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Arab League observers dancing in streets of Syria to support freedom (Original Post) tabatha Jan 2012 OP
Lieutenant Colonel Abdul-Karim Muwaffaq, from the 22nd Division, defects during a demonstration tabatha Jan 2012 #1
defections accelerating riverwalker Jan 2012 #2
I have also heard that only 25% of their equipment is usable for a number of reasons. tabatha Jan 2012 #3

riverwalker

(8,694 posts)
2. defections accelerating
Sat Jan 14, 2012, 02:24 AM
Jan 2012

"Of particular note, though, is what else my Washington source told me. Military defections in Syria have been occurring at a much higher rate than has been reported in the international press. For this and other reasons, Syria’s conventional forces are probably much weaker than previously assumed."

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/michaelweiss/100129733/war-in-syria-may-now-be-inevitable/

tabatha

(18,795 posts)
3. I have also heard that only 25% of their equipment is usable for a number of reasons.
Sat Jan 14, 2012, 02:29 AM
Jan 2012

Why, oh why, did Assad not talk?

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