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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Raids Ongoing in Abra amid Reports that Asir Did Not Leave Sidon
2013-06-27
[An Nahar] Army raids are ongoing in Abra neighborhood of the southern city of Sidon to look for gunnies who supported Salafist holy man Sheikh Ahmed al-Asir in his festivities with the military institution, amid reports that the Imam of the Bilal bin Rabah mosque might have never left the city.

MTV reported on Wednesday that cautious calm is prevailing in Sidon, except for the sound of detonating bombs left in the battlefield.

It added that people coming to inspect their houses are prevented from approaching the area, as the army "has not yet finished its search for explosives and gunnies."

"Army patrols are roaming Abra and its surroundings and a checkpoint erected in the area is inspecting all vehicles passing in the neighborhood," MTV noted.

"Men jugged
Into the paddy wagon wit' yez!
during the festivities are being subjected to strict investigation," the same source pointed out.

Al-Manar television revealed that a large number of rocket-propelled grenades were found in al-Asir's security zone, and that "offices, chairs and even water bottles were booby-trapped."

Regarding al-Asir's fate, security sources told MTV that "the holy man's phone calls are being tracked."

"Investigation so far revealed that al-Asir is using an international number and that he is still in Sidon," MTV announced.

Meanwhile,
...back at the mall, Clarissa suddenly spied Mr. Bartlett at the checkout counter. He was buying Grecian Formula!...
OTV reported that a Sidon figure was communicating with al-Asir "until the last hours of the battle," revealing also that a Turkish mediator contacted the holy man and asked him to leave the port city and head to the north, "but no to (the northern city of) Tripoli
...a confusing city, one end of which is located in Lebanon and the other end of which is the capital of Libya. Its chief distinction is being mentioned in the Marine Hymn...
OTV stressed: "Investigation is ongoing and al-Asir did not head to Syria or to Tripoli."

In another report, security sources told LBCI television that "al-Asir was still in he security zone at 7:00 pm on Sunday."

They elaborated: "A female neighbor of the holy man told Sherlocks that he (al-Asir) came to the building around 6:00 pm Sunday and accompanied her to the basement where a group of people were hiding."

"Al-Asir stayed with us for an hour and then he left," she remarked.

"The siege around the zone was not completed yet on Sunday night, and there is a possibility that the holy man left the block along with 25-40 people during these hours," the security sources explained.

They said, however, that "he might have never left the southern city and its surroundings."

"Despite Paleostinians denying that al-Asir has entered (the refugee camp of) Ain el-Helweh, and promising not hide him, we still have doubts that he might be there or in one of the city's mosques," they said.

"And at Sunday night, he might have been transferred to another city."

Al-Asir is being tracked through monitoring phone lines that were in his possession and other lines that he might have access to, the sources informed LBCI.

"We are also keeping an eye on his Facebook and Twitter accounts."
Posted by:Fred

#2  Wishing him farewell and a good escape...would not want "Festivities" to end too soon, dont we?
Posted by: Bob Snore6814   2013-06-27 22:55  

#1  Fake Beard, or possibly Fake MAN.
Posted by: Redneck Jim   2013-06-27 06:25  

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