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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Rockets Fired from 'Arsal Outskirts' Hit al-Bazzaliyeh, Nearby Areas
2014-02-19
[An Nahar] Rockets fired from the Lebanese-Syrian border landed Tuesday on the outskirts of the Bekaa town of al-Bazzaliyeh and nearby areas.

"At 4:45 p.m., five rockets fired from the Syrian side of the border hit the plain of the towns of Hrabta, al-Bazzaliyeh and al-Labweh in the Baalbek-Hermel district, causing no casualties," the Lebanese Army said in a statement.

"At once, an army force arrived on the scene and took the appropriate measures as a military expert inspected the places where the rockets landed," it added.

Earlier on Tuesday, al-Manar television said four rockets launched from the eastern mountain range landed on the outskirts of al-Bazzaliyeh.

It later reported that "today's rockets were fired from an area southeast of Wadi al-Raayan in Arsal's outskirts, specifically from the ranch of (Mohammedan holy man) Mustafa al-Hujairi, aka Abou Taqiyyeh."
Seriously, Abou Taqiyyeh? That's as bad as when President Obama said to the Republicans, "Don't call my bluff."
"A takfir
...an adherent of takfir wal hijra, an offshoot of Salafism that regards everybody who doesn't agree with them as apostates who most be killed...
i group whose name was mentioned many times in investigations into bomb-laden cars is behind the rocket attack on al-Bazzaliyeh," al-Manar added.

Leb's National News Agency reported that the rockets were fired from the Arsal region of Halimat Qara in the eastern mountain range.

A number of rockets had been fired from the Syrian side of the border against the Bekaa since Hizbullah's acknowledgment of its fighting in the Syrian conflict alongside the country's ruling regime.

The "Marwan Hadid Brigades"
...an al-Nusra element working the Syria-Leb border area...
usually claim responsibility for such border attacks.
Posted by:Fred

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