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| Lebanese Army Corporal Defects in a Video, Joins al-Nusra Front Ranks |
| 2014-07-24 |
| [An Nahar] A corporal in the Lebanese army defected and joined the ranks of al-Nusra Front and released a video slamming the military as a Hizbullah ... Party of God, a Leb militia inspired, founded, funded and directed by Iran. Hizbullah refers to itself as The Resistanceand purports to defend Leb against Israel, with whom it has started and lost one disastrous war to date, though it did claim victory... tool. "I am a soldier and I know the assault against the Sunni sect," Corporal Atef Mohammed Saadeddine said in a Youtube video published on Jul 23, 2014. The soldiers states the reasons behind his decision to desert the army and join al-Nusra Front in the video. He lashed out at the resistance, considering it to be assaulting the Sunni youth. Saadeddine revealed that Hizbullah members carry arms at checkpoints and "no one objects." "Terrorists are not those who are defending their sect," he said. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 I remember another corporal... |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2014-07-24 13:40 |
| #1 I don't blame him for leaving the world's least competent 'army'. What have they ever achieved? |
| Posted by: borgboy 2014-07-24 03:13 |