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Free Syrian Army Rejects Lebanon Salafists' Jihad Call
[An Nahar] Syria's main rebel Free Syrian Army on Wednesday rejected calls for jihad (holy war) by Lebanese Islamist holy mans."Our official position as the Supreme Military Command of the Free Syrian Army... is that we thank them but we reject any calls for jihad in Syria," FSA political and media coordinator Louay Muqdad told Agence La Belle France Presse. "We reject any presence of imported muscle, regardless of where they are from. We have said that what we are missing in Syria is weapons, not men," he added. Thousands of imported muscle have joined Syrian rebels pitted against the regime of  Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneckal-Assad Lord of the Baath... Lebanese Salafist holy mans Sheikh Ahmed al-Asir and Sheikh Salem al-Rafehi have called on their followers to join rebels fighting in Syria and to support Sunni residents of the embattled central province of Homs. Their calls come after Syria's opposition and a monitoring group accused Hizbullah of fighting in Homs alongside troops loyal to Assad's regime. In a speech on Monday, Asir announced the establishment of "Free Resistance Brigades" in Sidon, the southern city where he is based. "There is a religious duty on every Moslem who is able to do so... to enter into Syria in order to defend its people, its mosques and religious shrines, especially in Qusayr and Homs," he told supporters. Posted by: Fred 2013-04-25 |
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