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:::Yes, thank you. And a good start on that. (If I recall, reports at the time said 80,000 killed. Just a footnote about [[war propaganda]] now). [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]<sup>[[User talk:RobSmith|''The Truth. Just Putin It Out There'']]</sup> 12:52, December 9, 2024 (EST)
:::Yes, thank you. And a good start on that. (If I recall, reports at the time said 80,000 killed. Just a footnote about [[war propaganda]] now). [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]<sup>[[User talk:RobSmith|''The Truth. Just Putin It Out There'']]</sup> 12:52, December 9, 2024 (EST)
::::Well, many went missing, it's hard to know in a dictatorship precise vs estimated details. Thank you Dianne for the page.[[User:Telling|Telling]] ([[User talk:Telling|talk]]) 13:42, December 9, 2024 (EST)
::::Well, many went missing, it's hard to know in a dictatorship precise vs estimated details. Thank you Dianne for the page.[[User:Telling|Telling]] ([[User talk:Telling|talk]]) 13:42, December 9, 2024 (EST)
:::::That's true. I've heard estimates of 8,000 to 12,000 over the years, and even today somebody said 10,000. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]<sup>[[User talk:RobSmith|''The Truth. Just Putin It Out There'']]</sup> 01:16, December 10, 2024 (EST)
:::::That's true. I've heard estimates of 8,000 to 12,000 over the years, and even today somebody said 10,000.
:::::The lesson here is, you can never trust reported figures at the time, like 600,000 Russians or 40,000 Gazans, [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]<sup>[[User talk:RobSmith|''The Truth. Just Putin It Out There'']]</sup> 01:16, December 10, 2024 (EST)
::According to Alastair Crooke, Assad soldiers were paid $7 a month; generals got $40 a month. US-backed [[jihad]]is got $2,000 a month. So most of Assad's army went over and got on the [[HTS]] payroll. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]<sup>[[User talk:RobSmith|''The Truth. Just Putin It Out There'']]</sup> 21:59, December 9, 2024 (EST)
::According to Alastair Crooke, Assad soldiers were paid $7 a month; generals got $40 a month. US-backed [[jihad]]is got $2,000 a month. So most of Assad's army went over and got on the [[HTS]] payroll. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]<sup>[[User talk:RobSmith|''The Truth. Just Putin It Out There'']]</sup> 21:59, December 9, 2024 (EST)