2012-01-27 16:05|| 2012-01-27 16:05|| Front Page Top

#5 D *** NG IT, "T-S-U-F" [Thats So Unfair], or whatever it was in the Commercial.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2012-01-27 20:57|| 2012-01-27 20:57|| Front Page Top

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