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| Al-Asir Supporters Protest for 2nd Week in Row, Demand End of Siege |
| 2013-03-03 |
| [An Nahar] Controversial Salafist holy man Sheikh Ahmed al-Asir and his supporters rallied for the second day in a row in the town of Abra in the southern city of Sidon amid heavy security deployment to protest claims that Hizbullah rented apartments in the vicinity of his mosque in the town. "We reject the security siege and media blackout," al-Asir said during the protest. The army deployed heavily near al-Asir's Bilal bin Rabah mosque in Abra, bringing reinforcements in anticipation of the protest. The rallies held by al-Asir and his supporters are to protest claims that Hizbullah rented apartments in the vicinity of his mosque in the town. Last week, the anti-Hizbullah Salafist holy man urged officials and authorities to force the evacuation of the apartments to avert a possible "strife or any dangerous incident." Security forces prevented several protesters from reaching the buildings that Hizbullah supporters allegedly rented apartments in them, al-Asir's official page on social media network Facebook. Media was prevented from broadcasting live the rally. According to LBCI, al-Asir called on his supporters to rally on Sunday at 4:00 p.m. at al-Karami roundabout. "Iran's weapons in Sidon on Friday were ready to be used but the judiciary and the higher defense council failed to see that," al-Asir told supporters. He slammed the unbalanced policies in Leb, saying "everyone in the country has the right to express his opinion but us." "We will not give up on our right to live in dignity... We will escalate our measures if our demands weren't met," the Salafist holy man said. Hizbullah chief His Eminence Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah The satrap of the Medes and the Persians in Leb... warned during a televised speech on Wednesday that "some parties are pushing Leb in a very rapid manner to sectarian strife and working on that night and day and all the facts verify this issue." He pointed out that some statements and remarks by some Sunni MPs and holy mans are taking a very provocative and seditious course. |
| Posted by:Fred |