IRGC Troops said to be among Iranian hostages in Syria.

TLAM Strike · 08-05-12, 06:27 PM

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In the video, the kidnappers claim that their hostages are members of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), even though Iranian authorities had announced that they were pilgrims headed for the Shiite shrine of Zeinabiyeh.

The video shows the captives seated behind the armed Syrian fighters, as a rebel leader says: "They are Iranian thugs who were in Damascus for a field reconnaissance mission."

The New York Times reports that Col. Malik al-Kurdi, a deputy commander of the Free Syrian Army, has said that the group involved in kidnapping the 48 Iranians had acted independently, without informing the Free Syrian Army

http://www.payvand.com/news/12/aug/1036.html

This can't end well...

Jimbuna · 08-07-12, 10:39 AM

Hopefully this won't be the excuse Iran needs to send in troops in support of Assad bringing about a countermove by Turkry

TLAM Strike · 08-07-12, 10:44 AM

Apparently several were just killed in a government air strike. The FSA has threatened to kill the rest if the air attacks don't stop.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/s...,5211863.story

Jimbuna · 08-07-12, 11:04 AM

Getting worse by the hour

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08-07-12, 11:04 AM	#4
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,473 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Getting worse by the hour __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!