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Syrian fighter pilot defects to Jordan with his MiG-21 warplane (+video)
The pilot, identified as Col. Hassan Hammadeh, removed his air force tag and kneeled on the tarmac in prayer after landing his plane at King Hussein Air Base in Mafraq, Jordan, 45 miles (70 kilometers) north of Amman, a Jordanian security official said.
Originally posted by Agent_USA_Supporter
reply to post by redneck13
So redneck13 care to explain whatever happened to the Libyan pilots? its 2012 now, still no interviews of them oh thats right they never even existed.
Originally posted by Agent_USA_Supporter
reply to post by TinfoilTP
The only reason they defect is because those fighter jets are a good sale price now. So this really isn't news. Sryia air force has an Air Force of 70,000 personal.
Unlike the weak Libyan air force, which why it was easily defeated.
Originally posted by TinfoilTP
reply to post by Agent_USA_Supporter
Why wouldn't they cry out an Islamic saying? They are Syrian, it is the most common saying in that part of the world.
Thanks for pointing out evidence that proves the rebels are who they say they are, Syrian civillians.
The straws you grasp at are really getting short.
Why wouldn't they cry out an Islamic saying?
Thanks for pointing out evidence that proves the rebels are who they say they are, Syrian civillians.
Originally posted by TinfoilTP
Originally posted by Agent_USA_Supporter
reply to post by redneck13
So redneck13 care to explain whatever happened to the Libyan pilots? its 2012 now, still no interviews of them oh thats right they never even existed.
Defectors are never in the public, they are put into new identities to protect them from reprisals. For example, the Cold War era defectors were given new lives somewhere in Argentina or similar places.
Your argument that we don't see the defectors is actually proof they were real. If they were only story props they would not get hidden with all the expense it entails, they would continue to get paid to perpetuate the story at a much cheaper price.
Originally posted by Nspekta
Originally posted by TinfoilTP
Originally posted by Agent_USA_Supporter
reply to post by redneck13
So redneck13 care to explain whatever happened to the Libyan pilots? its 2012 now, still no interviews of them oh thats right they never even existed.
Defectors are never in the public, they are put into new identities to protect them from reprisals. For example, the Cold War era defectors were given new lives somewhere in Argentina or similar places.
Your argument that we don't see the defectors is actually proof they were real. If they were only story props they would not get hidden with all the expense it entails, they would continue to get paid to perpetuate the story at a much cheaper price.
No, it is not proof at all! Read what you wrote and try again please...
They may or may not be real, this pilot in question may not have defected..
Show us how you know coldwar defectors are living in argentina, or somewhere?
I checked on a defector pilot from the cold war, Piotr (Peter) Pirogov, one of the first ( en.wikipedia.org...). He and another flew their plane to austria, and handed over to the AOA, and after getting to the US, he lived in the State of Virginia (um.. Thats not in Argentina??)until he died in 1987 and even wrote a book.. Under the name, Peter Pirogov about his defection.
home.earthlink.net...
Pretty bad cover/new life, no?
Originally posted by Agent_USA_Supporter
reply to post by redneck13
So redneck13 care to explain whatever happened to the Libyan pilots? its 2012 now, still no interviews of them oh thats right they never even existed.
An exodus of Christians is taking place in Western Syria: the Christian population has fled the city of Qusayr, near Homs, following an ultimatum issued by the military chief of the armed opposition, Abdel Salam Harba.
This is what local sources told Vatican news agency Fides, pointing out that since the conflict broke out, only a thousand of the city’s ten thousand faithful, were left and they are now being forced to flee immediately. Some of the city’s mosques have issued the message again, announcing from the minarets: “Christians must leave Qusayr within six days, ending Friday.” The ultimatum therefore expired on 8 June and spread fear among the Christian population which had started to regain hope as a result of the presence of the Jesuit Fr. Paolo Dall’Oglio, who stopped off in Qusayr for a week to “pray and fast in the name of peace, right in the midst of conflict.”
The reasons for this ultimatum remain a mystery. Some say it is necessary in order to protect faithful from further suffering; other sources reveal “a continuity in discrimination and selective repression.” Others still claim that Christians have openly expressed their loyalty to the state and this is why the opposition army is chasing them away. Now Christian families in Qusayr have begun their exodus as displaced persons, towards the surrounding valleys and rural areas. Some have taken refuge in parents’ and friends’ homes in Damascus. Very few families have courageously decided to stay behind in their birth city but who knows what fate will meet. Fides sources have reiterated that groups of Salafi Islamic extremists within the armed opposition consider Christians as “infidels”; they confiscate their belongings, carry out mass executions and are ready to declare a “denominational war”.