CaptainMaanMansourwasapilotintheSyrianmilitary.HeabandonedhispostthreemonthsagoandjoinedtherebelsoftheFreeSyrianArmy."IdefectedbecausetheAssadregimewaskillingwomenandchildrenandinnocentpeople,"saidMansour."Alltheywantedwasdemocracyandfreedom.Whatwasthecrimeofallthesepeoplehekilled?MohammedBadrAbbas,20,wasastoreclerkuntilayearago.Hesayshemarchedpeacefullyintheanti-governmentdemonstrations.Butwhenhesawtheviolencehedecidedtojointherebels."Wearefightingforaprinciple,notformoney,butforourfreedomanddignityashumanbeings,"saidAbbas."TheSyrianarmytroopsfightasajobwhereaswefightforAllah[God].Manyofthosewhojointherebelshavenomilitarytraining.AbuMahmoudisabakerwhonowcommandsanFSAbrigadefightinginAleppo."Training?Theydon'tneedtraining.Alltheseguysknowhowtohandleaweapon,"saidMahmoud.AhmedGhazali,31,wasacaptainintheSyrianarmyuntilhedefectedearlythisyear.Nowheisinchargeofsecurityfortherebel-heldtownofAzaz,northernSyria."Themostimportantchallengefacingusnowistosatisfythewantsofthepeopleandimprovetheirlives,"saidGhazali."Theyhavemanyneedsandweareworkingonthem.Wearetheservantsofthepeople,unlikeduringthetimeofAssadwhenthepeoplewerehisslaves.Abbassaystherebels,despitetheirdifferentbackgrounds,allhavethesamedream."Wehopetofreethecountryfromthisunjustregimeandtoseeasmileonthefacesofthechildren,"hesaid.Theunder-equippedrebelsfaceshortagesofammunitionandincreasinggovernmentairattacksagainstwhichtheyhavenoweapons.Theysaytheysupplyfoodandfueltothelocalpopulationwhileaidingthegrowingnumberofpeoplewhohavebeendisplacedbythefighting.ButtheSyriangovernment,tryingtorootoutrebelswithmilitaryattacks,saystheyareillegallytakingovervillagesandcausingtherefugeeexodus.Chineseversion:上尉MaanMansour曾在叙利亚军队中当过飞行员，但是三个月前他放弃了这一职务，转而加入了反叛者的自由叙利亚军。“我之所以这样做是因为阿萨德政府杀害妇女儿童以及无辜的人。”Mansour说，“他们（叛军）想要的仅仅是民主和自由而已，而这些被阿萨德杀害的人又何罪之有呢？”一年前，20岁的MohammedBadrAbbas还是一家商店的职员。他说自己曾经以和平的方式参加过反政府游行示威活动，但是当他看到阿萨德政府的暴力行为时，他决定加入到叛军队伍中。Abbass说：“我们为了一个信念而战，不是为了钱，而是为了赢得作为一人应有的自由和尊严。叙利亚政府军将打仗视为他们的职业，但是我们是为真主安拉而战。”许多加入到叛军队伍