Monday, August 13, 2012

Syrian Rebels Parade Captured Pilot

The footage shows the man (pictured) being questioned. He reports that he was on a mission to bomb the city of Mohassan

Syrian Rebels Parade Captured Pilot After Jet Fighter Was 'Shot Down' Near Iraqi Border -- Daily Mail

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT
* Video footage was posted on a social media website and shows three armed rebels and a man described as a captured pilot in an unidentified location
* State media claims jet crashed after 'technical problems'
* Horrifying footage of rebels hurling bodies off a building in Aleppo also emerge - raising concerns the conflict is becoming increasingly violent
* The latest allegations and apparent human rights violations raise new concerns for increased violence in the 17 month conflict

Syrian rebels last night paraded what they claimed was the captured pilot of a government jet fighter.

A video distributed by a group called the Revolutionary Youth of the Land of the Euphrates shows the pilot surrounded by three armed men.

They claimed the pilot was a man called Mufid Mohammed Suleiman.

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My Comment: If the rebels shot down this jet .... it is a major victory.

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