Sick video appears to show Syrian rebel eating dead soldier's heart
Published May 14, 2013
FoxNews.com
Syrian Cannibal Rebel.jpg
A newly surfaced video shows a Syrian Rebel leader eating what appears to
be a human heart.
A new video purportedly from the Syrian battlefield appears to show a wild-eyed
rebel chomping into the heart of a dead enemy soldier and delivering an
animated warning to the army of President Bashar al-Assad.
U.S.-based Human Rights Watch identified the rebel as Abu Sakkar, a well-known
rebel leader from the city of Homs, according to BBC News. The video, which
surfaced on the Internet on Sunday but could not be authenticated, shows the
man looming over a dead soldier, cutting out his heart and exclaiming: "I swear
to God we will eat your hearts and your livers, you soldiers of Bashar the dog."
Human Rights Watch identified Abu Sakkar as the leader of the Independent Omar
al-Farouq Brigade.
"The desecration and mutilation of a killed person is definitely a war crime,"
Peter Bouckaert, emergencies director of Human Rights Watch, told the BBC.
"This one is particularly disturbing because of the sectarian nature of the
language used by Abu Sakkar."
Bouckaert said Sakkar has previously been videotaped firing rockets into Shia
areas of Lebanon and posing with the bodies of Hezbollah guerrillas killed
fighting alongside Syrian government forces.
"Abu Sakkar is a very significant commander -- he's in charge of one of the
most important battles happening in Syria right now," said Bouckaert. "The
danger is that extremists on both sides will feel the need to respond in kind."
The video was originally posted on Sunday, but reporters from Time magazine
said they had first viewed the footage in April, adding that Abu Sakkar
confirmed that he had bitten into one of the soldier's organs.
Sakkarâs act is considered a war crime.
The ICCâs Rome Statute prohibits any mutilation of dead bodies which includes
âhumiliating, degrading, or otherwise violating the dignity of a dead bodyâ
and requires that, âeach party to the conflict must take all possible
measures to prevent the dead from being despoiled.â
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