Syrian Rebels Capture 48 Iranians Fighting for Assad (Video)
Posted by Jim Hoft on Monday, August 6, 2012, 7:17 AM
Syrian rebels captured Iranian Guard members near Damascus fighting for Syrian tyrant Bashar Assad. Iranian News said 48 “pilgrims” were captured.
Bloomberg reported:
Syrian rebels said a group of people captured near Damascus included members of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, according to a video broadcast by Al Arabiya, as fighting raged outside the capital and in Aleppo.
The claim contradicted Iranian descriptions of the abducted people as pilgrims. Iran’s Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi urged Turkey and Qatar, which have backed the Syrian opposition, to help release the captives, the official Islamic Republic News Agency reported. IRNA said 48 pilgrims were abducted.
Shiite Muslim-led Iran has been the closest regional ally of President Bashar al-Assad’s government, which is dominated by officials from the Alawite sect, affiliated with Shiite Islam. Turkey and Qatar are largely Sunni Muslim states, and the rebels are largely drawn from the Sunni majority.
“This is embarrassing for” Assad’s government, Andrew Tabler, author of “In the Lion’s Den: An Eyewitness Account of Washington’s Battle with Syria,” said in a phone interview. “It shows the degree to which things have gotten out of hand.”
Al Arabiya television’s video showed the Iranians sitting under a flag of the rebel Free Syria Army and surrounded by armed men. Their confessions as members of the Iranian guard will be posted in a video after interrogations, then a list of demands will be presented for their freedom, Al Jazeera television said, citing Captain Abdel Nasser Shmer, commander of the Free Syrian Army’s Al Baraa Brigade.
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Adirondack Patriot commented:
Nothing but silence from Clinton and Obama.
tennismom commented:
Is this a surprise to anyone?
What ever happened to the Russian ships headed for Syria? Surely, when they get there, the party will start.
Btw, are there any actual reporters on the ground in Syria? Or is the MSM relying on Tweets and such from random people, as it did during the Iranian uprising of a couple of years ago?
Not that I’m recommending reporters being sent to such a violent place. Maybe war reporting should be a new civilian app for unmanned drones. Surely the leftwing media could afford some.
Opaobie commented:
48 disenfranchised Obama voters….Holder, call your office.
tommy mc donnell commented:
none of this is any of our business. don’t let the myth get us involved in another war to put the muslim brotherhood in power.
bg commented:
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a “pilgrimage” in the middle of a warring country??
yeah, that’s believable..
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Robodog7 commented:
Iran wants them back…..Send them home in body bags.
FurryGuy commented:
Guess who would benefit from the MB taking power in Syria; it certainly wouldn’t be the Lutherans. Or Israelis.
It would be, wait for it, the IRANIANS. All the saber rattling rhetoric from Amedinajad and the Mad Mullahs sure is starkly clear as to their intentions in the region.
So take your fantasy of this all being a myth and go shine your atrophied-from-disuse gray matter. Talking points regurgitation sure doesn’t give one even the illusion of a hint of a clue of understanding international relations and politics.
Martin commented:
It seems that 3 of them have been killed during an attack on the rebels by the Syrian army…
[...]Syrian rebels said three Iranian captives were killed Monday during an air attack in Damascus province by government forces, and threatened to kill the remaining Iranians in their custody unless the army stopped its attack.
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2012/Aug-06/183623-syrian-rebels-govt-attack-kills-3-iranian-captives.ashx
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/08/06/us-syria-crisis-iranians-idUSBRE8750SJ20120806
kato commented:
A long article about Syria in Saturday’s Wall Street Journal. Not a single mention of the subprime empty suit who leads from behind Valerie Jarrett’s skirt.
coolidgerules commented:
I’m looking for a long drawn out conflict to eliminate as many of the Islamic breeders in that region as possible.
Blacque Jacques Shellacque commented:
Syrian rebels captured Iranian Guard members near Damascus fighting for Syrian tyrant Bashar Assad.
If the rebels are smart, they’ll string ‘em up, because no one else is going to take action. Not Obie, and not the worthless U.N.
jony101 commented:
they need to take them out back and line them up against the wall. Engaging in warfare without uniforms are consider saboteurs or spies subject to firing squad. the iranians routinely execute “spies” caught in there country.
tommy mc donnell commented:
#9 furry guy…maybe you should shine your own gray matter, the myth is one barack hussein obama.
bg commented:
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OT..
August 5, 2012
The trouble with “Jumah at the DNC”
[It is troubling that the Democratic National Convention has decided
to promote and lend its name and national political platform to the
organizers of the “Jummah at the DNC”. The leaders of this event –
Jibril Hough and Imam Siraj Wahhaj as advertised are no moderates.
They are radicals. These individuals embrace Islamist supremacy and
have demonstrated support for radical ideologies.]
Dr. Zuhdi Jasser on DNC Convention and Islamists
is no one paying any attention??
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FurryGuy commented:
Explain how advocating exactly what Barry is doing (nothing) is going to make a difference? Is this the Ron Paul foreign policy strategy you espouse?
The rebels are begging for help from the US because radicals (the Muslim Brotherhood) are gaining support because Barry is so blatantly ignoring calls for assistance.
Yeah, doing nothing is going to benefit moderates and prevent militant Islamists from gaining power. How did that policy work out in Egypt, hmmmm?
DELUSIONAL you are.
how dumbed down are we bg commented:
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FurryGuy #19 August 6, 2012 at 8:04 pm
how soon we forget..
seriously though, howe dumbed down are we?? shhh!!
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