[SunkenCiv]

Or, he was supposed to be at the meeting with them, and the Russians planned to rub all of them out, and pin it on the rebellion. The FINOs right here on FR love Russia, and really love Putin, and only love Assad while Putin does. And they love to blame everything on the rebel factions (who are valiant, but overmatched and outgunned) and/or Saudi Arabia and/or the CIA — there’s a “news” story on the search right now quoting the ever-reliable Iranian agitprop sources as saying the CIA made the hit.

[Tailgunner Joe]

‘Houla massacre an intelligence plot by Western politicians’ - June 01, 2012 - Leader of Russia’s Communist Party says the recent massacre in the Syrian village, Houla, which killed over 100 people, is an intelligence plot concocted by the Western politicians. Gennady Zyuganov noted that some Western politicians and media outlets have created a hysteria on the massacre which took place in the western village of Houla on May 25.