Photos and horrific stories are starting to surface from Syria about so-called Shabiha, or “ghost killers”. These guys have been pumped to the max with steroids, and serve one purpose only: to keep Syria’s president, Bashar Assad, in power. They do this by “terrorising women and children, and conducting ethnic cleansing.”

They are covered in tattoos of images of their leader, and basically roam Syria – massacring children and women by slitting their throats or shooting them at point-blank range. They are said to carry out the government’s dirty work so officials can claim the rampages are not being sponsored by the state.

A massacre of 108 civilians in Houla two weeks ago, including 49 children, has been blamed on the group who fanatically follow the Muslim Alawite sect. They are also reported to have shot dead 12 workers in Qusayr and 78 villagers in Qubair last week.

The metaphorical icing on the cake is that these guys earn nearly R2 000 PER DAY for their “work”.

[Source: Daily Mail]