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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Qaida Branch Executes Syrian for 'Insulting Prophet'
2014-11-27
"Anything ISIS can do we can do better,
We can commit any atrocity that they do!"
[AnNahar] Al-Qaeda's Syrian branch on Wednesday executed a man it accused of insulting the Prophet Mohammed, in a summary killing mirroring those by the Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
group, a monitoring group said.

Al-Nusra
...the current nom de guerre of al-Qaeda in the Levant, which isn't to be confused with al-Qaeda in Iraq and the Levant...
Front bandidos hard boyz rubbed out the civilian, identified as Mohammad al-Mir, in the town of Irbin, just northeast of the capital Damascus, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

The man had been accused of "insulting the Prophet Mohammed and his family," said the Britannia-based monitoring group.

Al-Nusra has regularly executed members of Syrian Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad
Light of the Alawites...
's regime, but has rarely been accused of carrying out such killings on religious grounds.

It pledged allegiance to Al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri
... Formerly second in command of al-Qaeda, now the head cheese, occasionally described as the real brains of the outfit. Formerly the Mister Big of Egyptian Islamic Jihad. Bumped off Abdullah Azzam with a car boom in the course of one of their little disputes. Is thought to have composed bin Laden's fatwa entitled World Islamic Front Against Jews and Crusaders. Currently residing in the North Wazoo area. That is not a horn growing from the middle of his forehead, but a prayer bump, attesting to how devout he is...
in April, distancing itself from the Sunni holy warrior Islamic State (IS) group notorious for summarily executing those it accuses of apostasy.

"We are all used to seeing the Islamic State group doing this, but now it seems that other groups like Al-Nusra Front are following in their footsteps, and are terrorizing the population," Observatory director Rami Abdel Rahman told AFP.

In December 2013, IS jihadists executed a Syrian boy accused of blasphemy, sparking protests in the northern city of Aleppo and condemnation from activists and Assad's opponents.

The group has since gained infamy for its near-daily executions -- often beheadings -- in areas that it co-opted, and for publicly committing some of the worst atrocities in Syria's war.

Until recently, many Syrian activists and rebels seeking Assad's overthrow had considered Al-Nusra Front to be less radical than the IS group.

In many areas of the war-torn country, Al-Nusra Front members and rebel fighters have fought side by side against forces loyal to Assad.

But in recent weeks, particularly after the launch of U.S.-led strikes against jihadist positions in Syria in late September, Al-Nusra Front has started mobilizing to expel rivals from areas out of government control.

Less than a month ago, Al-Nusra pushed out Syrian rebels from most of their positions in the northwestern province of Idlib.

"The killing in Irbin shows us what Al-Nusra Front is really about," said the Observatory's Abdel Rahman.

"The execution violates not only human rights
...which are usually entirely different from personal liberty...
, but also proves once again that Al-Nusra's agenda has absolutely nothing to do with the Syrian people's desire for democracy," he added.

Syria's war began as a peaceful movement demanding Assad's ouster, but later evolved into a war after the regime unleashed a massive crackdown against dissent.

Al-Nusra released its first statement in January 2012, and has since grabbed credit for the majority of suicide kabooms that have struck the country in the past three years.

The group has been classed by the United States since 2012 as a "terrorist" organization.
Posted by:trailing wife

#1  The son of the moon, unoccultable;
Immune, one would think, uninsultable!
But none wax more morbid
Than loons in his orbit
Who gibber Mo's soul was inculpable.
Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220   2014-11-27 08:44  

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