Syrian defense minister killed in suicide blast

reply to post by michaelbrux


Syrian Tv channels are being hacked so I doubt they will be able to provide much news. All signs to me that this is a coordinated special forces attack .

Michael Brux:

You were right. My syrian friend has stated this:

spoke to my dad now....who is on the phone with ppl i. A bomb was set off internally...thats all i got....it was mad...I will be able to speak properly in 3 hours, I heard 20 voices and could hardly hear him

More from the BBC.

1518: Our correspondent says residents on the street near the National Security Building said they had not heard an explosion or seen any emergency vehicles at the scene.

1512: More from the BBC's Lina Sinjab in Damascus, who has been to the scene of the reported bombing. She says she saw no broken windows in the area, and the roads were open. She says there was "no sign of any explosion".

www.bbc.co.uk...

This is interesting, "no signs of an explosion". Haven't both sides claimed this happened?

Originally posted by Agent_USA_Supporter
He was a Orthodox Christian for that the rebels have lost the support even in twitter people are angry and so i am

What a silly remark again. So if he were an Alawite or Sunni, they would have your approval?

reply to post by mkgandhas

Syrian Tv channels are being hacked so I doubt they will be able to provide much news. All signs to me that this is a coordinated special forces attack .

In a few days, perhaps as early as Friday, June 15, at noon, the Syrians wanting to watch their national TV stations will see them replaced on their screens by TV programs created by the CIA. Studio-shot images will show massacres that are blamed on the Syrian Government, people demonstrating, ministers and generals resigning from their posts, President Al-Assad fleeing, the rebels gathering in the big city centers, and a new government installing itself in the presidential palace.

This is interesting that your Syrian friends are reporting that their news channels are being hacked. I saw this on David Ickes forum a few days ago.

OK I know that David Icke is a nutter, but the report is from Thierry Meyssan, not Icke.

www.davidicke.com...

The official SANA retracted suicide element. Now it's a simple terrorist explosion.

Appear to focus on the inside of buiding.

Confirmation for Peruvianmonk/mkgandhas posted information above...

www.sana.sy/eng/21/2012/07/18/432178.htm

DAMASCUS (SANA) – Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Army and the Armed Forces, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Defense Gen. Dawood Rajiha and Deputy Minister of Defense Gen. Asef Shawkat were martyred on Wednesday in a terrorist explosion targeting the National Security headquarters in Damascus.

The terrorist blast happened while a meeting of a number of ministers and authorities senior officials was taking place, causing injuries among the attenendees, some of them critical.

Martyr Rajiha was born in 1947 in Damascus, and he graduated from the Military Academy in 1968, specialized in artillery. He took several military training courses, including Leadership and Staff course and Higher Staff course. He was promoted to Lieutenant General in 1998, ad he was made General in 2005.

He occupied various military posts including battalion and brigade commander and director of a number of directorates and departments at the Armed Forces, and he was appointed Deputy Chief of General Staff in 2004 and later Chief of General Staff in 2009.

He was awarded several military medals during the course of his career, and he was married and left behind four children.

F.Allafi/H.Said

reply to post by amcpwoy


Ah that does clarify why there are no obvious signs of the blasts impact. Here is some more from the BBC on reported defections and accounts of what is happening in Damascus.

1540: The activist network, LCC Syria, is reporting on Twitter of defections from the army in Damascus (Qaboun) as well as Homs and Hama. There is no verification of these reports.

1534: Lina Sinjab BBC News, Damascus says: "There are signs that things have been rapidly changing in the last couple of days here. After 16 months of the uprising, the rebels are saying it's time to move forward. City residents say they've seen burnt government tanks."

1530: Gaber has told the BBC he is in Damascus: "Some places in Damascus look like a war zone, whilst others seem to be fine but you can see the fear on people's faces. Assad's forces started shelling some districts in Damascus three days ago. What you hear and observe all the time in Damascus is the helicopters firing day and night almost non-stop. Tanks shelled Qaboun, Barzeh and Midan last night."

www.bbc.co.uk...

reply to post by mkgandhas


I was only stating what was said on skynews!!

news.sky.com...

I've been away on a game so only just got back here.... but yeah the report says it was one of the bodyguards!

Could have been planted by CIA (I know a lot of you would think this anyway)....

What is happening is Syria ?

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reply to post by Peruvianmonk


BBC has been writing pro al qaeda propaganda since day 1.I suggest you not use it. Second,talk to local syrians .I have provided one such group .

reply to post by 23432


Syrians are calling you butchers.Well,some of terrorist turkish nato special forces were caught in damascus according to my friend.

Originally posted by mkgandhas
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Syrians are calling you butchers.Well,some of terrorist turkish nato special forces were caught in damascus according to my friend.

edit on 18-7-2012 by mkgandhas because: (no reason given)

You really are out of your depth concerning the issue of Turkish - Syrian relations .
It seems that you really don't know the actual demographics of Syrian people .
Assad and his government are in fact a minority within their own nation .
Assad's father was also same . Like father like son. Whether you like it or not the Alawite Clan is on it's way out .
Don't believe everything your " friend " says about Syrian regime .

If you really think that Assad and his regime are a benefit for their people and ME at large , well then, you are mistaken .


Iran is going to lose this battle of supremacy within Islamic world .

THIS smells like Coup to me.

Who else would have been allowed in.

reply to post by 23432


Seems the terrorist turks are yapping.Why do you sponsor terror in russia/syria and other places?
And syrians are calling you out butcher of armenians.

reply to post by 23432


check doha debates 55% support assad

Originally posted by mkgandhas
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Seems the terrorist turks are yapping.Why do you sponsor terror in russia/syria and other places?
And syrians are calling you out butcher of armenians.

Chip on shoulder much ?

Originally posted by mkgandhas
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check doha debates 55% support assad

Assad and Ba'ath party are not going to win this battle . Their era is over .

You really don't understand anything about this area and it's history .

You actually are flaming .



Have some Ayran , it's good for you .

reply to post by 23432


No, it seems he does not care for people who wish to side with terrorists over the peoples of the world

reply to post by 23432


that remains to be seen ,terrorist.

Originally posted by Pedro4077


Is this the start of WWlll?

WWl started with a single assasination.

edit on 18-7-2012 by Pedro4077 because: (no reason given)

My guess: No,

Franz Ferdinand was a tad more important than the current/former Syrian Defence Minister in the general scheme of things.