My contacts in Sirte tell me he is an ex-monster.
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did not have to wait for long: hundreds of deaths, militia in control and now
http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/...-rebels-in-libya/story-e6freooo-1226288504398
welcome to the new Libya, beardy and greener than ever
did not have to wait for long: hundreds of deaths, militia in control and now
http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/...-rebels-in-libya/story-e6freooo-1226288504398
welcome to the new Libya, beardy and greener than ever
Iran's deputy industry minister has been assassinated by an unidentified gunman, Iran's official news agency has reported.
Safdar Rahmatabadi was shot twice in head and chest on Sunday in an eastern neighbourhood of the capital, Tehran. Police believe the deputy minister was shot by someone travelling with him in his car, who spoke with him before opening fire.
No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack. Rahmatabadi, whose portfolio included mining and commerce, was not a well-known public figure. He had served a similar role under the previous president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
An al-Qaeda affiliated rebel group in Syria is reported to have asked for forgiveness after beheading a fellow rebel in a case of mistaken identity.
A video recently posted online showed members of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) brandishing the severed, bearded head of a man.
They said was an Iraqi Shia caught fighting on the government side.
But other rebel fighters watching the video recognised the man and said he was one of their commanders.
The story appears to be that he was wounded in the recent battle for Base 80, south of Aleppo, with government forces and was being taken for medical treatment by rebel fighters.
But he seems to have thought he had been captured by government militiamen from the much feared shabiha. The militia is dominated by Alawites, members of the president's heterodox Shia sect.
Mr Fares is reported to have offered prayers that would have made him seem a Shia rather than a Sunni - and therefore on their side.
This was heard by ISIS fighters, and in the growing atmosphere of sectarian hatred, he was then subjected to his savage fate.
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