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2012-07-18 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Bomb at heart of Assad's inner circle damaging, but not decisive

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Posted by tipper 2012-07-18 09:24|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 "President Bashar al-Assad's brother-in-law and the Syrian defence minister have been killed in a bombing that struck at the heart of the country's security establishment."

Posted by manversgwtw 2012-07-18 09:56|| 2012-07-18 09:56|| Front Page Top

#2 Heck, Oswald defected to the Soviets, and came back to kill JFK. If the commies viewed that as the beginning of the end for the US, they were wrong, or off by at least 50 years.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2012-07-18 18:17|| 2012-07-18 18:17|| Front Page Top

#3 Different here Zhang fei, BIG difference. I'd say Assad's only chance to hang on now is WMD like Sadaam did in the 80' and 90's.

Posted by Charles 2012-07-18 21:44|| 2012-07-18 21:44|| Front Page Top

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