Assad Confirmed Dead, Iran Attempts To Control Syria Army

Assad Confirmed Dead, Iran Attempts To Control Syria Army...








By Israel News Agency Staff

Jerusalem, Israel --- March 24, 2013 … Russian media sources have confirmed that Syria President Bashar Assad was shot by an Iranian bodyguard Saturday night.

"The lone assassination pumped several bullets at point blank range into Assad," said the source. "Assad was rushed to Al-Shami Hospital in Damascus in critical condition. He died on the operating table from heart failure resulting from massive blood loss."

An Israeli security analyst believes the report to be accurate.

"In the last 24 hours have we seen Assad? Any photographs or video? No. Nor will we see any as loyalists who are closest to Assad have been threatened if any leaked photos or reports reach Western media. Iran is attempting to take control of the Syrian army and its wealth of weapons as Syrian solders are now deserting in mass. I don't believe that the West will allow any Iranian control of Damascus."

"There was a reason why Barack Obama visited Israel. And it was not for a photo op with Miss Israel. I don't think Netanyahu would apologize to Turkey or to anyone. But if it was between a dead Assad and saying sorry to Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan I think there was no hesitation in making that telephone call to Ankara."

The Israeli analyst said that several events have taken place in the last 24 hours including the Syrian army shooting at an Israeli border patrol unit. It is believed that this action was coordinated by Assad loyalists who stood outside the dead President's hospital room to deflect the global media from the assassination and to pull Israel into a war with the Syrian army. The leader of the Western-backed Syrian opposition coalition announced he was resigning.

Moaz al-Khatib didn’t detail what motivated his decision, in a status update made on social media Website Facebook.
But he did say that he now had the ability to “work with freedom that cannot be available within the official institutions.”

Al-Khatib also said the international community has failed to adequately support the rebels’ fight against Assad.

Opposition members from Syrian's President Bashar Assad's Alawite sect demanded his overthrow today and urged their co-religionists in the Syrian army to rebel.

"We call on our brothers in the Syrian army, specifically members of our sect, not to take up arms against their people and to refuse to join the army," the delegates said in a news release after two days of meeting in the Egyptian capital.

The Israeli analyst said that the Israeli army is on heightened alert in the North and the US is moving a battle carrier group off the Syrian coast. That the US would not tolerate any further action by Iran inside Syria and has warned Iranians to leave the country.

"Assad had complete and total support from both Iran and Russia. They backed Assad in his bloody campaign which resulted in the loss of over 70,000 Syrian civilians. No one helped those Syrians except for one country - Israel. They have taken in dozens of wounded Syrians across the border who are now being cared for in Israeli hospitals."

"We can expect to see a photo of a dead Assad within 48 hours. There are many phone cameras in the pockets of those guarding his body. One of those photos would be worth almost a million dollars to the one getting that photo out to the Western media."

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I've got a problem with this CONFIRMATION. There is no corroboration
as yet, and the single, source of origin is itself questionable.

It may or may not be true, but is not confirmed by any source I can find.

The article came from COUNT DOWN TO ZERO TIME, There has been no confirmation either way on the story. He hasn't made an appearance yet to dispel any rumors...I'll keep looking.

Is Assad dead?new reports Assad Confirmed Dead, Iran Attempts To Control Syria Army

ColonelZ wrote:

The article came from COUNT DOWN TO ZERO TIME, There has been no confirmation either way on the story. He hasn't made an appearance yet to dispel any rumors...I'll keep looking.

Is Assad dead?new reports Assad Confirmed Dead, Iran Attempts To Control Syria Army

Ok ColonelZ, We'll keep watching.

Is this photo of Assad's body real? Looks real to me...


http://beforeitsnews.com/blogging-citizen-journalism/2013/03/unverified-picture-of-assads-dead-body-2446452.html

I have no idea whether Assad is alive or dead, but one would think that he would have made a public statement by now in light of all the rumors.


WND EXCLUSIVE
'Syria no longer exists'
Source: Iran, Hezbollah have taken over control of nation's military, government
Published: 18 hours ago
Read more at http://www.wnd.com/2013/03/syria-no-longer-exists/#0FY7VItswTKPDlWB.99

WASHINGTON – Iran and Hezbollah have effectively taken over Syria, guiding the nation’s military operations and functions of government, as the Lebanese resistance group’s fighters have begun to flood into the Damascus area, reveals a well-placed source in the Syrian capital.

To make a “long version really short, Syria no longer exists,” the source told WND.


The government of Syria and the running of the Syrian military are no longer are under the command of the Syrians, he explained.

“Lebanon also is no more,” the source added. Like Syria, “it’s now in the sphere of Iran and Hezbollah” who “run everything now.”

The knowledgeable and well-situated source was referring to ongoing military operations against Syrian opposition forces. Rebel ranks have been infiltrated by Sunni al-Qaida-linked militants, including the al-Nusra Front, which sources say is affiliated with a similar group from Lebanon called Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis.

Because of direct Hezbollah involvement in fighting against anti-Syrian government fighters, militants have threatened to attack Hezbollah strongholds in Lebanon, a prospect that could quickly spread the sectarian Sunni-Shia fighting inside Lebanon.

Pitched battles already are taking place in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli, a Sunni stronghold. Sunni opposition forces have been engaging Hezbollah fighters who have aligned themselves with Shiites and Shiite Alawites in the region.

Syrian opposition positions near Tripoli and the immediate area recently were bombed by Syrian government forces. The area is one of the main avenues for infiltration of arms and foreign opposition fighters into Syria. The other conduit is Turkey.

If Syrian opposition forces attempted to descend into Lebanon, they would need to go through the Beqaa Valley, which is under Hezbollah’s control. The area is a virtual armed camp, which has been a deterrent to date from the chaos in Syria spilling over too far into Lebanon.

The issue of Iranian and Hezbollah control over military operations and government functions in Syria comes as separate reports reveal they have moved a 50,000-strong force into Syria to fight alongside Syrian government troops.

Sources say there are plans to increase that number to some 100,000 Hezbollah fighters.

“The Hezbollah guys are here (in Damascus), not near Maroun el Ras,” one source said, referring to the influx of Hezbollah fighters into Syria.

Maroun el Ras is a Lebanese village in southern Lebanon about a kilometer from the border with northern Israel. In the 2006 war between Hezbollah and Israel, Maroun el Ras, which is at an elevation of almost 3,000 feet and overlooks Israeli villages, was a focal point.

It was the scene of a major confrontation between the two in which the village’s occupation changed hands during the 34-day conflict. However, Israeli forces never fully occupied the village which ultimately remained in the hands of Hezbollah.

Shiite Iran and its Lebanese proxy, Hezbollah, openly are backing the survival of the embattled regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, who is a Shiite Alawite, fighting a sectarian civil war against Sunni opposition fighters, most of whom are foreigners financed and primarily armed by Sunni Qatar and Saudi Arabia.

The latest reports reveal that the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency is assisting in funneling Qatari and Saudi arms into Syria.

In addition, the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps’ elite Quds Force also is advising Syrian commanders, a development which sources say is under the command of Qassem Suleimani, who is overseeing operations out of the Syrian capital, Damascus.

Sources suggest that the reason for direct Iranian and Hezbollah involvement is not only to assist in the fighting but to maintain control over Syria should the government of Assad fall.

Hezbollah also is reportedly training fighting forces which would come under Iran’s control should Assad fall from power.

Iran and Hezbollah are undertaking this direct involvement because of the geostrategic significance Syria is to both entities.

With Syria, Iran has extended its influence from the Middle East to Central Asia. Syria also is a conduit to transfer weapons to Hezbollah in Lebanon.

The interest of Hezbollah involvement in Syria became apparent last October when Hezbollah Secretary-General Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah first signaled the involvement of the resistance movement in Syria.

It was around that period that first reports of dead Hezbollah fighters were being returned from Syria.

At the time, Nasrallah had denied reports of such fighting but didn’t rule out the prospect of Hezbollah fighters engaging the militant fighters in the future.

“As of now,” Nasrallah said at the time, “we have not fought alongside the (Assad) regime. We don’t know about the future.”


Read more at http://www.wnd.com/2013/03/syria-no-longer-exists/#0FY7VItswTKPDlWB.99

I have to say that the photo looks fake to me. If you look at the large mobile phone image upon the far right, you can see that the image upon the phones screen shows another head, as opposed too the one that has been photoshopped on.

DarkknightZion wrote:

I have to say that the photo looks fake to me. If you look at the large mobile phone image upon the far right, you can see that the image upon the phones screen shows another head, as opposed too the one that has been photoshopped on.

Fake as a three dollar bill!!! Hey, it's from before it's news, a web site that's not much more credible than that entity that calls itself Sorcha Faal.

researcher wrote:

DarkknightZion wrote:

I have to say that the photo looks fake to me. If you look at the large mobile phone image upon the far right, you can see that the image upon the phones screen shows another head, as opposed too the one that has been photoshopped on.

Fake as a three dollar bill!!! Hey, it's from before it's news, a web site that's not much more credible than that entity that calls itself Sorcha Faal.

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researcher wrote:

Fake as a three dollar bill!!! Hey, it's from before it's news, a web site that's not much more credible than that entity that calls itself Sorcha Faal.

As real as this...

Hey, I like that $19.95 bill and I want one!!! In Billy Mayes we trust. I kinda miss Billy. His schlocky infomercials were always a good source of really early morning entertainment for the worlds insomniacs.