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Entire Syrian intelligence destroyed

Reports out of Syria indicate that 27-year old Issa Abboud was 'martyred' on Wednesday in Homs, Syria (Hat Tip: Shy Guy).

Twitter reports and Syrian radio on Wednesday condemned the shooting death of Issa Abboud, 27, a Syrian inventor who was once a winner of the World's Youngest Inventor prize.

According to the reports, Issa was shot by security forces while in his car in the al-Nozha neighborhood of Homs.

That report is curious, because SANA, the official Syrian news service, which is being picked up by just about everyone else, says that Abboud was killed by "criminal armed gangs" (i.e. the anti-Assad forces). Perhaps that's because Issa Abboud held more than 100 patents.

The Syrian inventor Issa Abboud, 27 years old, was martyred after being shot dead in his car by criminal armed gangs at al-Nozha neighborhood in Homs on Sunday.

''Issa was on a visit to his cousin's house at al-Nozha neighborhood where the armed criminal groups were firing, which resulted in his martyrdom,'' Ali Abboud, Issa's brother, told SANA.

Issa Abboud earned the title of the youngest inventor in the world, with more than 100 patents, one of which he earned for turning the brains of poultry into discs to save electronic information.

To realize how significant 100 patents are to Syria, you have to consider how many patents have been issued to Syrians as a whole.

The Syrian Patent Office has published its journal for the first half of 2010. It contained 24 granted patents. The last published patent is number 5701. This means that since the introduction of the patent law in 1946, a mere 5701 patents have been granted. The number of applications filed is not published but we can deduce from the application numbers being issued that it was probably around the 8700 mark by the end of 2010. Previous DCIP annual reports indicate that 299 patent applications were filed in 2008 and 278 in 2007.

Given that Abboud was 27-years old, it is likely that about half the patents issued in Syria over the last 3-4 years were issued to him.

No wonder the Syrian government is trying to pin his death on the rebels. They've just killed the smartest guy in the country. Heh.

Labels: Bashar al-Assad, Issa Abboud, Syria, Syrian regime change

posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 6:41 PM