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alp227

(32,037 posts) Mon Jun 4, 2012, 03:23 PM Jun 2012

Syrian rebels kill 80 soldiers, opposition claims

Source: The Guardian

Syrian rebels killed at least 80 government soldiers at the weekend, an opposition watchdog has said.

The attacks came after rebels warned they would act if Syria's president, Bashar al-Assad, failed to observe a UN-backed ceasefire.

The latest violence, and Assad's defiant speech to parliament on Sunday, raised questions about how long the UN and Arab League envoy, Kofi Annan, can realistically pursue his peace plan.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said local doctors had confirmed the names of 80 dead soldiers.

Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jun/04/syria-rebels-kill-soldiers-damascus

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Syrian rebels kill 80 soldiers, opposition claims (Original Post) alp227 Jun 2012 OP

No state in the world would NOT respond to this. David__77 Jun 2012 #1

So you'd support international military intervention? alp227 Jun 2012 #2

No, not at all. I was referring to the Syrian Arab Republic. David__77 Jun 2012 #3

This is one civil war the United States Harmony Blue Jun 2012 #4

Region* Rittermeister Jun 2012 #5

David__77

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1. No state in the world would NOT respond to this.

Reply to alp227 (Original post)

Mon Jun 4, 2012, 08:31 PM

Jun 2012

Hopefully, the peaceful Syrian civilians escape harm in what ensues. Now that the "SNC" group has formally stated that it will not abide by the Annan plan, I guess it's back to full-scale counter-insurgency and all the horror that this entails. The strategic situation is little changed from several months ago.