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    Quote Originally Posted by Camera View Post
    Yes, sir. Assad is a terror sponsor and namely listed by the US State Department.
    Uk government defines Hezbollah as a terrorist organisation, didn't stop Blair singing Assad's praises when he was in London!

    Quote Originally Posted by themacedonian View Post
    http://english.alarabiya.net/article...30/257707.html

    Syrian Air Force lost 41 planes, helicopters in 2012 - possible or not?
    Saudi-state media, as reliable as Press TV...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Camera View Post
    namely listed by the US State Department.
    I do not consider this organization as a beacon of truth.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Dr. Napalm View Post
    I do not consider this organization as a beacon of truth.

    WTF this has to do with Assad being a criminal?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dr. Napalm View Post
    I do not consider this organization as a beacon of truth.
    Then you post a RT video

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    Quote Originally Posted by Camera View Post
    WTF this has to do with Assad being a criminal?
    I mean the U.S. State Department.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dr. Napalm View Post
    I mean the U.S. State Department.
    This is an American pro-NATO forum and not a Jihadist one. Read its rules and comply to them instead of wasting my time.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kilgor View Post
    Then you post a RT video
    This overrides the fact that the U.S. State Department when he decides who is a terrorist and who is not, based on political interests rather than objective reality?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Camera View Post
    Report: Fearing for his safety, Assad lays low


    Syrian president changes bedrooms every night, steps up controls over food preparation to foil assassins, according to activist accounts

    Roi Kais

    http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7...325912,00.html

    A paranoia common to other criminals: Saddam Hussein, Arafat during the Beirut siege…
    I'm sure those activists would be in the know over what Assad's personal security procedures are.

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    Quote Originally Posted by themacedonian View Post
    http://english.alarabiya.net/article...30/257707.html

    Syrian Air Force lost 41 planes, helicopters in 2012 - possible or not?
    Sounds about right I would think

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    Quote Originally Posted by themacedonian View Post
    http://english.alarabiya.net/article...30/257707.html

    Syrian Air Force lost 41 planes, helicopters in 2012 - possible or not?
    Lots of conflicting info in there. They claim 41 at first, then 103 total, with "one a day" in October and November.


    43 doesn't sound unreasonable considering shoot downs, normal attrition during high ops tempos, and what is lost when storming bases. IIRC one helicopter base was attacked earlier this year with 11 Hips destroyed, though likely not all of them operational at the time.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Vorph View Post
    Uk government defines Hezbollah as a terrorist organisation, didn't stop Blair singing Assad's praises when he was in London!
    Interesting who the next time will be declared a bloody dictator and a criminal?

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    What is your point in any of this besides being a trolling asshat?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dr. Napalm View Post
    I do not consider this organization as a beacon of truth.

    Quote Originally Posted by Dr. Napalm View Post
    I mean the U.S. State Department.
    Quote Originally Posted by Dr. Napalm View Post
    This overrides the fact that the U.S. State Department when he decides who is a terrorist and who is not, based on political interests rather than objective reality?
    I would say you are walking a pretty thin ice at the moment.

    Quote Originally Posted by Dr. Napalm View Post
    Interesting who the next time will be declared a bloody dictator and a criminal?
    What do you want to say with that picture?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dr. Napalm View Post
    Interesting who the next time will be declared a bloody dictator and a criminal?
    Well, yes, you have a certain point that here is some political interest in the definiton of a terrorist. okay. Fair enough.

    Anyway, it was all about Assad - but instead of contributing to the issue at hand you seem to go all nuts at the US state department. At least I didn't see anything regarding Assad and the topic, which leaves it just at what many other posters said: trolling. Be careful with it..

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    Brahimi-Lavrov talks: Syria facing choice between 'hell' or political process

    Syrian-led talks are the only way to reach peace in Syria, otherwise the country will descend into dire sectarian conflict, UN-Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi said following his meeting with Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Moscow.
    *Lavrov said there is no way to make Syrian President Bashar Assad shift his firm position of not stepping down from his office. On the other hand, the newly set up Syrian Opposition Coalition has proclaimed in its declaration there would be no dialogue with the current Syrian regime.

    A collection of factors is stalling the [peace] process, but in particular it is an absolutely uncompromising attitude on both parts,” the FM said. “This refusal to compromise should be overturned. For that, global players who support either party to the conflict should be putting across a unified message: stop the bloodshed and sit to negotiations.

    On Saturday, the head of the Syrian Opposition Coalition, Ahmed Moaz al-Khatib, said the group will start talks with Moscow only after Russia “clearly states they denounce the cruelty of the Syrian regime and says goodbye to Assad.

    At the same time, Lavrov has stated on numerous occasions that Russia will not try to persuade the Syrian President to quit as it is only up to the Syrian people to decide if Assad must go. The veteran Russian diplomat supported Brahimi’s statement, saying that there are still chances for “a political solution”...
    http://rt.com/news/lavrov-brahimi-syria-meeting-056/

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