Last month, Khaled al-Hamad, a Syrian rebel leader, gained headlines globally when a video was released showing him slicing out the heart of a slain Alawite and taking a big bite out of it, before declaring “hopefully we will slaughter all of them” in a follow-up interview.
Eating the hearts of your enemies isn’t just unsanitary and a gross violation of Muslim dietary laws, but also a pretty clear indication that a person is a little too into the mass murder aspect of the civil war.
Which has President Vladimir Putin openly warning against arming these sorts of rebels in the latest US-led push to start funneling weapons into the country, admonishing EU officials for supporting rebels who spurn the “humanitarian values” of Europe.
British Prime Minister David Cameron was quick to downplay the incident, while insisting that everything that happened in Syria was President Assad’s fault at any rate. He did however add that no decision has been made by British officials to start arming the rebels.
Putin’s comments aren’t just rhetorical ploys either. Hamad is a founding member and key leader of the Farouq Brigades, part of the Free Syrian Army, which is the exact group that the US is expected to be arming after the “vetting” process rules out direct weapons transfers to the overtly al-Qaeda-run outfits like Jabhat al-Nusra. There is no indication that any of the vetting will focus on eating the organs of the dead.
Heaven forbid Cameron should hold his "rebels' responsible for all of their barbarism. I guess blowing up that mosque yesterday killing 60 in Eastern Syria was Assad's fault as well.
The sophistry used to justify this carnage is mind-boggling.
"Everything that happens in Syria is Assad's fault"
Even the "organ eating" terrorist (opps sorry Rebel) is an Assad "plant"
How stupid do the British and Americans think the world is?
The only thought that drives these hypocrits is "How much can our arms dealers make by supplying arms to these crazed people"
What a change to see that now RUSSIA (Putin) is the voice of reason in the new world order.
Putin has been fighting NATO supported terrorists in Chechnya for years. There's no wonder the US ignored Russia's warning about the Chechens responsible for Boston.
"…How stupid do the British and Americans think the world is? "
I don't think they actually care what the rest of the world thinks… As for arming the "rebels," no one should be surprised WHEN these groups the US are going to arm turn those weapons on the suppliers. The politicians in Washington will of course take no responsibility when American citizens are sacrificed for the welfare of the poor Syrian people. And of course people like McCain and Graham will not feel the pain of those citizens – and will probably blame someone else for the death and destruction they enable. IF the US provides heavy weapons to the "rebels" the sectarian slaughter will explode and nothing will be done to stop it. Look at Iraq, the ethnic cleansing is continuing even now – and we don't hear anything from the Congress about stopping that, do we?
If the original plan was to completely destroy the Islamic countries of the ME, then I'd say the goal is in sight.
It's a sad day when the only world leaders who demonstrate any sense of morals and common human decency, are the leaders of Russia, Iran, Cuba, and the recently deceased leader, Hugo Chavez of Venezuela.
the organ lickers from the senate want to arm the organ eaters
The FedGov is satanic. There's no other description for an entity that comes up with a policy that openly supports cannibals.
Obama arming rebels to change topic away from spying……….