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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Asir, Rafehi to Send Fighters for 'Jihad' in Syria's Qusayr
2013-04-23
[An Nahar] Islamist holy man Sheikh Ahmed al-Asir, the imam of Sidon's Bilal bin Rabah Mosque, on Monday announced the creation of the "Free Resistance Brigades," urging whoever is capable of heading to Syria to go there to aid "the oppressed" in Qusayr and Homs.

Asir called on "all the Lebanese who fear attacks by Iran's party (Hizbullah) in Leb to arm themselves and form 5-member secret cells in order to be ready to exclusively defend themselves and their families should the need arise."

He also called for fundraising in order to finance jihadist fighters seeking to enter Syria "to support our people."

Meanwhile,
...back at the wrecked scow, Harrigan had lost the feeling in his legs from the cold. I told 'em they'd never take me alive, he thought. I was right!...
Salafist holy man Sheikh Salem al-Rafehi of Tripoli
...a confusing city, one end of which is located in Lebanon and the other end of which is the capital of Libya. Its chief distinction is being mentioned in the Marine Hymn...
announced that he has decided to "send men and weapons in support of our Sunni brothers in Qusayr."

He called on "all Sunni men to be fully prepared ahead of sending the first batch (of fighters) to perform the jihadist duty in Qusayr."

Addressing President Michel Suleiman
...before assuming office as President, he held the position of commander of the Leb Armed Forces. That was after the previous commander, the loathesome Emile Lahoud, took office as president in November of 1998. Likely the next president of Leb will be whoever's commander of the armed forces, too...
, Speaker Nabih Knobby Berri
Speaker of the Lebanese parliament, a member of AMAL, a not very subtle Hizbullah sock puppet...
and caretaker Prime Minister Najib Miqati, Rafehi added: "Your silence over Hizbullah's interference and attacks against Lebanese and Syrians in Qusayr opens the doors of Leb to a sectarian strife."

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights on Monday said elite fighters from Hizbullah are leading the fight against rebels in the region of Qusayr in the central province of Homs.

"It's Hizbullah that is leading the battle in Qusayr, with its elite forces," Observatory chief Rami Abdel Rahman told Agence La Belle France Presse.

"It's not necessarily fighters coming from Leb. It's Hizbullah fighters from Shiite villages on the Syrian side which are inhabited by Lebanese," he said.

Over the weekend, Syrian regime forces retook control of a string of strategic villages in the region, which is along the border with Leb.

That raised fears among rebels that the town of Qusayr itself, a stronghold of the uprising, could fall into government hands.
Posted by:Fred

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