Gruesome video raises concerns about Syria rebels

By Zeina Karam

Associated Press

Published: Friday, Nov. 2 2012 11:28 p.m. MDT

Summary

A video that appears to show a unit of Syrian rebels kicking terrified, captured soldiers and then executing them with machine guns raised concerns Friday about rebel brutality at a time when the United States is making its strongest push yet to forge an opposition movement it can work with.

The Syrian National Council plans to elect new leaders during the four-day conference but is cool to a U.S. proposal to set up a much broader group and a transitional government, said Monajed, the SNC member who runs a think tank in Britain.

U.S. officials have said Washington is pushing for a greater role for the Free Syrian Army and representation of local coordinating committees and mayors of liberated cities in Syria.

Nuland said that it would be easier for the international community to deliver humanitarian assistance to civilians and non-lethal aid to the rebels once a broader, unified opposition leadership is in place.

Such a body could also help persuade Assad backers Russia and China "that change is necessary" and that Syria's opposition has a better plan for the country than the regime, she said.

Associated Press writer Matthew Lee in Washington contributed to this report.

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JWB

Kaysville, UT

We may not have a video of our Benghazi consulate attack but I can picture it is not much different than this video terrorist rebels kicking terrified, captured United States of America diplomatic corps personnel and then executing them with machine More..

12:37 a.m. Nov. 4, 2012
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JWB

Kaysville, UT

This may not fall into the political category but as a retired military person, I am grateful for showing your readers the impact of living in a country without freedoms we have as a whole taken for granted for 60 years. Except for a small number of More..

11:16 a.m. Nov. 5, 2012
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