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All eyes on Aleppo: Major battle looming?

published by Tom Sullivan on Sat, 2012-07-28 12:01

Syria's Aleppo is preparing for a potential major showdown, according to reports pouring from the city and its suburbs.

"We are ready for the mother of all battles," Abu Omar al-Halabi, a commander in the Free Syrian Army, told DPA news agency by phone.

Al-Halabi said more than 3,000 rebel fighters from across Syria had joined the 2,500 already positioned in Aleppo since Thursday.

His comments come as President Bashar al-Assad's forces are reportedly battering the area, considered an opposition stronghold, using artillery and helicopters, which, witnesses say, hover above the city.

Heavy fighting between President Bashar al-Assad's forces and the rebels is also reportedly taking place in the center of the city.

The Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) confirms that government forces have started a major anti-terrorist operation in Aleppo.

Many say that the battle for Aleppo, an economic center that is home to 2.5 million people, may be the possible turning point in the 17-month uprising that is sweeping Syria.

Source and full story: Russia Today, 28 July 2012

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Comments

Submitted by Ognir on Sat, 2012-07-28 17:35.

seems the free army need more outside help

Submitted by Tom Sullivan on Sat, 2012-07-28 18:21.

That assumes the "Free Army" are not already outsiders :) 

Anyway, I don't know why they keep calling them the Free Army. They must have cost the United States, UK and other NATO members quite a pretty penny already.

Submitted by Heydrich on Sat, 2012-07-28 19:47.

If the Western-backed terrorists survive, then the corporate media will cheer them as heroes. If the terrorists slaughter people, then the corporate media will claim that Syria’s government has perpetrated another “massacre.”

Meanwhile outside Syria, most people think they are too smart to be deceived by the corporate media. And yet, most people believe whatever the corporate media tells them.

The average moron sees no contradiction in the following items…

In Syria the Al Qaeda terrorists are “freedom fighters,” except when the media discusses Syrian chemical weapons, in which case the “freedom fighters” are “terrorists.” 

When the terrorists massacre entire villages, it is a “conflict.” When the Syrian government stops such massacres, the government has perpetrated “massacres.”

The “freedom fighters” receive no outside support, and they do receive outside support, justifiably.

I support Palestinians, but I hate Assad, the chief defender of Palestinians (500,000 of which live in Syria, and who staunchly support Assad).

I want to avoid a war on Iran, but I support war on Iran’s friends (Syria, Hezbollah, etc).

I am “anti war,” but I cheered for the war on Libya, and now Syria.

I claim that Israel supports Assad and hates Iran, the ally of Assad.

I claim that US and Israeli foreign policy are identical, but totally different (e.g. I claim that Israel supports Assad).

I claim that squares are round, triangles have four sides, and 2+2=3.

Am I not a genius? Am I not righteous?

So thinks the average person.

Submitted by Lindquist on Sun, 2012-07-29 10:55.

An intresting comment from iraqwar.ru:

During WW1 the Germans soon realised they were in a war of attrition. Whoever could kill the most would win. So they devised a cunning plan! They feigned an attempted break-through in the French sector at Verdun. But their true aim was to seize a site that was sacred to French pride, knowing that geography would demand a high price for the French to retake. The strategy was called "The Mincer". There were hundreds of thousands of French casualties, the army mutinied - it almost worked!

Now fast-forward to 2012. After their victories in Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya, the Sunni fundamentalists are on a roll! Who will be their next target? Russia in the Caucasus, or Central Asia? China in Xinxang? The world oil supply in the Gulf? French colonies in North Africa? Or Israel itself...

The Sunni are a threat to many - unlike Iran or Syria! Their fighters must now know that Allah is indeed on THEIR side. How is the world to eliminate this threat, especially considering that they refuse open battle against superior military forces?

The plan is to trick them! Offer them a prize they cannot refuse! The fall of Syria would give them a country, a front-line against Israel, weaken Iran. It may cause a broader Sunni/Shia war that eliminates their Saudi/GCC enemies, and Turkey. It may even cause WW3, and eliminate the infidel US, Russia, and China! The Syrian campaign is almost too good to be true...

And that's because it is! The Sunni have accepted a fixed battle which pits their lightly armed fighters against a heavily armed and motivated Syrian army. They will be slaughtered by the tens of thousands, whilst they wait in vain for NATO air-support. The Syrian Mincer will ensure this!

The Russians are "in" on this ruse! Their UN veto will be used as the excuse the US needs to keep their promised air-support grounded! Russia will keep the Mincer supplied with the weapons needed to kill the Sunni. And the poor Syrians will thank them, unaware that the Russian "stray dog" has chosen their country as the killing ground...

So sit back and watch The Mincer at work! There will be no grand "false-flag" attack, no NATO attack on Iran or Syria, only the maintainance of the pretense of one. Nothing must be allowed to stop The Mincer from doing its work...eliminating the Sunni "hot-heads" in their jihad!

Remember: "By deception, shall we make war!" - MOSSAD!

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