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2014-05-28 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Wanted Hizbullah Commander Killed in Syria

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Posted by Fred 2014-05-28 00:00|| || Front Page|| [12 views ] Top
File under: Hezbollah

#1 Hizbollah is really stretching itself if it is going to have a sizable presence in Aleppo.

Published estimates are that Hezbollah has lost at least 500 troops in past 2 years and at least 50 in just the past 2 months (about the same number of Iraq Shia militia have also died in these time periods)

Posted by lord garth 2014-05-28 00:52|| 2014-05-28 00:52|| Front Page Top

#2 "Many people came to the funeral, to give their condolences to his family,"

target-rich environment

Posted by Frank G 2014-05-28 09:33|| 2014-05-28 09:33|| Front Page Top

#3 An interesting analysis of force numbers here, suggesting that all quotes involving "an army of 12,000" are an entirely symbolic reference to that claimed number for Muslim armed forces in Hadith, and that Hisb'allah's entire fighting force likely numbers around 5,000.

In which case, 500 dead in a war that is perhaps half over is significant. Will they have enough trained manpower to shoot off their 12,000 Iranian missiles at Israel when the time comes?

Posted by trailing wife 2014-05-28 14:03|| 2014-05-28 14:03|| Front Page Top

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