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 A chilling tape of a militiaman eating the heart of a killed Syrian soldier has prompted calls on the opposition to prevent such abuses. However the insurgent has announced he doesn’t feel regret for his “act of revenge.”The video, 27 seconds of footage, was first spotted in April, with the TIME magazine conducting a probe into whether it had been faked for propaganda purposes. On Sunday, the clip released on a Syrian website, triggering a wave of rage online. Human rights organizations have condemned the act. However, Khalid Hamad, known by his war nickname Abu Sakkar, didn’t seem to regret his behavior much, labeling it as revenge: “an eye for eye, a tooth for tooth.” “Hopefully we will slaughter all of [the Alawites]. I have another video clip that I will send to them. In the clip, I am sawing another shabiha [pro-government fighter] with a saw. The saw we use to cut trees. I sawed him into small pieces and large ones,” Hamad commented on his actions in an interview with TIME magazine published Wednesday. The so-called Free Syrian Army pledged Wednesday to punish such atrocities "Any act contrary to the values that the Syrian people have paid their blood and lost their homes (for) will not be tolerated, the abuser will be punished severely even if they are associated with the Free Syrian Army," the militant opposition group said in a statement.
The Supreme Military Council has already compiled a poster calling for Hamad’s arrest, saying he is wants “dead or alive”. “These types of atrocities have been happening in Syria since the beginning of the crisis. The international community just didn’t want to admit it,” Ali Haider, Syria’s minister for reconciliation, told the Telegraph. The minister also pointed out that they had documents that were as “horrific” as the video featuring Hamad. “We have seen one of our pilot’s heads cut off and cooked on a grill. We have seen rebels toasting their success by drinking the blood of their victims,” he added. International Condemnation Hamad’s actions were also condemned by Syria's opposition National Coalition, as well as the US State Department and UN rights official. On Monday, Human Rights Watch issued a report on the matter, saying the rebel was also to blame for the cross-border bombing of a Lebanese village that left two killed not long ago. “It is not enough for Syria’s opposition to condemn such behavior or blame it on violence by the government,” Nadim Houry, the watchdog’s deputy director for the Middle East, told TIME magazine. “The opposition forces need to act firmly to stop such abuses,” he said. But while some of the opposition factions denounce Hamad’s actions, there are supporters who make portraits of him with the inscription “We Love You.” All this comes as the UK and France urge for the arms embargo on Syria to be lifted in order to supply the opposition groups with weapons. This has already drawn criticism from allies, with Austria reportedly circulating a discussion paper among the EU member states on Tuesday pressing that such a move would violate the international law. Syria was hit by a violent unrest since mid-March 2011, where the Syrian government accuses foreign actors of orchestrating the conflict, by supporting the militant opposition groups with arms and money. | ||||
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بالفيديو/ كشف هوية الارهابي الذي اكل قلب الجندي وانتمائه
لمليشيا"الجيش الحر"
مجلة فورين بوليسي تتحدث عن الفيديو الأكثر اثارة للإشمئزاز في سورية و
تعترف بأن هذا الشخص تابع لإرهابيي كتائب الفاروق و هو أحد مؤسسيها و أنه معروف
جداً في الأوساط الإعلامية الغربية..
و من قبل صحفيين غربين أكدوا هويته لمنظمة حقوق الإنسان .. و كذلك إقرار أحد قادة كتائب الفاروق الإرهابية في لقاء له مع مجلة التايمز.
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