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Nusra Front 'kills' captive Lebanese soldier
 [Al Jazeera] The al-Nusra...formally Jabhat an-Nusrah li-Ahli sh-Sham (Support Front for the People of the Levant), also known as al-Qaeda in the Levant. They aim to establish a pan-Arab caliphate. Not the same one as the Islamic State, though .. ... Front, al-Qaeda's affiliate in Syria, has killed one of the Lebanese soldiers it had been holding in captivity, according to Lebanese security sources and a Twitter statement. The killing of the soldier, if confirmed, will be the first to have been carried out by the Nusra Front, which along with ISIL is holding over a dozen more Lebanese soldiers captive. The Twitter statement on an account affiliated with Nusra Front said on Friday that the soldier had become "the first victim of the intransigence of the Lebanese army which has become a plaything in the hands of the Iranian party", referring to Hezbollah.
The video showed Hamiyeh being executed by a shot to the head, reported Turkey's Anatolia news agency. A soldier nearby, identified as Ali al-Bazzal, was shown pleading to his family to mobilize otherwise he too will be executed. Earlier on Saturday, al-Nusra Front sources told LBCI television that they demand the release of 15 Roumieh prison inmates in return for the soldier's corpse. Posted by: Fred 2014-09-21 |
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