She’s a real femme fatale.
A former English teacher became a deadly sniper in the rebel army
fighting evil Syrian strongman Bashar al-Assad as a desperate way
to avenge the deaths of her two children in the bloody civil
war.
The 36-year-old mom, who now goes by the nom de
guerre “Guevara,” stalks Syria’s urban battlegrounds with
a traditional scarf on her head and a Belgian FN sniper rifle in
her hand.
She has so far put bullets in at least four of Assad’s thugs,
according to a new report.
“It makes you feel good. Whenever I hit one, I shout, ‘Yes!’ ”
Guevara told The Telegraph of London.
The
memories of her 7-year-old son and 10-year-old daughter, who were
killed in an airstrike, are never far from her mind.
“I
said, ‘My boy, I promise that I am going to defend your future,’ ”
Guevara said. “Now, I will not forget my children’s blood and I
promise to take revenge.”
With
cold calculation, Guevara reportedly waits for government soldiers
to pass into her sight line while hiding out in the ravaged
buildings of Aleppo, Syria’s largest city.
“I
think I have killed soldiers,” she told the paper. “You can never
be 100 percent sure that they are dead, but I have hit them at
least four or five times.”
Wearing a traditional hajib along with a camouflage jacket, Guevara
is a rare female soldier in a conservative Muslim society.
The
rage-filled mom takes pleasure in extracting her vengeance by
taking aim at the hated dictator’s henchmen.
She
has a history of activism. While attending Aleppo University, she
helped create an underground newspaper, the Telegraph said.
Originally from the Palestinian territories, Guevara reportedly
learned how to use a weapon at a training facility in Lebanon run
by the militant organization Hamas.
She
also helped organize a political party for Palestinians who sought
the overthrow of Assad’s regime and took part in the Syrian protest
during the Arab Spring movement that swept across the region.
The
warrior left her first husband because of his tepid support for the
revolution.
Her
new husband, the commander of her rebel brigade, taught her how to
be a sniper.
“I
like fighting,” she said. “I have the strength to hold a gun, so
why can’t I fight?”
