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2015-11-05 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Mutiny within Iran’s Revolutionary Guard after it incurs heavy losses in Syria

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Posted by badanov 2015-11-05 00:00|| || Front Page|| [13 views ] Top

#1 ASHARQ AL-AWSAT is owned by the Saudi Royal family. While I am not calling BS I would like to see other sources.

Posted by Sven the pelter 2015-11-05 00:22|| 2015-11-05 00:22|| Front Page Top

#2 Sven, you are correct. However, I suspect the Russians are in Syria because the RG is not up to the task. We may hear more stories of dead Iranians in Syria.

Posted by jvalentour 2015-11-05 00:27|| 2015-11-05 00:27|| Front Page Top

#3 When your buddy just got fed his lunch, you're gonna think about not eatin at the same hotdog stand.

Posted by Skidmark 2015-11-05 05:46|| 2015-11-05 05:46|| Front Page Top

#4 The Revolutionary Guard is very good at intimidating civilians. Against an enemy that actually shoots back, not so much.

Posted by Rambler in Virginia 2015-11-05 08:26|| 2015-11-05 08:26|| Front Page Top

#5 Usually Persian and Arab "guard" and "elite" units are very good at beating up civilians and local militia units.

When facing a determined foe, they do not perform well and take large numbers of casualties and then flee.

Learning how to fight properly is hard and takes discipline. Usually something that arab and persian units have a severe lack of.

Posted by DarthVader 2015-11-05 11:09|| 2015-11-05 11:09|| Front Page Top

#6 Usually Persian and Arab "guard" and "elite" units are very good at beating up civilians and local militia units

A likely, and mainly accurate, generalization.

However, the IRGC started off as a paramilitary, internal security organization. It still functions in that role, though it gained the trappings of a more conventional force (actually it's more powerful than Iran's regular military)after the Iran-Iraq war.

Despite that, the IRGC is currently organized for waging unconventional(asymmetric) warfare. Also, being Iranian, there's also the usual habit of "making a rial or two on the side" involved. The IRGC has significant influence in the Iranian economy, and they're not "institutional" holdings.

My suspicion is that there aren't many inclined to drop everything and play professional soldier.

Posted by Pappy 2015-11-05 13:21|| 2015-11-05 13:21|| Front Page Top

#7 They are sending basic forces now. Losing top leadership may not be appealing.

Posted by newc 2015-11-05 22:50|| 2015-11-05 22:50|| Front Page Top

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