Militant Islamist rebels in Syria linked to al-Qaeda have asked for "understanding and forgiveness" for cutting off and putting on display the wrong man's head.
In a public appearance filmed and posted online, members of Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham, one brandishing a knife, held up a bearded head before a crowd in Aleppo. They triumphantly described the execution of what they said was a member of an Iraqi Shia militia fighting for President Bashar al-Assad.
But the head was recognised from the video as originally belonging to a member of Ahrar al-Sham, a Sunni Islamist rebel group that often fights alongside ISIS though it does not share its al-Qaeda ideology.
After inquiries, an ISIS spokesman admitted he was Mohammed Fares, an Ahrar commander reported missing some days ago. This could not be independently confirmed, but in an earlier video of a speech by Mr Fares he bears a close resemblance to the severed head in the later video.
The Syrian Observatory of Human Rights, which monitors deaths in the Syrian conflict, and several activists on social media said that ISIS fighters misunderstood comments Mr Fares made referring to the Imams Ali and Hussein, the founding fathers of Shiism.
"Understanding and forgiveness"
"Understanding and forgiveness"
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
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They should be forgiven. It was an easy mistake to make.
Most bearded amputated heads look very much alike.
Most bearded amputated heads look very much alike.
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Must have been a very dull speech.in an earlier video of a speech by Mr Fares he bears a close resemblance to the severed head in the later video
For Christianity, by identifying truth with faith, must teach-and, properly understood, does teach-that any interference with the truth is immoral. A Christian with faith has nothing to fear from the facts
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Separated after birth?
Mohamed Fares (as played by Hugh Grant) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Head boy
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Mohamed Fares (as played by Hugh Grant) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Head boy
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For Christianity, by identifying truth with faith, must teach-and, properly understood, does teach-that any interference with the truth is immoral. A Christian with faith has nothing to fear from the facts
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I guess they got ahead of themselves...ISIS fighters misunderstood comments Mr Fares made referring to the Imams Ali and Hussein,
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I think I recognize that particular Jihadhi, and he ain't no Hugh Grant....Mohamed Fares (as played by Hugh Grant)
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and you ain't no Jack Kennedy
Okay... There's all kinds of things wrong with what you just said.
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Senator, I knew Jack Kennedy...
"Jack Kennedy was a friend of mine, and Senator, You Are No Jack Kennedy...
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This fellow they've nominated claims he's the new Thomas Jefferson...
Well, let me tell you something...
I knew Thomas Jefferson...
He was a friend of mine, and Governor, you're no Thomas Jefferson...
(and the crowd went nuts...)
Well, let me tell you something...
I knew Thomas Jefferson...
He was a friend of mine, and Governor, you're no Thomas Jefferson...
(and the crowd went nuts...)