Watch wearing Syrian general flees to Turkey

He knows what time it is!!


Thank you for the pin

A Syrian general and 38 other soldiers have defected to Turkey, days after Syria shot down a Turkish warplane, escalating tensions between the two neighbours.

[link to www.heraldscotland.com]

The officers and soldiers were part of a group of some 224 people who crossed the border overnight, according to CNN Türk, yet another sign that senior officials are turning away from al-Assad’s government...

[link to www.worldcrunch.com]

Syrian Security forces

220,000 active duty personnel.

10,000 armored fighting vehicles

5,000 artillery pieces.

Another sign that US taxpayers' money work well even on patriots. Just give money to rebels and offer money for senior officers. It worked in Iraq. Maybe it will work in Syria. They probably promised US citizenship and full pension to that general's family.

Turkey already harbors on its territories around 33,000 Syrian refugees. Whats a few Generals and officers leaving a sinking ship?
I read Turkey may shut off 10% of Syrias electricty

how many generals?

1 in this recent mass defection. I don't know if there are others.

This story says 2 generals split

...A Turkish government official said Monday that a general and two colonels along with lower-ranking soldiers with their families crossed into Turkey late Sunday. They were taken to a camp just a few miles inside Turkey in the province of Hatay which borders Syria, joining some 2,000 defectors and family members...

Assad and the Syrian security forces were most likely going to clean house. Those traitors supporting the FSA within the Syrian armies ranks most likely fled the second they knew the gig was up.

There are hundreds of lieutenant generals who would love to get a promotion.

The general defected in recent days, Turkish officials said. Then, according to the state-run Anadolu news agency, 33 soldiers crossed the border overnight, including a second general and two colonels.

[link to www.nypost.com]

Syria general deserts senior command in Damascus

Syria's regime suffered its highest-ranking military defection when a general escaped into Turkey after deserting a senior command in Damascus.


..the general had travelled all the way from Damascus where he was "responsible for a large ammunitions store". Mr Sheikh added: "It remains under the control of the Syrian army but he was able to escape"...

He spoke inside Apaydin camp in Turkey's Hatay province, where the general is believed to have been taken. This base, heavily guarded by the Turkish army, was set up specifically for defecting Syrian officers and their families....
...The general was "exhausted," said Mr Sheikh, adding that "Free Syrian Army groups in Damascus helped him to escape the capital".

He travelled secretly, moving along back lanes to pass through a string of villages that are loosely under the control of the opposition. In each town, he was passed on to a new FSA unit, until he eventually reached the Turkish border...
[link to www.telegraph.co.uk]

So?

Was this guy the only one in Syria that owned a working watch?

I hope not!

Geez....



Last Edited by Mister Shadow on 06/26/2012 01:46 AM

probably because they know the west is coming for assad....

ITS ALL BULLSHIT. if these rebels were in Iraq war they would be called insurgents. These generals are getting money off NATO/UN/US State department and Israel.

Weapons are being smuggled from turkey and Israel. rebels are using IEDs and are backed by al-Qaeda.

what's wrong with this picture.

Well they don't fool me and they shouldn't fool you.

Add Russia and China to those stats!

New officers will take their place.