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Africa North
Rebels holding UN team investigated for past executions
2013-03-07
[Al Ahram] Human Rights Watch
... dedicated to bitching about human rights violations around the world...
 said it was investigating the same rebel brigade that seized 20 United Nations
...Parkinson's Law on an international scale...
 peacekeepers on Wednesday for executing captured Syrian soldiers earlier this week.

Peter Bouckaert of the human rights
...which are usually open to widely divergent definitions...
 monitoring group told Rooters it was investigating the involvement of the "Martyrs of Yarmouk" brigade in a videotaped execution of nabbed
Drop the heater, Studs, or you're hist'try!
 Syrian soldiers posted on the Internet on Tuesday.

The UN says about 20 peacekeepers in the force charged with monitoring the cease-fire between Israel and Syrian troops on the Golan Heights have been detained by approximately 30 armed fighters.

UN deputy front man Eduardo del Buey says the UN observers were on a regular supply mission Wednesday when they were stopped near an observation post which sustained damage and was evacuated last weekend following heavy combat.

He said the UN peacekeeping mission has dispatched a team to assess the situation and attempt a resolution.
Posted by:Fred

#3  Israel Concerned UN will Leave Golan After Abductions
Israel on Thursday expressed concern that the UN peacekeeping force in the Golan Heights could pull out altogether after Syrian rebels snatched 21 of their troops in the ceasefire zone bordering Israel. The soldiers, Filipino members of the UNDOF peacekeeping force, were taken hostage on Wednesday by gunmen who said they would be held until troops loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad pulled back from Jamla village in the southern province of Daraa.

“This kidnapping is likely to convince countries who participate in this force to bring their troops home, which would undoubtedly create a dangerous vacuum in no man's land on the Golan,” an Israeli official told AFP, speaking on condition of anonymity. “Since its creation, this force has fulfilled its mission, which was to keep the peace," he said.
Posted by: tipper   2013-03-07 10:32  

#2  Welcome to the Martyrs of Yarmouk brigade. I, Fazil Musaka am your unit sponsor. If you have further questions, please contact the Brigade Sergeant Major. I, Fazil Musaka have already been martyred.
Posted by: Besoeker   2013-03-07 08:16  

#1  Syria rebels want troop pullback before they free U.N. men
Rebels holding 21 U.N. peacekeepers near the Golan Heights in southern Syria say government forces must leave the area before they free their "guests", an activist in touch with the fighters said on Thursday.

Rami Abdelrahman of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights quoted a spokesman for the "Martyrs of Yarmouk" rebel brigade as saying the peacekeepers were being held as "guests" in the village of Jamla, about a mile from a ceasefire line with the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights.

"He said they will not be harmed. But the rebels want the Syrian army and tanks to pull back from the area," Abdelrahman said after speaking to the rebel spokesman on Thursday morning.
Posted by: tipper   2013-03-07 06:56  

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