“The Syrian Army is useless! Give me one brigade of the Basij, and I could conquer the whole country.”

—  Qasem Soleimani

Dexter Filkins (30 September 2013). "The Shadow Commander" http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2013/09/30/130930fa_fact_filkins?currentPage=all. The New Yorker.

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