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| 9 Kidnapped Troops Appear in New Video, Muslim Scholars 'Can't Confirm or Deny' Sergeant's Beheading | |||||
| 2014-08-31 | |||||
| [AnNahar] The Moslem Scholars Committee, who was tasked with negotiating with jihadist fighters on the case of troops kidnapped during the Arsal festivities on the border with Syria, could not deny or confirm on Friday reports about the slaughtering of an army sergeant who hails from the northern Akkar town of Fneideq. Meanwhile, ...back at the laboratory the smoke and fumes had dispersed, to reveal an ominous sight... the Islamic State-linked Fajr al-Islam Brigade aired late on Friday a videotape featuring several kidnapped army troops calling on their parents to block roads and pressure the cabinet to release them in exchange for Islamist inmates held in Roumieh. "Otherwise, we will be slaughtered," they warned.
Earlier in the day, the Moslem Scholars Committee said in a statement that it cannot confirm or deny anything about "circulated images of a Lebanese soldier being executed." The statement explained that its uncertain stance in this regard stems from the "the suspension of negotiations with the jihadist fighters and the lack of direct communication with the kidnappers." "We urge media outlets not to adopt any reports except those issued by the Committee and published on its official webpage," the Moslem Scholars Committee stressed. But the father of Ali al-Sayyed, the army member who is reportedly featured in the video, told LBCI television that the Committee has confirmed the sergeant's death. We blame the army leadership and the cabinet, he added. The sergeant's uncle also confirmed to al-Jadeed television the death of his nephew, assuring that al-Sayyed is the person featured in images circulated on social media platforms. "We have been reaching out to concerned authorities for a month to solve the issue of the kidnapped soldiers, although kidnappers had sent a videotape to the cabinet for the sake of negotiations and in which al-Sayyed appears, but nothing happened," he expressed. "We wonder why the government did not negotiate with the abductors," he said.
He identifies the supposed victim as "Ali al-Sayyed, an apostate soldier belonging to the 'army of the cross' (Lebanese army)." The bully boy says the purported execution is in response to "the attempts of the 'party of Satan' (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... ) to torpedo the negotiations" over the captive Lebanese soldiers and coppers who were kidnapped after jihadists overran the Bekaa border town of Arsal on August 2. The unconfirmed reports of al-Sayyed's beheading sparked protests and road blocking in Akkar on Thursday.
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| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #2 So, the sergeant in question has become "Schrodinger's sergeant", who has and has not been beheaded, depending on some quantum event occurring at the Muslim Scholar's Committee, which is "do we admit it or not?" |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2014-08-31 12:57 |
#1 Arsal festivities There's their problem. Most people don't celebrate arse-holes. |
| Posted by: Rob Crawford 2014-08-31 00:24 |