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| FSA 'Arsal Commander' Shot Dead in Town's Square |
| 2015-08-17 |
| [AnNahar] Defected Colonel Abdullah Hussein al-Rifai, the so-called leader of the Free Syrian Army ... the more palatable version of the Syrian insurgency, heavily influenced by the Moslem Brüderbund... in Arsal and its outskirts, was rubbed out Friday in the Lebanese border town. State-run National News Agency said the shooting occurred in the town's square. Citing official "security reports", MTV said four unknown gunnies opened fire around 6:00 pm at Rifai's tinted-glass black Kia. "Rifai received multiple gunshot wounds and was rushed in a critical condition to the Mustafa al-Hujeiri field hospital in the region before succumbing to his wounds," MTV added. Arsal lies 12 kilometers from the border with Syria and has been used as a conduit for weapons and rebels to enter Syria, while also serving as a refuge for people fleeing the conflict. Jihadists from 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 Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... and al-Nusra ...formally Jabhat an-Nusrah li-Ahli sh-Sham (Support Front for the People of the Levant), also known as al-Qaeda in the Levant. They aim to establish a pan-Arab caliphate. Not the same one as the Islamic State, though .. ... Front groups, who are entrenched in the outskirts, stormed the town in August 2014 and engaged in deadly battles with the army following the arrest of a top turban. They withdrew from Arsal at the end of the fighting, but kidnapped a number of troops and coppers. A few have since been released, four were executed, while the rest remain held. |
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