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‘Real News From The Blaze’: Conflict Begins to Spread Beyond Syrian Borders

The Syrian conflict continued during a brutal and escalating day Wednesday, as insurgents claimed responsibility for exploding a fuel tanker near a hotel housing the United Nations in Demascus, and 30 Syrians were abducted inside Lebanese territory by a powerful Lebanese Shiite family in response to a relative kidnapped inside Syria. The Free Syrian Army has claimed responsibility for the bombing, and the Shiite Lebanese family allegedly support the Assad regime and are seeking to trade their captives for kidnapped relatives.

The Associated Press also reports that Syrian fighter jets carried out two bombing runs over the rebel-held town of Azaz Wednesday, killing at least eight, including a baby, while injuring dozens of other civilians who were mostly women and children.

As the Syrian war appears to be maintaing a bloody level of violence, it’s spilling over beyond its borders to Lebanon, and on Tuesday Defense Secretary Leon Panetta explicitly stated that there is a “growing presence” of Iran in the conflict, allegedly aiding the Syrian regime.

Joined by Jonathan Schanzer of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, the “Real News” roundtable Wednesday reviewed the latest developments in Syria and whether the region has begun to destabilize. Watch a clip from the show below:

Comments (29)

  • blackyb
    Posted on August 16, 2012 at 12:00am

    I do not understand how God can stand these fighting and warring mongrels.

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    • Passerbye
      Posted on August 16, 2012 at 12:19am

      The chances are excellent there’s about to be a lot less of them around shortly.

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  • KidCharlemagne
    Posted on August 15, 2012 at 10:03pm

    This may spill over into both Iran and Israel if/when Al-Qaida gains control over Syria:

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    “One Qaeda operative, a 56-year-old known as Abu Thuha who lives in the Hawija district near Kirkuk in Iraq, spoke to an Iraqi reporter for The New York Times on Tuesday. “We have experience now fighting the Americans, and more experience now with the Syrian revolution,” he said. “Our big hope is to form a Syrian-Iraqi Islamic state for all Muslims, and then announce our war against Iran and Israel, and free Palestine.”
    http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/25/world/middleeast/al-qaeda-insinuating-its-way-into-syrias-conflict.html?_r=1

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    • Passerbye
      Posted on August 15, 2012 at 10:56pm

      Al-Qaeda won’t get control, not compatible with Syrians, but what we are worried about is that they get control over some of Assad’s Bioweapons. And don‘t you know it’s occured to them. That’s their lottery winner, not piss-ant Syria. Syria didn‘t have security over their ttop leader’s meeting, they may not have control over some of the WMD.

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    • Passerbye
      Posted on August 16, 2012 at 12:41am

      But yeah, that‘s always Assad’s ace in the hole, if everything else fails, attack Israel.

      Won’t pan out for him, but if there’s nothing to lose, i‘ts far from certain the Muslims would fight on Israel’s side.

      Had an article about a month ago in the Jerusalem Post, saying the Israelis would come to the rescue of the Alawites if they are facing genocide. Could be self-serving, don’t attack us, we will save you. And could be simple morality. And after all, ancient Hebrew is the same as ancient Phoenician, they are distantly related.

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  • Passerbye
    Posted on August 15, 2012 at 9:45pm

    We couldn’t find massive SCUDS in the empty Iraqi desert, with F-15′s flying overhead. We had no clue if Hussein (Saddam), happened to have WMD at the moment or not.

    And they expect us to believe we have some remote clue that the WMD are still “safe” or whatever? (Or that we had a clue where the Russian ICBM’s were and are, since they are far more clever than Hussein (Saddam), and have much better places to hide them than the empty desert of SouthWestern Iraq.

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  • Passerbye
    Posted on August 15, 2012 at 9:39pm

    The Alawites are fascinating. They are the remnants of the Phoenicians and run Morocco too despite being an even smaller minority there.

    They aren’t even remotely Muslim and for 1300 years, not considered a Muslim by any Muslims or Christians. They are far more like the Christians, they honor Christmas, Mary Magdela, John the Baptist etc and observe no Muslim rituals whatsoever. No bowing, no mosque, no nothing. Their religion is the same as the Phoenicians of the time of Jesus and before.

    To be an Alawite, BOTH parents have to be an Alawite, no exceptions ever. The Syrians call them the “Germans” because they look so different, (and act and dress like Europeans.)

    So, the two groups, are a very different religion, and very different genetics, with 1300 years of grudges, in a civil war. All the ingredients for geocide.

    Hard to imagine anything worse, but it is. The inevitably losing side (unless they exterminate the Muslims…and there would be objections), has horrific WMD. An no, WMD aren’t a myth GW invented, they actually do exist.

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  • Passerbye
    Posted on August 15, 2012 at 9:27pm

    The ancient hinges moan on the Gates of Hell…

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  • Passerbye
    Posted on August 15, 2012 at 9:24pm

    Here’s what matters…

    1. The Assad crime syndicate has WMD that are horrific beyond imagination.
    2. The Assad crime syndicate (and the Alawites in general, pretty much) are certain the Muslims will genocidally exterminate them.
    3. The Assads (and the Alawites in general, pretty much) will never ever give up those WMD, when facing genocide.
    4. Those same WMD can end civilization as we know it, and plunge the world into a Great Depression. All your civil rights will be gone, And that’s about the best you can hope for, we could end up back in the stone age.

    The Turks, the US, the Russians, everyone, is basing all their decisions on those facts. That Russia is stopping us is part of the act.

    We haven’t given the Muslims any weapons at all. Neither have the Saudis or anyone else. No one wants those WMD to be used on them.

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  • scout n ambush
    Posted on August 15, 2012 at 9:10pm

    U.A.E orders their people out of Lebanon a few hours ago.

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  • Individualism
    Posted on August 15, 2012 at 9:04pm

    that is their problem not ours.

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    • Passerbye
      Posted on August 15, 2012 at 9:14pm

      Man, you are wrong about that. Some of Assad’s Chem/Bioweapons cross the Mexican border in a suitcase, with a plan, the economy will collapse, at a minimum. As will all our civil rights.

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    • MODEL82A1
      Posted on August 15, 2012 at 9:19pm

      INDI, your problem is between your ears, not in or around Syria.

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    • MODEL82A1
      Posted on August 15, 2012 at 9:24pm

      PASS, Don’t even attempt to engage INDI in anything like logical debate. He’s a pre-programmed, mindless, “Libertarian” (i.e. Radical Leftist, Anarchist) drone. What you can do is mock and humiliate him, though. It’s easy and fun.

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    • Walkabout
      Posted on August 15, 2012 at 10:04pm

      Individualism

      Hitler wasn’t our problem in the 30 & wouldn’t have been in the 40s either. And yet we went to war & it was the right decision. We started supplying Britain & ramping up war production before Pearl Harbor.

      Hitler wrote that U.S. was a mongrel nation. After devouring Europe, Hitler would have turned on the U.S. Isolationism does not work. It hasn’t worked at the beginning of recorded history (think Hyksos invasion of Egypt) & it doesn’t work now.

      I am hoping for a bloody draw with both side unable to muster any strength for half a generation. Both sides are bad. It doesn’t mean we sit this out. We got to keep tabs on it & be ready to jump in if we have to. Right now I would just as soon as the spend their blood & treasure.

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    • Hugh Williams
      Posted on August 15, 2012 at 10:11pm

      MODEL82A1
      Are you serious? “Libertarian” (i.e. Radical Leftist, Anarchist) really?
      libertarian [ˌlɪbəˈtɛərɪən]
      n
      1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a believer in freedom of thought, expression, etc.
      2. (Philosophy) Philosophy a believer in the doctrine of free will Compare determinism
      adj
      of, relating to, or characteristic of a libertarian
      [from LIBERTY]

      By definition libertarians believe in freedom of thought. I am not a mindless drone. Are you a servant of the Republican ruling elitist or do you actually like RINO’s like Romney?

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    • Hugh Williams
      Posted on August 15, 2012 at 10:13pm

      Indi
      If you don’t think it is our problem you are naïve at best.

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    • Passerbye
      Posted on August 15, 2012 at 10:59pm

      Hi Model,

      Yeah, Libertarians agree with Nancy Pelosi about 90 percent of the time. Exactly the same thing as those hooded anarchists that smash windows.

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    • Individualism
      Posted on August 15, 2012 at 11:23pm

      well than secure the border maybe use some of our troops to do that instead of occupying middle eastern countries and killing their people. But this is not our problem, they don’t have weapons that can reach the united states. Syria is not a threat to our country at all.

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  • Hugh Williams
    Posted on August 15, 2012 at 8:51pm

    Remember when that crazy guy Glenn Beck said radical islam would spread throughout the Middle East and reestablish the Caliphate? That could never happen could it?

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    • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
      Posted on August 15, 2012 at 9:06pm

      And we are seeing the Caliphate coming closer one step at a time. Next will be war with Israel and if Obama has his way, we will be dragged into it in full.

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    • TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
      Posted on August 15, 2012 at 9:24pm

      “Next will be war with Israel and if Obama has his way, we will be dragged into it in full.”

      If it involves Israel… Obama may sit on his Rearend Wright mentored and schooled anti-Semitic @ss and do nothing. That could be worse in the long run. I’d rather he stand on more than just a rhetorical level with Israel if push comes to shove…

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    • Walkabout
      Posted on August 15, 2012 at 10:23pm

      How could Israel fight a 2 front war? However wins Syria/Lebanon, Shia or Sunni, will be bloodied. Will they be in no shape or will they just be battle tested hardened troops who now feel exhilarated by their recent win & unified?

      If it the latter then the illegal Egyptian tanks on the Israeli border are a threat. A few additional battalions were allowed into the Sinai by the Israelis so the Egyptians could deals with terrorists groups. By the Camp David Accords the Egyptians can’t have that many troops in the Sinai. Israel & America relented since the Egyptians seemed unable to contain the terrorists with what they had & they wanted throw an olive branch to the new Egyptian government. Well Muslim Brotherhood President paid them with tanks. I have a suspicion that the MB paid the terrorists to strike the Egyptian border post. It would be the same as when the NAZIs attacked their own radio post in East German & blamed it on the Poles as a pretext for war. (Unless the Germans had an enigma machine at that radio post & the Poles attacked it, which I don’t believe but it just occurred to me.)

      Gleiwitz attack “Operation Canned Goods.”

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    • Individualism
      Posted on August 15, 2012 at 11:26pm

      its not happening its just a kooky conspiracy theory..

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    • Individualism
      Posted on August 15, 2012 at 11:27pm

      nobody cares about Israel they can deal with their own problems. i hope Obama does nothing about it and not waste tax payer money on them.

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    • 13th Imam
      Posted on August 16, 2012 at 12:44pm

      Indy probably is one of the 50% who have NEVER paid Federal Income Tax. Just another of the DEMOCRAT Taker Class.

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  • Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
    Posted on August 15, 2012 at 8:44pm

    Syria is trying to attack Turkey from the rear, do you think Greece will help?

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    • scout n ambush
      Posted on August 15, 2012 at 9:09pm

      Yep until the shitte comes out

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    • Psychosis
      Posted on August 15, 2012 at 9:25pm

      yes, i think the greece would help, but i still think the turkey will still hate you in the morning

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