Basim sent me this: "Whereas the
Saudi/Qatari media regularly invent stories of Hizbullah or IRGC soldiers
operating in Syira (tales reprised by the Western media), here a Lebanese openly
brags about joining the FSA. Can you imagine the outcry if this guy was
from from Hizbullah and felt compelled to fight for the regime? (the Security
Council would probably meet in emegency session):
"QAA, Lebanon: Khaled had crossed the border from Syria
less than an hour earlier, using routes controlled by armed Syrian rebels to
reach the frontier from his base in Homs. Hidden inside a temporary two-room
safe house in a remote area near Qaa, Khaled explained why he, a Sunni Lebanese
from a village in the Bekaa Valley, had volunteered a year ago to join the Free
Syrian Army, the main armed group fighting to overthrow the regime of President
Bashar Assad. “Today there is a need for jihad in
Syria, a jihad for righteousness. It is a religious duty to help our Muslim
brothers in Syria,” he says, his portly frame sitting on the edge of a narrow
bed. In his late 40s and sporting a thick beard and wearing a black turban,
Khaled is one of an estimated 300 Lebanese from the Bekaa Valley who have joined
the revolt against the Assad regime.""