Syria's Defected Military Police Chief in Turkey
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A Syrian military police chief who defected from the regime of President Bashar Assad is in Turkey, the state-run Anatolia news agency reported on Wednesday.
General Abdel Aziz Jassem al-Shallal, commander of the Syrian military police, crossed into Turkey on Wednesday via the Cilvegozu border crossing in the town of Reyhanli, Anatolia said.
Turkish government officials were not immediately available to confirm the report.
Anatolia said there was no information on where the defector and his family were taken to.
Shallal announced his defection from Assad's regime, accusing the army of having turned into "murderous gangs," in a video posted online and circulated by opposition activists on Wednesday.
"I, General Abdel Aziz Jassem al-Shallal, commander of Syrian military police, announce that I am defecting from the regime army, to join the people's revolution," he said.
Shallal, whose functions are limited to disciplining soldiers, is not a well-known figure.
26 December 2012, 19:07
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LOL! I can now see what that is such a useful symbol. The internet makes it so easy to send nonsense around the world in the blink of an eye.
Does Lebanon think it is a good idea to put a constitution up to a popular vote? Or should there be a Taif Accord sort of arrangement whereby the Christians get three times as much voting power per person as the Muslims--when they vote on the constitution which grants Christians this privilege?
26 December 2012, 19:43
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don't mind him his stint in iraq turned his already retarded brain into mush, he's a shiite follower of the fakih now.
27 December 2012, 07:50
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but I thought ASSad was in complete control as nasrocrap always tells us!!!!
