Video shows Islamist rebels executing 11 Syrian soldiers

[jakeXT]

Source: Reuters

BEIRUT (Reuters) - A video published on Thursday showed fighters of the al Qaeda-linked Nusra Front in Syria executing 11 men they accused of taking part in massacres by President Bashar al-Assad's forces.

The film is believed to be from eastern Deir al-Zor province and dates from some time in 2012, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, an opposition monitoring group.

The Observatory's head, Rami Abdelrahman, said the Nusra Front has recently been releasing several videos of their past operations. He said the man seen executing the prisoners in the video - a Nusra commander - had been killed in March 2013 in battles with local tribes in the province.

The footage shows the commander, his face covered in a black balaclava, shooting each prisoner in the back of the head as they kneeled, blindfolded and lined up in a row in the sand.

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[OregonBlue]

1. Nice guys McCain and Graham are supporting.

[ozone_man]

2. What worries me is that red line that Obama talks about.

And that NPR/BBC incessantly talk about. It feels so much like Iraq all over again. So far, Obama is making the right decision by staying out of this.

[socialsecurityisAAA]

4. This war was planned before Obama, he's a puppet carrying on the Military Industrial Complex plans

for the world.

[msongs]

3. our "government" uses drones to do the same kind of thing. we are so superior nt

[John2]

6. The Nazis

use to execute their prisoners. So we are supposed to intervene for these guys?

[Naijabizcom]

7. Barbaric act

That’s barbaric act …this Islamic rebels are whose than President Assad

[In_The_Wind]

9. Hello ~ Naijabizcom

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[GreenStormCloud]

8. Islamic rebels have made a stupid move.

Soldiers won't surrender now. Since they know that they will be executed if they surrender, they will fight to the death. Never, ever, inspire your enemy to fight harder.

[SunSeeker]

10. +1