Lebanese Army Corporal Defects in a Video, Joins al-Nusra Front Ranks
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A corporal in the Lebanese army defected and joined the ranks of al-Nusra Front and released a video slamming the military as a Hizbullah tool.
“I am a soldier and I know the assault against the Sunni sect,” Corporal Atef Mohammed Saadeddine said in a Youtube video published on Jul 23, 2014.
The soldiers states the reasons behind his decision to desert the army and join al-Nusra Front in the video.
He lashed out at the resistance, considering it to be assaulting the Sunni youth.
Saadeddine revealed that Hizbullah members carry arms at checkpoints and “no one objects.”
“Terrorists are not those who are defending their sect,” he said.
Earlier on Wednesday al-Akhbar newspaper reported that Saadeddine defected his post in the eastern town of Arsal.
He was presumed to be kidnapped or lost before a video of him was circulated on social networking websites.
Al-Akhbar daily said that Saadeddine defected his post at dawn on Tuesday.
Security sources said that the corporal fled his ranks to join al-Nusra rebels.
The sources said that he stole three M16 rifles, military equipment and night vision goggles.
Saadeddine hails from the Khirbet Daoud area in Arsal's outskirts.
The corporal was reportedly assigned to serve on the outskirts between al-Labweh and Arsal as a disciplinary measure for offering sweets and opening fire in the air after a suicide attack in Beirut's southern suburbs was carried out.
The al-Nusra Front, completely unknown before the rebellion in Syria that began two years ago, has been a rebel standard-bearer since mid-2012 when it became the spearhead of the insurgency ahead of the Free Syrian Army.
Arsal, a predominantly Sunni area, backs the uprising against Syrian President Bashar Assad.
The town 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.
The town has seen a massive influx of refugees as a result of the heavy fighting in Qalamoun.
H.K.
M.T.
23 July 2014, 09:05
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Ashrafieh, I suggest you use your sectarian stupid comments in an appropriate place where stupidity is accepted, I guess your home would be suitable.
23 July 2014, 17:17
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I'm concerned that this may be the only corporal the army has. Surely they should have a back-up corporal for precisely contingencies of this kind.
24 July 2014, 01:13
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The problems of Lebanon is not the Shiites, it is the Hezb/Amal with their Iranian and Syrian agendas. The problems of Lebanon is not the Sunnis but the Salafists/Takfiris and their fanaticism and disloyalty to Lebanon. I do not care how many Shiites or Sunnis join the army, I only care if their loyalty is to Lebanon and its constitution. Religion is no longer a spiritual connection to God, it has become the poison that iss killing our country.
23 July 2014, 09:05
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U prefer ur fellow jihadists shias? More modern? More secular? More gender friendly?
Maybe u should see our fellow christian "jihadist style in central affrica" cutting women breasts...
Ashrafieh why don't u go have some chupachups and think of how stupid was ur comment...
23 July 2014, 09:35
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U r worse than i though , christianity tells them to go cut women breasts in central africa so women cannot feed their newborn?? To cut the corpse of the non christian in small parts in the middle of the streets?? How are them any better than muslim fanatics we have here?..
And if u were refering to "europen and occidental christians" we'll the majority of those are with a secular state, with gendre equality, with civil mariage, not some bunch of fanatics like we have in middle east...
Really man go have some chupachups, and think a little...
23 July 2014, 09:39
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imagine_1979, don't bother with him, he is neither a christian nor from ashrafiyeh. He is a troll most probably a flamethrower or a josephani of some sort.
23 July 2014, 10:31
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Ashrafieh - You are a bigot. Rather than calling for pluralistic democratic state, you feel the need to engage in hate speech. Very sad.
23 July 2014, 09:08
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Well many spreadded baklawa after assassinations in lebanon, probably both sides... Even a tv anchorwomen wished more of them gets assassinated on the air, u forgot?...
So a lot to hung then my friend
This being said i'm against death penalty...
23 July 2014, 10:25
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imagine before repeating that propaganda (baklawa), tell me honestly, did you see that yourself? live or on video? i doubt, because i doubt it ever happened.
23 July 2014, 09:41
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oh big big difference. HA is protecting us from Israel via Qalamoun, Qusayr, and Aleppo.
23 July 2014, 10:29
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The difference is that this is an individual act of treason and Hezbollah is a collective act of treason.
23 July 2014, 11:36
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LOL... the difference is some people do not know what pro Lebanon actually means.
23 July 2014, 09:35
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i wonder if it was a sunni jabhat lover who killed francois al hajj after all... anythings possibled.
23 July 2014, 09:41
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And also samer hanna maybe?...
U know it was probably a comon zionist/takfiri plot who decided to kill any patriotic figure in lebanon...
But dont worry our dear secular modern khomainiat moukawama bel merssad...
I wonder if u need some chupachups....
23 July 2014, 09:45
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But again sunni fanatics, shiite fanatics... (Christian fanatics now not well develloped in middle east but can show at anytime to defend our churchues...) like defending sayedah zeinab...
Are they really different?...
23 July 2014, 13:27
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lek they are both cancerous tumors to lebanon, one cannot deny the truth. these guys are worse however.
23 July 2014, 10:13
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Good for him. Now everyone else that feels the need to liberate or defend Syria and drag us into a bloody mess please follow suite hand in your ID card on the way out.
23 July 2014, 11:38
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this guys got the look of timothy mcveigh.
i wonder if we will all remember his name too.
23 July 2014, 11:59
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So the guy is clearly a supporter of those extremists that come blow themselves up in the city so you punish him by putting him right next to his idols?!?
*facepalm*
Somebody must have said "told you so!!!"
23 July 2014, 12:58
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naharnet keeps deleted my comments.
this guy has the sparkle that tim mcveigh had in his eyes
23 July 2014, 13:10
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Hezbollah is truly inspiring. They set examples to follow. Shooting in the air to celebrate murders, distributing sweets, defecting from the army and stealing army resources. Hell, they even murder soldiers and get away with it.
This corporal must be caught and trialled for high treason. Same with all Hezbollah fighters which fight in the name of Iran and usurp the name of "Lebanese resistance" to mask their cause.
23 July 2014, 13:49
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You defend Hezbollah because you're an Aouneh, which is ironic because Hezbollah really don't care about Aoun. They used his seats to advance their agenda in exchange for small under-the-table deals. But when push came to shove, Hezbollah sat back and let Aoun drown in this pool we call the presidential "election" sweepstakes, which is really an appointment. If Hezbollah really cared about Aoun, they would propose him as a candidate, rather than sit silent. Because Hezbollah have big mouths, I mean they only denounced the president.
23 July 2014, 14:10
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Binary you're really stupid. My friend was an Aouneh and he woke up one day and realised that the general wasn't the same anymore. You need to wake up. Stop defending this lunatic. It's the Christians like you who keep Christians divided. Stupid statements like Hezbollah are pro-Lebanon go buy some meds
23 July 2014, 14:11
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And are you ever gonna explain your use of the word binary, or do you prefer to keep pretending like I don't exist on this forum
23 July 2014, 14:14
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And I'm not 14 March. They're all corrupt Binary. I can argue without following a party
23 July 2014, 14:32
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Oh that's right my comment got deleted, because I'm right about what I said. And I'm gonna say it again because I'm full of myself: you're smoking meth Binary. Hezbollah is a statelet, they took the state to war, they took over the streets of Beirut, they demanded veto power, they "agree" to stay out of foreign conflict yet they're still participating in a foreign conflict. And there you are saying "Hezbollah are pro-Lebanon." God have mercy on your soul Binary.
23 July 2014, 18:03
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Hey imagine I think Flamethrower can (or could as he already passed up the chance) speak for himself. And binary does not mean black and white
23 July 2014, 14:39
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M14 and Mustaqbal are responsible of this defection. By not defending lebanese sunnis, they open the door to the extremes. This is a well-known political phenomenon. Same way marginalisation of lebanese shias pushed them into the iranian militia's arms.
Like Pope Paul VI said, if you want peace work for justice...
23 July 2014, 18:39
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1- i expect Future to at least denounce HizbIran sectarian checkpoints, lawlessness, attacks on sunnis and their mosques, Hizbos control of the army intelligence, detention without trials for years of sunnis, wrongful arrests, etc...
2- u cant compare with christians, they're not victims of hizb in lebanon and syria, sunnis are. And believe me, christians are armed...
23 July 2014, 19:41
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Cedre how many christian political figures were assassinated since 2005?
We are all in the same fight here, not fir christianity, sunnism or chiisme (salman was chiite and killed buy hezbos) but for the rught to jave a sovereign state and to live as equal and not under the influence of a sectarian millicia (now a shiite one but would it be christian, druze, suni.. Would hv been the same...
So no not sunnis christian chiite.. Unified front, our leaders nd free politicians were proning the same cause and we'll continu the path all together..
23 July 2014, 19:43
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This said yes hariri should have never accepted any political deal, they are slowely taking over the contry so let them do what ever gov they want and rule alone like they greattely did with very secular mikati and donnot give any kind of political cover
Anyway that's my opinion
24 July 2014, 01:17
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1 sunni, 1 christian, 1 sunni, 1 christian and so on. we're all targets.
23 July 2014, 14:39
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And what about all the political assassinations, Binary? You really think Israel blew up Hariri, Sami Gemayel (anti-Hezbollah), Mohammad Shatah (Hariri's aide), two intelligence officers involved in the investigation of Hariri's assassination (Eid and Hassan). And the list goes on and on. What do you say to that? The intelligence officers are framing Hezbollah? Or it'd be even funnier if you say these people were against the state and Hezbollah had the right to kill them
23 July 2014, 14:42
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You choose a party and follow it blindly. You ignore and distort facts, and you try to portray Michel Aoun as a saint. Then you say "well Aoun had to pick a side, and he picked Hezbollah instead of Hariri." Wrong answer, he was a general (at least he was until he fled to France). And if this man had any honour, he would have picked neither side even if it meant his death.
23 July 2014, 14:48
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I thought 90% of shiaa already defected to HA and doing their iranian style jihad in syria...
23 July 2014, 18:52
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Your argument, Binary, was a stupid statement that said "Hezbollah is pro-Lebanon." Aoun is no candidate? How do you figure? Is it not the Change and Reform bloc who's boycotting the Parliament? Is it not the FPM who is rejecting all candidates not named Michel Naim Aoun? Is it not Aoun who said to Hariri he can ensure his safety if he (Aoun) was made president, and that Hariri can return as PM? I don't give a crap about M14, you're trying to deviate from the fact that Aoun has single-handedly put this country in a standstill.
23 July 2014, 18:56
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Also how do you figure he would win if a referendum is made? Do you truly believe Aoun represents would win more than 50% of Christian votes? (not to mention 50% of the Sunni votes). This has nothing to do with how many votes Geagea or Harb would get. I'm focusing on Aoun, and you know damn well given his naive pro-Hezbollah policies he does not represent any majority whatsoever.
23 July 2014, 19:44
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Yes you do make people look stupid, by calling them typical M14ers, among many other demeaning names. And I'm smarter than you whether you accept it or not. You're backward-minded who blindly follows a party and the further you try arguing with me the more pathetic your reasoning becomes.
23 July 2014, 20:40
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I would like to see him after his five minutes of fame are up and he finds himself living between these unwashed filthy creatures..
23 July 2014, 21:01
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He left to go fight Hezbollah in Syria just like Hassan Nasrallah suggested he does.
23 July 2014, 23:16
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Congratulations to March 14. You now have a new member, a lunatic addition and a fierce fighter, too. He should keep GabbyMarch14 close company. MABROUK
24 July 2014, 01:12
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if he cares about ahul al sunnah so much, why doesn't he join hamas in gaza where the israelis just killed about 700 sunni muslims? lol? whats up with the sunni muslim and their sectarian warfare, hell bent on killing shias? i don't get it.
24 July 2014, 03:29
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maybe coz qalamoun is closer, maybe coz gaza is under blockade, maybe coz he knows he cant defeat f15 and merkava but can easily kill few members of the iranian militias...
24 July 2014, 03:27
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idiot golani, instead of saying BS, go and read a bit.
U should know that ISIS sees alnusra and joulani as murtadeen and fights them...
