The Dark Side Of Syria's Rebel Fighters

This is what many of the rebels fighting in Syria are all about. Those same people that Barack Obama and John McCain want to aide:

Video from Jarablus, Syria (on the border with Turkey) of a room full of confiscated Christian bibles and communion bread with a sign that states that these things (referring to the Bibles etc.) are far more dangerous than chemical weapons. In other words, Christians are far more of a threat with their evangelizing than chemical weapons. And if that's the case, what will happen to Christians in Syria if the Syrian jihadists win the fight. "Mujahideen from the Islamic State" [in Iraq and the Levant] are responsible for the confiscation.

And this German video shows Turkey's complicity in allowing the slew of foreign jihadist terrorists (including an American and a Canadian) flowing into Syria. Why? Turkey wants Bashar al Assad gone, and it figures the jihadists will accomplish that.  The Turks obviously don't care what happens to the country once Assad is gone. And the opposition seems to be overrun by Islamists with a few rebel fighters still actually fighting for democracy.  They are stuck in the middle between extremists on the one hand, and dictator Assad's forces on the other, and are just as liable to get targeted by the jihadists. By the way, the Canadian's suicide bomb mission in Damascus managed to blow up women and children.

Video that chronicles how Syrian rebels executed 51 soldiers who had surrendered.

Go to YouTube and search for Syrian rebels kill civilians and you will find a ton of graphic videos of senseless violence all perpetrated by the opposition against civilians and Christians.

Not that Assad has not willfully and mercilessly killed his own people, he has. But the rebels are far more brutal, and as the bearded Californian jihadist in the German video puts it:   "They love life. I love death."

Reports of Massacre Of Kurds By Rebel Forces In North Syria

Reports of a massacre of about 450 Kurds in northern Syria by al-Qaeda linked rebels.  The Kurds have apparently tried to disassociate themselves from both sides, and it still gets them killed.

Croissant Fatwa By Syrian Rebel Islamists In Aleppo

And one for the 'stupid fatwa' file:  no croissants for the residents of the Islamist rebel-held section of Aleppo, Syria because they represent the Christian European victory over Muslim imperialism during the Ottoman Empire. Not that there's any truth to that fanciful tale.

A sharia committee in a rebel-held area of Aleppo issued a fatwa deeming croissants ‘haram’ (forbidden in Islamic law) because of their “colonial” significance, pan-Arab daily Asharq al-Awsat reported on Tuesday.

I'm sure those living in Aleppo had no clue that their fight for freedom against Bashar al-Assad's oppression would end up with something even worse.  The ban against croissants isn't the only thing they're having to deal with. Women have already been banned from wearing "immodest" clothing and makeup.

The Free Syrian Army (FSA) is also showing its conservative bent.

A fatwa issued by the Council of the United Judiciary, affiliated with the rebel Free Syrian Army, stipulated a year in jail for anyone not fasting during the holy month of Ramadan.

Out of the frying pan.

Syrian Teen Shot Dead By Islamists For Blasphemy

The Syrian people might have had it bad under Bashar al-Assad's regime, but it will be a million times worse under Islamist rule, if and when that happens, especially for non-Muslims. 

According to an anti-Assad human rights organization based out of Britain- the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights- a 15-year-old street vendor, Mohammad Qataam, was brutally murdered as punishment for blasphemy by Al Qaeda-linked extremists. The boy was shot point blank in the face and throat, while his parents begged for his life. I refuse to post the photo. Just too graphic.

Even though the organization is anti-regime, group head Rami Abdulrahman said:

"The observatory cannot ignore these crimes, which only serve the enemies of the revolution and the enemies of humanity."

Apparently, the teen was selling coffee when he got into an argument with someone. He allegedly said,

"Even if the Prophet Mohammad comes down (from heaven), I will not become a believer."

Someone overheard what the kid said and ratted him out to the Islamists, who are now an amalgamation of Jabhat al-Nusra aka the Nusra Front and the Islamic State of Iraq. The rebels then grabbed the boy, kept him overnight, apparently whipped him- since he was found with lash marks on his body- and then dragged him back to his parents.  According to Abdulrahman, who gathered information about the incident from witnesses:

"People gathered around him and a member of the fighting brigade said: 'Generous citizens of Aleppo, disbelieving in God is polytheism and cursing the prophet is a polytheism. Whoever curses even once will be punished like this'."

"He then fired two bullets from an automatic rifle in view of the crowd and in front of the boy's mother and father, and got into a car and left."

It seems the killers might not have been Syrian, but rather foreign fighters.

Ironically, the boy had participated in pro-democracy demonstrations in 2011, and was killed not by the government troops he was protesting, but by rebels who came to allegedly fight for democracy for Syria.

UPDATE:  Slightly different information about how it all went down. The mother has asked the FSA to help track down the boy's killers.

Vladimir Putin Hopes The Cannibals In The Syrian Opposition Won't Attend Geneva 2

Russian Prez Vladimir Putin tried to make a funny (though the subject matter is far from that) when referring to the Syrian jihadist Abu Saqqar  (who cannibalized a Syrian soldier- like an animal- after he ripped out the dead man's heart and lung), saying he hoped that groups involved in acts like that would not be invited to Geneva 2- because he could not guarantee the safety of his Russian delegation.

Video: Syrian Rebel Kids Chant "A Call To Jihad"

A very creepy video of Syrian rebel kids chanting a call to jihad. There is no indication with which rebel group they are affiliated, but one can assume they are being trained by the Islamists.

Disturbing footage of young rebel children in military uniform singing an insurgent propaganda song named 'A Call to Jihad' which amounts to a call to fight the unbelievers and those who 'don't fear Allah.' An eerie effect is created by the fact that the audio has been edited and then overlaid onto the video.

The footage underlines both the rampant abuse and militarisation of children on the part of insurgent groups as well as the Islamist extremist ideology that dominates the opposition at all levels.

It's not an isolated case. These kids are being trained to fight.

Video: Who are Jabhat al-Nusra? The Terrorist Opposition In Syria

Some interesting background on Jabhat al-Nusra, one of the terrorist legs of the Syrian opposition. They have been the most barbaric of all. And if they prevail, Syria will turn into an Islamic State.

Some unpleasant content in the video.

Video: Jabhat Al-Nusra Militants Brainwash Syrian Kids

This is looking a lot like Palestinian kids.

This is how they create a generation of haters, by brainwashing them at a very young age.

Asking for  Jabhat al-Nusra (designated as a terrorist organization) to stand firm, these little ones also chant:

"Allah is our God, there is no good for the infidels." "Shariah is our only law." "Democracy is disgusting." "The infidels plot to make our religion a heresy, but they are all dogs." :Allah's advice is best, the guidance he gave Mohammed and his followers is the truth, not the understanding (democracy) of the sinners (infidels)."

Check out the little hijab-clad little girl at the end.



Disclaimer: these videos do come from pro-Assad sites.

Syrian Women Upset With Rise Of Islamists In Opposition

It's the women of the Arab Spring- that turned into a civil war in Syria- that I most feel sorry for. At least those that truly did or do yearn for freedom. They were (and continue to be in Syria) instrumental in helping to oust the various dictators they believed held their freedom in shackles, only to discover that their battle for equality will continue under the Islamists that now lead their countries.

They're still struggling in Syria, and some women over there are running scared now that they see hardline Islamists in the opposition movement are gaining strength, which inevitably means they will have gained nothing when the battle against Bashar al-Assad's regime is finally won.

These men, they say, are extremists who are expanding control, waving the black flag of Jihad and excluding women in a way that mirrors the male domination of the autocratic regime that is still clinging to power.

"All opposing Syrian factions insist on marginalizing women," said Maya al-Rahbi, a human rights activist, "which means that these factions are not a true representation of the Syrian people. Half of the population is left out."

Rahbi, director of a Damascus-based women's research center, said "this indicates how patriarchal these groups are and how unbelieving they are in democracy, which can never be achieved without giving women their rights."

Another woman, Majida, is an anti-government activist who does not want to use her real name to protect her safety. She told Women's eNews in an email interview that only three of the 60 leading members of the new Syria National Coalition, which was established in November in Qatar, are women. That ratio overlooks the female momentum behind the opposition fighters and blatantly ignores their active participation in the Syrian conflict for the past 21 months.

Women's rank in the opposition, in fact, mirrors that of the Syrian establishment, where the few female ministers in the government are channeled into "female" ministries such as Social Affairs and Labor.
"We, women, have been fooled," Majida said. "How can such a weak representation be accepted? Do three women reflect the role of the female population in Syria? Did they forget what women died during the revolution by organizing protests themselves? How thousands of us were arrested and tortured just like men? It is men who chose the armed conflict, limiting the physical role of women to some extent. But our suffering was greater than theirs, because murder, rape and torture always affect women and children more than men in armed conflicts."

Rahbi echoed that outrage. "Where are all the mottos we've been hearing since the beginning revolution? Where did the calls for 'freedom, dignity and justice for all citizens' go?" she said.

She added that, "This reminds us of the same oppressive regimes and of their same policies against women. Why then did women take part in the revolution from the very beginning? Why did they sacrifice and lose their loved ones? Why were they killed, arrested, exiled and stranded? Why the revolution in the first place?!"

Indeed they've been fooled. In essence what they have done is unwittingly help their men folk pave the way for the re-emergence of Islamists which were outlawed in those countries. They realize they will have fewer freedoms under the Islamists than they had under their dictators, but it's too late now.

President Of Syria's Main Opposition Group Would Cut Ties With Iran, Hezbollah and Hamas

Here's some potentially positive news out of a region that has been progressively turning further away from the West. With Tunisia, Libya Morocco and now Egypt voting for Islamists (historically anti-Israel and anti-West), the Syrian Nation Council, Syria's main opposition group, has said  that if elected it plans on cutting ties with Iran, Hamas and Hezbollah.

In a Wall Street Journal interview its president, Burhan Ghalioun,  said

“There will be no special relationship with Iran,” Ghalioun, a 66-year-old university professor, told the Journal in an interview at his home in Paris.


“Breaking the exceptional relationship means breaking the strategic, military alliance,” he said, adding that “after the fall of the Syrian regime, (Hezbollah) won’t be the same.”

Long time allies with Iran, Syria has been suspected of supporting Lebanon's Hezbollah and Palestine's Hamas.  At one point during the height of the Iraq War there was also speculation that Saddam Hussein had transported those infamous "weapons of mass destruction" (WMD) to Syria. No-one knows for sure if that ever happened, but cutting ties with Iran and the supply lines for those two terrorist organizations could have a major  impact on that whole region.  With more countries turning Islamist in the Middle East and North Africa, Israel needs as many pro-West friends as possible.  Not that Syria would embrace Israel with open arms, under a Ghalioun leadership.  They do still have their sight set on the Golan Heights, but  Ghalioun said that they would try to regain that land through negotiations rather than violence.  Israel captured the plateau during the 1967  '6 Day War.  The Israelis might be more willing to compromise knowing they won't be facing violence from the Syrian border.

In the interview, Ghalioun also asked the international community for help in toppling the Assad family's dictatorial 40-year rule, by calling for a  

".. more robust international support for the rebels, including the possible establishment of a no-fly zone.

“Our main objective is finding mechanisms to protect civilians and stop the killing machine,” Ghalioun said.


“We say it is imperative to use forceful measures to force the regime to respect human rights.”

But who are these Syrian rebel fighters?  I think Libya's rebel forces taught the world a major lesson- since a once semi-secular country will now embrace Shariah Law, courtesy of those same rebels who fought long and hard to gain their freedom from a controlling, power-hungry dictator.

Of course, the Syrians still have to deal with an unbudging president Bashar al-Assad, and undoubtedly more violence and many more deaths before there is any regime change over there.  But it's promising.