20 ISF Members Forced to Defect 'over Army, Hizbullah Practices in Arsal, Syria'
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A number of Internal Security Forces were forced to defect by al-Nusra Front members on Sunday after being taken captive by the group, said LBCI television.
Twenty security forces members were shown announcing their defection “from the army and Hizbullah” in a video uploaded to Youtube.
The members announced that they were defecting in protest against the army's “targeting of civilians in the eastern Bekaa region of Arsal.”
They also declared their condemnation of Hizbullah's “terrorist actions” in Syria.
The ISF members were made to present themselves to the camera and later condemn the army and Hizbullah's practices.
At the end of the video, a captor was seen presenting the defected members with candy.
Clashes erupted on Saturday between the army and al-Nusra Front in Arsal following the arrest of a prominent member of the armed group.
Eight soldiers were killed in the unrest and a number of others were wounded.
The security forces members shown in the video were taken captive during the fighting.
03 August 2014, 09:28
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These security forces were kidnapped yesterday. They haven't defected. See the images in the article earlier "Soldiers, Civilians Killed as Army Arrest of Top Nusra Member Ignites Clashes in Arsal". They are clearly the isf in the back of the pick up being held at gun point.
Just hope for their safe release or rescue!
03 August 2014, 09:44
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I did read it yesterday, and just checked to see if I was hallucinating, but nope, here is what it says:
"Al-Mayadeen television later said that the the Lebanese army managed to release the two abducted members, who were handed over to the military institution according to radio Voice of Lebanon (100.5).
Quoting military sources, LBCI said the release of the two soldiers took place in Wadi Hmayyed and added that four troops were wounded in the operation."
And those were just two, not twenty as here.
03 August 2014, 09:30
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Did neither of you read the part about where it says they were captives who were forced to defect? It's in the first line of the piece. But I guess actually reading is too difficult for you.
03 August 2014, 09:50
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That first paragraph was edited in after I had posted my first comment. In this case I'm just sad and hoping for the soldiers' safe release.
03 August 2014, 10:23
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do you think that they had a choice in their announcement being kidnapped and threatened?
03 August 2014, 10:25
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for the second time I agree with you FT. In the news this morning, it is said that Hizbollah are fighting along with the army against the terrorist. This is exactly what should happen. Hizbollah joining the army in defending our country. A step further would be the integration of hizbollah in the army to make it stronger with one command.
03 August 2014, 11:01
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Why is this article misleading? They are kidnapped (captives) and are forced to appear in front of a camera.
Such practices by Naharnet or any other media MUST be subject to punishment by law.
03 August 2014, 11:02
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greatpiero, your comment would make "some" sense if HA was not already fighting in Syria. Moreover, defending Lebanon is the sole and exclusive responsibility of the LAF and not a joint responsibility with a sectarian criminal militia who killed lebanese and assassinated their leaders.
03 August 2014, 11:34
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Oh now they want to defend teh country hand in hand with teh army, but where was this cooperation and collaboration spirit when they want alone to war
Plus ask shiite residents in beqaa, and they' ll tell u how hezb el shaytan guys are trying to protect shiite villages instead of fighting alongside the border
03 August 2014, 12:18
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god bless our army and anyone against is a terrorist
and as we say in Lebanese
deb el talej ou bayan el traitor
03 August 2014, 12:27
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They can't defect from what they don't belong to ! They are not army nor HA... What a joke! Yalla, i am defecting from the German special forces...
03 August 2014, 12:31
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Here's my reading: They were kidnapped and forced to make that statement. The alternative is decapitition.
03 August 2014, 13:55
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@ashrafieh, any person(s) who use outdated verses in the Qur'an or any holy book as a pretext and justification to kill innocent and defenseless human beings are terrorist savages who themselves shouldn't be allowed to roam the earth. I condemn all forms of fanatical killing, bet it at the hands of Sunni or Shia extremist! They are sides of the same coin. These people do not represent God or any holy book, they are the disciples of the devil.
03 August 2014, 14:18
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lads, please report dahieh, who sounds very much like mystic, jaafarani, etc...
03 August 2014, 14:21
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naharnet, please post the videos of HizbIran shelling Arsal and its refugee camps from Labweh. HizbIran suceeded to import war in Lebanon, with now shia lebanese shellling sunni areas IN Lebanon...
03 August 2014, 14:49
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HA was shelling with multiple rocket launchers from labweh. They want to drag the LAF into their mess.
03 August 2014, 22:52
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You ignorant !! For your knowledge Jamil Sayyed had never defected from the LA at any time even within the civil war. He was one of the rare Muslim officers who refused to join the famous defected Lt Ahmad Al Khatib...
04 August 2014, 16:15
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If this is true we are moving forward this is a good sign inchallah THE ARMY IS WAKING UP ALLAHU AKBAAR
05 August 2014, 02:14
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We are the army hizbullat is a terrorist organization cant wait till its wiped out of the face of thos earth
