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A shocking email leaked as part of the Wikileaks Stratfor data dump reveals that the Pentagon is planning to direct terror attacks and assassinations inside Syria in a bid to topple President President Bashar al-Assad.
www.eutimes.net...
Armed groups in Syria have admitted that they have received weapons from French and American sources, reports say.
More than 120 French Soldiers Caught in Syria by Syrian Soldiers.
US Republicans urge covert ops against Iran, Syria
By Olivier Knox (AFP) – Dec 7, 2011
WASHINGTON — Republican US presidential candidates have redoubled their public calls for "covert" operations against Iran and Syria, including sabotage, assassination and aid to opposition forces.
Gen Wesley Clark Reveals US Plan To Invade Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Lybia, Somalia, Sudan, And Iran
Originally posted by boncho
I was going to make a thread on this earlier today, I did post in a few threads about it.
But I changed my mind.
Because it isn't really real unless it comes from Alex Jones or RT News.
Originally posted by boncho
Because it isn't really real unless it comes from Alex Jones or RT News.
Originally posted by braydenf
reply to post by boncho
shouldnt we be able to verify this with the emails they released?
even though they will just claim it was a forged one or some form of bs
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The Iranians are weighing in the situation in Syria very carefully. One must read beyond the public statements of the Iranians, especially ayatollah Khamenei. Both Khamenei and Ahmadinejad have concluded that Asad's regime cannot be rescued. It is perfectly understood that the regime in Damascus will fall along lines similar to the Libyan model. There will have to be a coup in Damascus, be it a military or political one.
One must not dismiss the pragmatism of Khamenei. Iran appears to be willing to use its influence in Syria to stage a coup, provided that it is able to ensure that the new leadership will continue to pursue excellent relations with Tehran.
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The Iranians feel they need to act on Syria soon because the Turks have their own plans for Syria and are not coordinating with the Iranians. He says the Turks are moving slowly but systematically. Iran does not want to allow Turkey to take over Syria. Whereas the Turks are coordinating with the Brotherhood and the FSA, the Iranians prefer a palace coup in damascus in order to maintain their ties with Asad's successors.
Bashar's mother - the matriarch of the family (along the lines of her mother-in-law) - is disappointed in Bashar and Maher for the mess that they have created. She has been saying things like had your father been alive things would have never come to such a point. She is very concerned that her boys will meet the same fate as al-Qaddhafi and his sons and is pressing Bashar and Maher to seriously look into an exit strategy before the rapidly closing window of opportunity completely shuts itself.
Syria uprising: Al-Qaeda's al-Zawahiri lends support
It is the clearest sign yet of involvement by al-Qaeda in the uprising in Syria, as it takes on increasingly an aspect of armed insurgency as well as popular protest, says the BBC's Jim Muir, in neighbouring Lebanon.
Abdel-Hakim al-Hasidi, the Libyan rebel leader, has said jihadists who fought against allied troops in Iraq are on the front lines of the battle against Muammar Gaddafi's regime.
A leading member of an al Qaeda-affiliated terror group indicated the organization may have acquired some of the thousands of powerful weapons that went missing in the chaos of the Libyan uprising, stoking long-held fears of Western officials.
The black flag of Al Qaeda was hoisted in Libya yesterday as Nato formally ended its military campaign.
The standard fluttered from the roof of the courthouse in Benghazi, where the country’s new rulers have imposed sharia law since seizing power.
Seen as the seat of the revolution, the judicial building was used by rebel forces to establish their provisional government and media centre.
On Syria - the conversation centered on how far Turkey is actually going to go. TR325 explained that the Turkish plan is centered on civil war in Syria. Officially, it's Turkey providing the main training,a rms and support to FSA. Unofficially, US and TUrkey are doing this together in deploying SOF for this mission. Notice all the talk in the press now about civil war breaking out in Syria.
Originally posted by aboutface
reply to post by boncho
The leader of Turkey is undergoing cancer surgery, so he appears to be out of the loop at the moment. Any word on who is running things? From what I've read, there are two possibilities and the two oppose each other.
edit on 7-3-2012 by aboutface because: (no reason given)
In a speech to officials from his ruling AK Party, Erdogan did not comment specifically on his health but attacked those behind the report.
“It is just God and only God who knows how long each of us will live,” he said. “When the time of death comes, you cannot move it back or forth by an hour.”
“Those who fall for rumours and calculate the time we have left in this world are not only impudent but in a state of insolence,” said Erdogan, who has resumed a busy schedule after two operations and appeared in strong voice.