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FakeNoose

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27. K & R! Thanks for this background information

Reply to muriel_volestrangler (Reply #19)

Sun Dec 8, 2024, 12:28 PM

Dec 8

I can't follow all this without a good cheat sheet.

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Syrian government appears to have fallen in stunning end to 50-year rule of Assad family [View all] FakeNoose Dec 7 OP

will tulsi gabbard be in deepest mourning? nt msongs Dec 8 #1

All tyrants fall. Trump and Putin should take note. Initech Dec 8 #2

Exactly and they don't last even as long Farmer-Rick Dec 8 #26

Seeing his plane was downed, that would mean the end if true. nt yaesu Dec 8 #3

If true . . . Aussie105 Dec 8 #6

Reminds me of that guy in Russia who's plane *accidently* exploded recently. cstanleytech Dec 8 #8

Yevgeny Prigozhin - putin's chef onetexan Dec 8 #23

If it's confirmed his plane went down. duncang Dec 8 #10

That's what i'm thinking - the tracking device was deactivated onetexan Dec 8 #24

Khamenei probably has a furnished apartment all ready for Assad. LudwigPastorius Dec 8 #4

Assad's Assad is Grassad. Sneederbunk Dec 8 #5

lol i see what you did there TalenaGor Dec 8 #14

I did, too, but it took me a minute. calimary Dec 8 #29

Not really a good thing considering the insurgents are much worse ColinC Dec 8 #7

Adios, fucko! JoseBalow Dec 8 #9

Watching some videos from over there. duncang Dec 8 #11

Assad's plane may be down LetMyPeopleVote Dec 8 #12

Yikes LeftInTX Dec 8 #16

No kidding! calimary Dec 8 #33

1 PM Sunday update - BBC reports that Assad is in Moscow FakeNoose Dec 8 #30

Glad to see putin was hurt by this, but Abu Mohammad al-Jolani sounds pretty scary. C Moon Dec 8 #13

Doesn't look very promising. rubbersole Dec 8 #15

Let's hope...those rebels are hezbollah PortTack Dec 8 #17

Huh? No, Hezbollah supported Assad. They're both Shia. HTS is Sunni, an Al Qaeda offshoot muriel_volestrangler Dec 8 #19

K & R! Thanks for this background information FakeNoose Dec 8 #27

This is really bad for putin. Syria was his only ally in the ME, and he loses his only Mediterranean shipping port.. PortTack Dec 8 #18

Bad for Iran as well. It cuts off their access to Hezbolla in Lebanon. onetexan Dec 8 #25

The insurgents are on a roll. I wonder if they'll stop at current borders, ... JustABozoOnThisBus Dec 8 #20

They can try to take the Golan Heights area from Israel, MarineCombatEngineer Dec 8 #22

Israel actually just captured Syrian territory on their side of the Golan Heights. Elessar Zappa Dec 8 #31

Who did they capture it from? Were the rebels in the area? Or remnants of Assad's army? JustABozoOnThisBus Dec 8 #32

BBC World Service is doing remarkable extended Mike 03 Dec 8 #21

Snowden, Assange and Greenwald were unavailable for comment Blue_Tires Dec 8 #28