Administration Official: 'Free Syrian Army deserters total 1000 to 3500 ... We're not too sure about their alledged 'coordinated attacks!'

Via FLC

...when only yesterday, Syrians 'activists' residents of the Washington metro area & pretending to be knowledgable of the 'street pulse', said that Col. Assa'd commanded over 20,000 defectors from his encampment in Turkey!

"... Though the Free Syrian Army — a group of mainly army defectors whose commanders are based in Turkey — claimed to have staged most of the recent attacks, some activists and American officials disagree over the degree of coordination.
Estimates of the numbers of defectors vary wildly. An Obama administration official, speaking on condition of anonymity, estimated their total at 1,000 to 3,500. The official said that armed civilians had apparently joined some of the defectors..."

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