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Defected Syrian officer threatens security forces

Arab World Materials 28 September 2011 16:35 (UTC +04:00)

Azerbaijan , Baku, Sept. 28 / Trend A. Isgandarov/

Rastan city will be a cemetery for the Syrian governmental bands, Captain Yousif Homoud who has defected from the Syrian Army said to Al Arabiya.

In a video recording where he announces his defection from the Army, Homoud threatened the Syrian authorities and promised more defections in the Syrian Army.

Free Syrian Army was declared on 29 July 2011 in a web video released by a group of uniformed men claiming to be defectors from the Syrian military, who called upon members of the army to defect and join them.

The leader of the Free Syrian Army, Colonel Riyad al-Asad announced that the FSA would work with demonstrators to bring down the system and declared that all security forces attacking civilians are justified targets.

Syrian troops firing machine-guns and backed by tanks have stormed the restive central town of Rastan, activists say.

A resident of Rastan told the BBC that defected soldiers were fighting government forces within the city.

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