Officials were incredulous at the news. He was the lynchpin of the Syrian security apparatus for more than two decades, and was an important right-man both for the current president and his father, Hafez Assad. |
That confirms our worst fears |
The gravitational effect of the decapitation of the regime in Baghdad 24 hours ago has rippled right up here to the north, as was the hope and the expectation of allied coalition commanders. |
There was a tremendous explosion, ... I can confirm that the top floor, the roof of that building where this array of antennas was situated, has been attacked. |
There was not one checkpoint from the southern part of Mosul all the way down to Tikrit for about three hours of driving, |
This is a tremendously large crowd, the size of which is unprecedented in Lebanon's modern history, ... It is truly massive and cannot be ignored. |