By TIMES OF ISRAEL STAFF
A video uploaded to LiveLeak on Sunday claimed to show a Syrian
rebel dismembering a dead Syrian soldier and eating the man’s
heart.
The authenticity of the video could not be independently
confirmed.
A user by the name of El Ghoul101 — “ghoul”
was a loanword from Arabic for a mythical cannibalistic grave
robber — posted the video on Sunday with the title “Cannibal Rebel
Eats Heart of Syrian Soldier.” The video bore the stamp “Syrian Truth,” a pro-Assad regime grass-roots
organization.
The knife-wielding subject of the video says while cutting away at
the corpse, “We swear to God that we will eat your hearts and
livers, you soldiers of Bashar the dog.”
“We are the heroes of Baba Amr,” he says, referring to the Homs
neighborhood that has been a rebel stronghold since the beginning
of the Syrian civil war two years ago.
Iran’s semi-official Fars News Agency identified the alleged
cannibal in the video as ”Abu Sakar, who is responsible for
countless crimes and rapes committed on the international
Damascus-Homs road.” The man’s identity could not be independently
verified.
El Ghoul101, who claims to hail from neighboring Lebanon, expressed
an anti-opposition stance along with the video. “These vile
creatures destroy Syria piece by piece. This is insanity,” he said.
At the time of publication, the video had garnered over 90,000
views in less than a day.
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