Video Raises Questions About Possible Iranian Combat Role In Syria 9/18/2013:

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“We don’t have any official military presence in Syria and if any footage or propaganda exists in this regard, they should be examined within another framework,” Afkham was quoted as saying by Fars news agency.

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The true battle is the battle for trust.

How is that going?

Whose information systems, including Twitter and Facebook, are open?

Whose are closed?

Why?

Combat in Syria takes place, more or less, in a closed arena to which opposed defense elements and their intelligence systems compete in observation.  What I see online is getting to be twice removed from direct observation of field operations by journalists and heavily dependent on hearsay.

Related: Syria – Committee to Protect Journalists

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