Thursday, August 16, 2012

From GAP Store Clerk To Executioner In Syria's Civil War

Yaman Hamoud, 22, divided his time between university and working in a Gap store in Dubai, before becoming an executioner for the FSA Photo: Adam Dean

Syria: The Gap Salesman Turned Rebel Executioner -- The Telegraph

Yaman Hamoud, 22, divided his time between university and working in a Gap store in Dubai, before becoming an executioner for the FSA

The journey from Gap store shop assistant to rebel executioner was short.

Six months ago, Yaman Hamoud was selling fashion, under the watchful eye of a British shop manager. By August, back home in Aleppo, the 22-year-old was part of a Free Syrian Army squad that arrested a member of the Shabiha, the hated Assad militia.

After a few hours of to-and-fro with his commander, the squad was given permission to do what they wanted with him. “We took him to the graveyard, where there was a hole in the ground,” he said, laughing. His confession was entirely unprompted. “We shot him. He fell.”

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My Comment: This is the destructive nature of war .... where kids who only want to do well in life end up selling their souls in conflicts and wars that will now stay with them for the rest of their lives.

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