Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Syria: On Ground Updates - July 18, 2012


Syria: On Ground Updates
Assad Regime could fall within next 36 hrs
File photo - FABIO RODRIGUES-POZZEBOM/ABR
Bomber kills three top Syrian Military Officials Wednesday including Assef Shawkat, al-Assad’s Powerful and Entrusted Brother-In-Law -- Even if the Regime is still standing in 36 hrs, I’d still say it is in its last throes
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
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The news out of Syria has had all kinds of twists and turns since early Sunday morning. But today’s bombing and killing of three top Military Officials has change everything… overnight! I start this post with the top news from Sunday and finish with today’s latest news.
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* The Wall Street Journal had the following AP report posted on their website late Sunday morning and it goes in part like this. …Although there has been a string of horrific attacks in Syria over the course of the uprising, the violence appears to be escalating. On Sunday, the International Committee of the Red Cross said it now deems the conflict in Syria a civil war, meaning international humanitarian law applies throughout the country… The Geneva-based group's assessment is an important reference that helps parties in a conflict determine how much and what type of force they can or cannot use
Read this report in full at link below…
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* The Guardian Express had this report posted on their website a few days ago and it goes in part like this. Western intelligence sources say Assad has a list of targets ready to go. Analyzing the Syrian war game taking place last week, they calculated that Wednesday and Thursday, July 11 and 12, the Syrian army practiced shooting missiles at strategic centers in Israel, Turkey and Jordan… But while most Western officials now confirm that Assad has moved his WMD warheads and shells out of storage, they are already divided on what it means. Some US officials are soft-pedaling the menace, offering the theory that the Syrian ruler is only safeguarding his unconventional weapons from falling into rebel -- or what he calls “terrorist” -- hands… Other Western intelligence watchers, especially in Britain, believe he is preparing a campaign of ethnic cleansing at centers of revolt and report that chemical weapons have already been transferred to Homs, Latakia and Aleppo for operational use
Read the full report at link below…
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* I ran across this CNN report, with News Video, early Sunday afternoon that’s well worth clicking out. It starts off like this… The most senior Syrian diplomat to defect and publicly embrace his country's uprising is calling for a foreign military intervention to topple president Bashar al-Assad. He also accused the Damascus regime of collaborating with al Qaeda militants against opponents both in Syria and in neighboring Iraq… "I support military intervention because I know the nature of this regime," Nawaf al Fares told CNN. "This regime will only go by force."
Click out the full Report, (with News Video,) at link below
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* Let’s now get to today’s news by REUTERS. Their report starts off like this… Slain brother-in-law Assef Shawkat was one of the principle figures in the tight, clan-based ruling elite that has been battling to put down a 16-month rebellion against four decades of rule by Assad and his father… The defense minister and a senior general were also killed and other top security officials wounded in the attack on a crisis meeting of top Assad security aides that took place as battles raged within sight of the nearby presidential palace… A security source said the bomber was a bodyguard entrusted with protecting the closest members of Assad's circle. State television said it was a suicide bomb. Two anti-Assad groups claimed responsibility… The government vowed to retaliate, and residents said army helicopters fired machine guns and in some cases rockets at several residential districts. Television footage showed rebels storming a security base in southern Damascus… By nightfall, activists said Syrian army artillery had begun shelling the capital from the mountains that overlook it… Assad's own whereabouts were a mystery - he did not appear in public or make a statement in the hours after the attack. The White House said it did not know where the Syrian leader was
Read this report in full at link below…
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* The Guardian reports
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The clock is FINALLY ticking down on this Brutal Regime.
Updates to come over the next few days so check back!
AubreyJ………
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