U.S. Army vet who became jihadist killed in Syria, website claims

U.S. Army vet who became jihadist killed in Syria, website claims

By Shaun Waterman

 

The Washington Times

 

Friday, March 15, 2013

 

    In this image taken from video obtained from the Shaam News Network,

which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting,

smoke rises from buildings due to heavy shelling in Maadamiyeh south of

Damascus, Syria, on Thursday, March 14, 2013. (AP Photo/Shaam News Network

via AP video)

 

A U.S. Army veteran who has fought alongside al Qaeda-linked extremist

rebels against the government in Syria has been killed, according to a

pro-regime video-sharing site.

 

A graphic video posted online by Syria Tube, a pro-government site, shows

the death of someone who resembles Eric Harroun, 30, a Muslim convert who

boasted of his Jihadi exploits on his Facebook page, AOL Defense reported

Thursday.

 

"Terrorists, including American Extremist 'Eric Harroun,' Have Been

Terminated," reads the headline of the video, according to AOL.

 

Neither Mr. Harroun's family, nor the Pentagon, could confirm whether he was

dead or alive, AOL Defense reported.

 

On Monday, Fox News first reported that Mr. Harroun, who was discharged as a

private first class in 2003 and has been fighting for many months alongside

Syrian rebels, had joined the notorious extremist group Jubhat al Nusra,

which the U.S. State Department says is a front for al Qaeda in Iraq.

 

"I was separated in a battle and most of my group was K.I.A. and al-Nusra

picked me up," Mr. Harroun told Fox News.

 

Mr. Harroun, known in Syria to rebels and loyalists alike as "The American,"

has traveled widely throughout the Arab world during the wave of revolution

there called the Arab Spring, according to his social-media postings. He

joined protesters overthrowing Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak before

moving to fight alongside rebels attempting to depose Syrian President

Bashar Assad.

 

He told Fox News he might go to the Palestinian Territories next, to join

their fight against Israel.

 

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