FSA Says Arrested 13 Hizbullah Fighters: Nasrallah Not Safe from Our Strikes
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The rebel Free Syrian Army on Tuesday claimed arresting 13 Hizbullah fighters in the countryside of the Syrian province of Homs, warning that it is capable of teaching Hizbullah a lesson in the heart of Dahiyeh, the party's main stronghold in Lebanon.
“Hizbullah is involved in the current clashes in Syria and its fighters are taking part in the ongoing battles,” Fahd al-Masri, head of the FSA Central Media Department, told MTV.
Masri's warning comes less than a week after a senior Hizbullah commander, who Syrian rebels said was killed in Syria, was buried in the Bekaa. Hizbullah has announced several similar burials in past months, without elaborating on the circumstances of its members' deaths.
The opposition March 14 camp and Syrian rebels have repeatedly accused Hizbullah of aiding the Syrian regime of President Bashar Assad militarily.
“We hold Hizbullah fully responsible before its supporters and it must not implicate Lebanon and the Lebanese people in lost battles,” Masri added.
He reiterated the FSA's warning to “a specific religious community of the Lebanese people,” advising them not to let their sons “become the fuel of a war you are not part of.”
Masri announced that Syrian rebels managed to capture “13 Hizbullah fighters, in full combat gear, who were manning security and military checkpoints in Homs' countryside.”
“Therefore they were not on a religious or touristic or family visit to the region,” Masri noted.
“I believe their fate depends on Hizbullah's leadership, should it withdraw its fighters from Syrian territory and stop violating Syria's sovereignty, killing the Syrians and repressing the glorious Syrian revolution,” the spokesman added.
The FSA official accused Hizbullah of being “steeped up to its ears in crime” and of “executing the instructions of its masters in Tehran.”
Masri warned that “the Syrian people will not forget those who are harming them, and there will be a severe punishment against anyone harming the Syrian people.”
“We warn Hizbullah that if it does not stop, we are capable of teaching it a lesson it will not forget in the heart of Dahiyeh, and we tell (Hizbullah chief Sayyed) Hassan Nasrallah: we know how to find you and you are not safe from our strikes, you and all the leaders of your gang,” Masri added.
A Hizbullah commander and several fighters have been killed inside Syria, a Lebanese security official told the Associated Press last week, a development that could stoke already soaring tensions over an alleged role for the Lebanese group in the civil war next door.
Hizbullah has stood by Syrian President Bashar Assad since the uprising began 18 months ago, even after the group supported revolts in Egypt, Tunisia, Libya and Bahrain. The group says it is backing the Syrian regime because of its support for the anti-Israel resistance movements in Lebanon and Palestine and because it is willing to implement political reforms.
It was not immediately clear how the alleged Hizbullah militants were killed or whether they had been fighting alongside the Syrian army. But Hizbullah's newspaper al-Intiqad said Hizbullah commander Ali Hussein Nassif, who is also known as Abu Abbas, was killed "while performing his jihadi duties." It did not say when or where he was killed.
A Lebanese security official told AP Nassif was killed in Syria and his body was returned to Lebanon through the Masnaa border crossing on Sunday. Speaking on condition of anonymity because he is not authorized to speak to the media, the official said the bodies of several other Hizbullah fighters have been brought back to Lebanon in recent days.
Hizbullah spokesman Ibrahim al-Moussawi last Tuesday confirmed the deaths of the Hizbullah members but said he had no further information on where or how Nassif was killed. He declined further comment.
Nassif's funeral, which was held in the eastern town of Budai, near Baalbek, was attended by top Hizbullah officials including the head of the Sharia council and the political bureau, an indication of Nassif's high prestige, according to AP.
Last Tuesday, Hizbullah's al-Manar TV showed the funerals of at least two other Hizbullah members it said were killed while performing their "jihadi duty." Both funerals were attended by Hizbullah officials and commanders.
Samer al-Homsi, an activist in Syria's central Homs province, which borders Lebanon, said Nassif was killed Saturday when a roadside bomb went off as the car he was in passed just outside the town of Qusayr. He said Nassif and several other people were killed in the blast.
"His job was to coordinate with Syrian security agencies," al-Homsi told AP via Skype.
He added that the rebels detonated the bomb "without knowing" that the target was a Hizbullah official. "We knew he was a Hizbullah official after it was announced by the group in Lebanon," he said. Al-Homsi's account could not be independently verified.
09 October 2012, 17:06
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Resistance ah...Nothing but a bunch of thugs and terrorists...
It is time for the entire Shia community in Lebanon to completely dennounce HA and live peacefully with the rest of us.
09 October 2012, 23:01
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I agree, but there's a scary "salafist" movement growing and these do not understand what an a difference in opinion means...they are far more dangerous.
10 October 2012, 22:53
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Roger, you are correct but luckily for all of us is that the Sunni leadership in Lebanon understands this danger and they are more willing to contain it and minimize its negative impact on the country. I just hope one day the Shia leadership will rise up against HA who has highjacked the entire sect.
09 October 2012, 17:12
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How I see this panning out:
Hezb gets involved in aiding the regime, the FSA retaliates by attacking Dahiyeh and leaving many of its residents dead. Eventually residents in Dahiyeh will slowly lose its support for an organization that is fighting a battle that contradicts Lebanese interests. Some residents will fall for Hezb's explanation of battling a Zionist-Mossad-CIA-Wahhabi conspiracy, but eventually more and more will realize that Hezb's operations are very unlike its past operations against a legitimate threat (Israel occupation of South Lebanon)
09 October 2012, 17:28
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Noussralla and the rest of his M8 followers are playing with fire, his bad deeds and miscalculations will bring horror on Hizb and cronies and unfortunately on many innocent Shia...now is the time for the Lebanese Shia to revolt against Hizb and Amal hegemony over them...the Shia spring should begin sooner than later to prevent a mass slaughter of innocent lives....Nousralla is bringing hell to his followers and Lebanon...
09 October 2012, 17:38
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hizbushaitan was trying to down play their involve,emt sayong they were defending lebanese border villages.
this comment shines on the truth once more and shed a clear light on where hizbushaitan figters are in syria.
liars and they will remain liars.
09 October 2012, 18:09
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“Therefore they were not on a religious or touristic or family visit to the region,” Masri noted.
This is great. The FSA even hit them with sarcasm. All the others were supposedly pilgrims. The Hezz never stop lying.
This is so great. These guys will never live past the war. They are hired mercenary killers....not Jihadi's.
09 October 2012, 18:16
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......accused Hizbullah of being “steeped up to its ears in crime” and of “executing the instructions of its masters in Tehran.”
You have the audacity to call yourselves people of God! Shame on you scums! You will rot in hell!
09 October 2012, 18:18
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Read some of these idiotic, traitorous comments by those above! Encouraging foriegn forces to attack Lebanon!
Shame on those who agree with these idiots! How will they reach the Beirut suburbes? Maybe the LF and kataeb will support such an attack in their dreams?
09 October 2012, 18:30
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Yes, it is shameful. But you cannot expect the FSA to sit back while Hezb has fighters operating in Syria. This falls entirely on Hezb and they did not play this correctly.
Of course Hezb is not the only one involved in Syria. Some March 14 forces are actively aiding the Syrian opposition.
09 October 2012, 19:30
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But these proxy wars will continue, be they involve Hezb or March 14 forces. Nobody could deny the sectarian theme the conflict is beginning to undertake, and this sectarian mentality in Lebanon that allows people to fall in the regional sectarian trap is the result of the Lebanese sectarian political system.
You can call out M14 for corruption, Hezb for weapons, and foreign powers for meddling all you want, but these are all consequences of our sectarian political system.
09 October 2012, 19:41
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FT so when hizbocrap says it freed Lebanon from Israel with the help of Iran and Syria how do you respond to that???
10 October 2012, 13:54
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only an idiot doesn't see the contradiction in your statement you said people should be left to fight for their freedom on their own but here you are saying that was OK for hizbocrap is not ok for others...
Happy retardedness retard...
09 October 2012, 19:40
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I don't know how you can expect them NOT to given that hizbocrap is doing the same to them...
10 October 2012, 05:06
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The "foreign forces" you are referring to have stated no intention to attack the STATE of Lebanon, and no-one here is encouraging that.
What goes around comes around. Iran and it's subsidiaries are supporting the butcher dictator in Syria, and are helping to kill Syrians. There will be repurcussions. Simple as that.
09 October 2012, 18:52
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Hezb is in the limelight lately, hezb here, hezb there, lots of happenings, the drone downed in Israel, fighters back from Syria in coffins, implication in Tueni's assassination. Let's see what the rat has to say about all this when comes out of his hole. As usual, deny, deny, deny, death to USA!
09 October 2012, 19:31
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i will worry about all syriens people as much everbody worried about lebanese people in the 75 90 war
09 October 2012, 19:39
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What I nonetheless find disgusting and shameful are those so-called Lebanese that are happy to hear of a group threatening to hurt the Lebanese population. They are willing to see their fellow Lebanese be killed just to undermine Hezb.
What we should all be doing is looking for constructive methods to calm and resolve the Lebanese role in the Syrian conflict and not revert to violent rhetoric that'll only exacerbate our issues.
09 October 2012, 20:13
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Saad harriri boy out, lady geagea out, the rest of M14 bought flight tickets to run out of the country:) FSA lost its battle and now they are asking genocide bravo Turkey to act against Syrian government to not lose face before their wahabi/salafist masters in the UAE and KSA:) Game Over you terrorists:):)
09 October 2012, 20:25
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The rat might be hiding deeper... but his smell is getting stronger!
09 October 2012, 20:31
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to the hezbo lovers: could you tell us please how the threat of your beloved party to burn down lebanon if some use the accusations of collaborating in the assassinations of lebanese citizens, can be considered as resistance against israel?
how can you support a party that threatens to ignite lebanon if people accuse them of murders? is that what you call defending lebanon?
tfeh....
10 October 2012, 14:08
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"M14 suck at politics"
Your 100% M8 Cabinet is successeful...so successeful that it has established a record for the worst performance of a cabinet in Lebanese history, also accomplishing the miracle of blaming themselves constantly (Like the fantastic Michel Aoun who tries to dissociate himself from this crappy cabinet in all his statements)for getting no results. Amazing!
09 October 2012, 20:36
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"while performing their "jihadi duty." strange definition of jihad... is killing other muslims part of it? is siding with an army that kills its own people instead of facing the real enemy, israel, part of jihad?
wow, their definition is really strange!
does defending lebanon mean going to help syrian army kill syrian people? they always claimed their weapons were only aimed at israel...
see how hypocrit this party is....
09 October 2012, 22:19
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oh i see : they go to jihad because assad is oppressed by his people, poor thing!
09 October 2012, 22:33
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your nick name is 'peace' but you are referring as an 'enemy' to a country that has nothing to do with yours anymore and that will sign a peace agreement with Lebanon the very moment the Lebanese govt. would want it. well - at least you're not using the beloved arab term 'zionist entity', i guess that's already something....
09 October 2012, 20:58
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This is getting better by the hours. Thousand of FSA fighters performing their jihadist duty in Dahyie. Pass the popcorn please
09 October 2012, 22:19
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It's so evident (and so terribly boring) of an excuse that the M8 camp and (especially Aouwn and his followers) keep using; Wahabism or Salafism to change the subject at hand and scare people into believing that Sunnis = Wahabism = Salafism and every other "ism" on the planet..why??? because they are politically bankrupt with no defense except scaring people, I remember when Bush used that strategy to pass undemocratic laws...scare people into submission...pathetic really...you Aouwnis go get a life or some substance to use and please stop boring us with your Wahabism = Salafism and every other "ism" on the planet.
09 October 2012, 22:19
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How many times did I say that we ALL need to stay out of this mess? M8 and M14 are both being reckless. They will both import a Sunni-Shia bloodbath to this country. Seems like, if we can't find trouble domestically, we'll friggin import it!
10 October 2012, 07:33
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Maybe these HA fighters are rogue fighters that made that choice to fight in Syria without the knowledge of their leadership. I cannot imagine that nassralah is that stupid to drag Lebanon into another war we did not sign up for.
Anyway, the Syrian Govt and FSA do not need our help, they are doing well annihilating each other.
10 October 2012, 10:04
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i can imagine. he is! and it is not about him being stupid. it is his total lack of respect to any Lebanese institute and him believing he can do whatever he want thinking he's controlling the country (which is not that far from truth - no one in Lebanon dares opposing him...)
10 October 2012, 07:50
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Aoun is a low life scum bag ... He is disgusting, and makes me sick.
Anyway back to FSA: Give us the names of these captured HA fighters. Give us evidence!
10 October 2012, 09:23
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so by saying go FSA u agree Syrian interference back in 2 ur country? no matter which side is coming from ur country is Lebanon FSA are Syrians bashar was Syrian im not saying whos good whos bad but im saying u shouldn't accept as a Lebanese anybody except ur own to interfere or to kill one of ur own on ur own soil,when will u people will relies that ur are acting like prostitute.UN dosnt listen to u anymore the whole world are playing u like a video game.sorry for my language
10 October 2012, 09:25
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Hezballah knows if Assad falls they will become an isolated enclave in a small portion of Lebanon with no buddies. They have never been about resiting Isreal but about Shia hegemony and domintance for Ahl bayt who curse pious Muslims for breakfast.
10 October 2012, 13:55
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Some of you beat me to it. Let it be known by all, doesn't matter who is the majority in Lebanon, or who will be ruling in Syria. Lebanon and the lebanese will be under the Syrian regime whether FSA or FBA controlled, it makes no difference.
10 October 2012, 14:13
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jc
Some people will always accept that... some never will! Not anymore!
21 October 2012, 09:23
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commander Ali Hussein Nassif, who is also known as Abu Abbas, was killed?? why no one is my family has told me my cousin has died?
01 December 2012, 12:14
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you realy assume hezbollah as an important component in syria but not.government still can not gain control over syria because of every day increasing Al qaede factor and rebels getting experience,enhancing their fighting skills.they even begun to shot down aircrafts and it is said them to have about 200 AntiAircraft patchs obtained bases all around syria.uprising spinned out of control and government probably wont defeat them.
