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In 1099, the First Crusaders faced their first major challenge: a massive Muslim army on its way to besiege Jerusalem and annihilate the insolent Christians.
The Assad family that has run Syria since the 1960s did so by creating a large, loyal and well-organized military force In 2011 Syrian security forces had over 500,000 personnel (50,000 secret police, 300,000 troops and 100,000 police plus reserves) Mo