GORILLA TACTICS IN A PENDING CIVIL/ SECTARIAN WAR!

Take good look at this picture from Syria.

This is not what the entrance to  a city that is dealing with, " small bands of armed thugs" should look like.

This is the look of a city that reflects a pending sectarian conflict.

For weeks now the stories of checkpoints based on clans and or religious beliefs have grown in numbers and details.

This picture, as most pictures do, tells a thousand words.

Sandbags are not the tools of "insurgents"!

Sandbags are a sign of a Syrian Military checkpoint.

A military checkpoint that knows it can see more than just a random drive by shooting from a " thug" in a vehicle.

The mounded dirt is a vehicle denial barrier.

These are not the actions of a " Policing effort to counter a few " thugs".

What this does indicate is the Syrian Military is trying to hold " Hostile" territory.

That means they do not control the area they are in.

They may occupy parts of it, but they are under siege and the bunker is their fighting position.

If what Syria was dealing with was nothing more than " thugs" roaming the streets of otherwise peaceful cities, there would be no dug in fighting position.

Defectors from the Syrian Military grow in numbers with each passing day and each time they do so, the add to the collective intelligence the Opposition needs to make decisions .

 Just imagine if a young Sgt or Officer defects.

The information they have of troop strength, unit capabilities and unit locations are all compromised.

If these defecting members are brining unit equipment with them, not just weapons, but radios, then the issue is even more dire for the Syrian Military.

Bottom line:

This is a very telling picture and it's unlike most I've seen coming out of  Syria.

The Arab League is meeting in the next twenty-four hours on the Syrian topic and they know all too well time is running out.

PS. I wonder how many Turkish " Military Advisors" are inside Syria?

If you think not.... .think again..

If you find one, he will have a Saudi Debit Card in his wallet.