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(8,209 posts) Sun Mar 24, 2013, 03:30 PM Mar 2013

BREAKING: Assad Shot By Bodyguard – Hospitalized in Damascus [View all]

According to Arab media www.eltira.org , Bashar al-Assad would have been seriously wounded by gunfire last night Saturday, March 23 by his bodyguard but is not dead. He is currently hospitalized, between life and death, Shami Hospital in Damascus which the streets were closed.

http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2013/03/breaking-assad-shot-by-iranian-bodyguard-hospitalized-in-damascus/

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BREAKING: Assad Shot By Bodyguard – Hospitalized in Damascus [View all] Pharaoh Mar 2013 OP

Any idea what this is going to mean for this ongoing war? jwirr Mar 2013 #1

Probably very little, as it's essentially a religious civil war that's gone regional. leveymg Mar 2013 #8

Israeli and Arab media say it's a rumor. sufrommich Mar 2013 #2

Too early to tell, huh? YoungDemCA Mar 2013 #5

This might not be true: Cooley Hurd Mar 2013 #3

The paragraph at the linked source is near gibberish. bluedigger Mar 2013 #4

no reports on MSM. DCBob Mar 2013 #6

NY Daily News... Cannot Be Confirmed At This Time... WillyT Mar 2013 #7

Thank you itcfish Mar 2013 #11

"He is currently hospitalized, between life and death...?" R. Daneel Olivaw Mar 2013 #9

Yes-- its the middle ground between light and shadow; between science and superstition. Marr Mar 2013 #12

Well played! Lone_Star_Dem Mar 2013 #21

Hopefully, this monster's getting closer to death than life. n/t backscatter712 Mar 2013 #10

WTF???? n/t malaise Mar 2013 #13

What else can I say? Assad's a murderous dictator. backscatter712 Mar 2013 #14

Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld? malaise Mar 2013 #15

Yes, here's plenty of monsters around the world Rosa Luxemburg Mar 2013 #26

He's not a good guy RZM Mar 2013 #16

Bullshit source. I'll wait for more. JaneyVee Mar 2013 #17

Hmmm.... IDemo Mar 2013 #18

Sounds like Creative Speculation to me...nt SidDithers Mar 2013 #19

this is some wild internet rumor. it is false OKNancy Mar 2013 #20

I seriously doubt the validity of this. Lone_Star_Dem Mar 2013 #22

how sad arely staircase Mar 2013 #23

The gatewaypundit is one of America's nuttier right-wing blogs... SidDithers Mar 2013 #24

Today At CPAC: Chronically Dishonest Blogger Jim Hoft To Receive Accuracy In Media Award SidDithers Mar 2013 #25

thegatewaypundit, ladies and gentlemen.... SidDithers Mar 2013 #27

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"OBAMA FIDDLED AS BENGHAZI BURNED" - thegatewaypundit...nt SidDithers Mar 2013 #29

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"Obama Joins the Gun Grabbers: Socialist Stalin, Socialist Hitler, Socialist Obama" - Jim Hoft...nt SidDithers Mar 2013 #32

Did you abandon your own thread, or are you embarrassed about the source? Tarheel_Dem Mar 2013 #33

Pharaoh is unembarrassable muriel_volestrangler Mar 2013 #42

Then one is left to wonder where one has to go to find these discredited sources in the first place. Tarheel_Dem Mar 2013 #44

Just out for a little fun pintobean Mar 2013 #50

You might just make it as a FAY-ROH yet, boy... Blue_Tires Mar 2013 #51

"Charlie Rangel Wins New York Primary …(Democrats Love Their Crooks!)" - gatewaypundit...nt SidDithers Mar 2013 #34

"Now She Tells Us… McCaskill Comes Out for Gay Marriage ... SidDithers Mar 2013 #35

Right-wing blogger identifies the wrong Assad. bullwinkle428 Mar 2013 #36

Even Freepers aren't stupid enough to believe this bogus internet bullshit but here on DU it gets Rowdyboy Mar 2013 #37

I think a lot of us WANT to believe it's true. randome Mar 2013 #38

I WANT it to be true but it isn't-at least not yet. I want the supreme court to say Rowdyboy Mar 2013 #40

Dewey Defeats Truman WilliamPitt Mar 2013 #39

"Donald Rumsfeld: “Clearly” Barack Obama Belongs to the ‘Blame America First’ Crowd " - Jim Hoft.nt SidDithers Mar 2013 #41

If this is true, the bodyguard will have to explore other professions. TroglodyteScholar Mar 2013 #43

"Syrian Embassy: Assad Not Dead – In Fact, He’s Alive and in Good Spirits" - gatewaypundit... SidDithers Mar 2013 #45

"What Sequester?… Joe Biden Blew $321,665 on Limo Rides in Paris, Too" - gatewaypundit...nt SidDithers Mar 2013 #46

Meanwhile, in the reality based universe, Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead.... Rowdyboy Mar 2013 #47

The sources I found were either of the end of the world variety nadinbrzezinski Mar 2013 #48

"Your Tax Dollars at Work: Propping Up Commies and Socialist Youth Groups" - gatewaypundit...nt SidDithers Mar 2013 #49