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joshcryer

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7. I don't think the Syrian authorities could identify them so easily.

Reply to David__77 (Reply #4)

Sun Dec 25, 2011, 12:58 AM

Dec 2011

There are probably a lot of missing and dead on both sides, the defectors could be presumed dead.

It's a lot different to be an opposition member of the civilian public than it is to be an objector. In some states being an objector means jail time or even death and punishment.

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"By all Means Necessary" - Human Rights Watch 88-page December Report on Syria [View all] tabatha Dec 2011 OP

over half the deaths were pro-Assad, Syrian Army, or neutrals, sniped off by assorted terror mercs stockholmer Dec 2011 #1

Source? joshcryer Dec 2011 #2

Good lord - what a load of total crap. tabatha Dec 2011 #3

Free Syrian Army commanded by Military Governor of Tripoli stockholmer Dec 2011 #8

You have broken the rules of posting - too many paragraphs. tabatha Dec 2011 #9

I didnt violate rules, those are seperate articles, also you have the wrong Andrew Marshall stockholmer Dec 2011 #10

I think that you're a little off here. David__77 Dec 2011 #5

A bunch of statements by people using pseudonyms? David__77 Dec 2011 #4

It's not true that "not a one would identify themselves" pinboy3niner Dec 2011 #6

I don't think the Syrian authorities could identify them so easily. joshcryer Dec 2011 #7