Posted on 01/19/2014 12:15:22 PM PST by dennisw
Militant Islamist rebels in Syria linked to Al-Qaeda have asked for “understanding and forgiveness” for cutting off and putting on display the wrong man’s head.
In a public appearance filmed and posted online, members of Islamic State of Iraq and Al-Sham, one brandishing a knife, held up a bearded head before a crowd in Aleppo. They triumphantly described the execution of what they said was a member of an Iraqi Shia militia fighting for President Bashar Al-Assad.
But the head was recognised from the video as belonging to a member of Ahrar Al-Sham, a Sunni Islamist rebel group that often fights alongside ISIS though it does not share its Al-Qaeda ideology.
After inquiries, an ISIS spokesman admitted he was Mohammed Fares, an Ahrar commander reported missing some days ago. This could not be independently confirmed, but in an earlier video of a speech by Mr Fares he bears a close resemblance to the severed head in the later video. The Syrian Observatory of Human Rights, which monitors deaths in the Syrian conflict, and several activists on social media, said that ISIS misunderstood comments that the man made referring to the Imams Ali and Hussein, the founding fathers of Shiism.
The ISIS spokesman, Omar Al-Qahtani, made reference to a story in which Mohammed said Allah would forgive a man who killed a believer in error. He said that Mr Fares had been injured and, thinking he had been captured by members of the Shia militia against which he was fighting, asked them to kill him in terms misunderstood by the ISIS members when in fact he meant taking him to hospital.
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At least the wrong dog’s head didn’t get cut off...
Bearded savages cutting heads off other bearded savages? Should we feel sad?
Thanks for the mention.
My perceptions may be off base, but we read quite often about some woman who was stoned or put to death for offenses against them. I don’t read of men being put to death for doing something against them.
LOL.
Oops
He said that Mr Fares had been injured and, thinking he had been captured by members of the Shia militia against which he was fighting, asked them to kill him in terms misunderstood by the ISIS members when in fact he meant taking him to hospital.
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Obviously he asked for it.
The group claimed they would behead 5 more people to make up for the one they mistakingly caused to lose his head.
They also vowed to keep trying till they got it right.
Kind of like the ‘guy’ found in a river in Mississippi wrapped in chains..
The Sheriff declared that
‘Jesse just stole more chain than he could swim with’...
Case Closed.
““Sorry” doesn’t quite cut it for the poor victim ...”
You have a sharp wit.
Are you saying they got the wrong address?
I don’t mind a million words if they’re to the point, sir/maam.
Syrian rebels: “Sorry, we musta lost our head!”
They wanted to cut off the head of an infidel dog, I think this means.
Chit happens. :-)
Fuh-NEE!
I believe you’ve misspelled “decapitation”.
Perfect!
ON with his head!
These rebels seems to be heading in the wrong direction.
Perfect!
It is so amazing that our Left partner with them. Godless.
...asked them to kill him in terms misunderstood by the ISIS members when in fact he meant taking him to hospital.
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Well, sure, that happens all of the time here, right? These subhumans never cease to amaze.
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