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#Ersal: Executions, assassinations and chaos
▻http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/ersal-executions-assassinations-and-chaos

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An army patrol goes through the town of Ersal. (Photo: Rameh Hamieh) An army patrol goes through the town of Ersal. (Photo: Rameh Hamieh)

Ersal is living in a state of total lawlessness, complete with executions against both locals and refugees, armed robberies, and assassinations and retributions. Meanwhile, it appears that the government’s “cosmetic” security plan in place is insufficient to deter the militants from wreaking havoc in the town’s streets and alleyways.

Rameh Hamieh

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Army deserter kills two soldiers, commits suicide in northern #Lebanon
▻http://english.al-akhbar.com/node/19349

An army deserter attacked a military patrol in north Lebanon killing two soldiers and wounding another before turning the gun on himself, a security official said on Wednesday. The attack late on Tuesday in the #Akkar border region of Lebanon was carried out by Ali Hussein Taleb, a 30-year-old soldier who deserted from the army three years ago and has long been sought by the security forces, the official said. read more

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Thirteen killed as army shells funeral in #South #Yemen
▻http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/thirteen-killed-army-shells-funeral-south-yemen

An army tank shelled a funeral tent erected by the Southern Movement at a school in Yemen on Friday, killing 13 people including children, a medic and witnesses said. Tensions are running high in the formerly independent south, home to an increasingly assertive secessionist movement, raising fears that al-Qaeda’s powerful Yemen affiliate could exploit the growing unrest in the Arab world’s poorest country. read more

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U.S. Army veteran charged with conspiracy to help terrorists in Syria pleads to lesser count: libérable immédiatement…
▻http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/us-army-veteran-charged-with-conspiracy-to-help-terrorists-in-syria-pleads-to-lesser-count/2013/09/19/2e3bc736-216f-11e3-a358-1144dee636dd_story.html

A U.S. Army veteran accused of fighting alongside a Syrian rebel group linked to al-Qaeda and charged with conspiracies that could have landed him in prison for life pleaded guilty Thursday to a less onerous count and was given a sentence of “time served,” court records show.

In Virginia, a Deal for a Man Accused of Aiding Syrian Rebels
▻http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/21/us/in-virginia-a-deal-for-a-man-accused-of-aiding-rebels.html?_r=0

An Army veteran accused of fighting alongside a Qaeda-affiliated group of Syrian rebels is out of jail after a secret plea deal. The veteran, Eric Harroun, 31, of Phoenix, had been charged with providing material support to a terrorist group and faced up to life in prison. But under a deal entered in federal court in Alexandria, Mr. Harroun pleaded guilty to an obscure law regulating munition exports and was sentenced to time served.

Eric Harroun, Phoenix Vet Who Fought Syrian Regime, Suddenly Gets a Sweet Plea Deal
▻http://blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com/valleyfever/2013/09/eric_harroun_phoenix_vet_who_f_1.php

Amid doubt about those allegations, Harroun suddenly agreed to a plea deal yesterday, and his sentence is quite a bit shorter than life in prison — he’ll be released from jail, be placed on probation for three years, and has to pay a $100 fine.