Tuesday, January 3, 2006

Key Syrian Intelligence Official Defects

Yes, you heard it here first (well, actually second, Debka.com had it first):

January 3, 2006, 10:04 PM (GMT+02:00)

Retired General Ali Duba, known as father of Syrian intelligence and loyal aide of Presidents Assad father and son has fled to London from Damascus.

This defection follows the blunt charges leveled against Bashar Assad by former Syrian vice president Khalam Haddam last Friday, and the UN inquiry commission’s demand that the Syrian president make himself available for questioning in the Hariri assassination.

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