[An Nahar] The al-Qaeda-affiliated Al-Nusra Front in Syria and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant... the current version of al-Qaeda in Iraq, just as blood-thirsty and well-beloved as the original...
haven't taken a decision to "officially enter Leb," as the two groups are still dealing with agents for them to "send messages to Hizbullah."
...
Party of God, a Leb militia inspired, founded, funded and directed by Iran. Hizbullah refers to itself as
The Resistanceand purports to defend Leb against Israel, with whom it has started and lost one disastrous war to date, though it did claim victory...
"Both groups have the necessary logistic capabilities to carry out attack in Leb similar to those in Iraq but there's no decision yet to move the conflict to Leb," a leader in al-Nusra Front said in comments published in al-Akhbar newspaper.
However,
it's easy to be generous with someone else's money...
the leader said that the decision might "be changed in the upcoming days in light of the developments in Syria's Qalamoun."
The Syrian army and Hizbullah fighters have expelled rebels from several strategic towns in Qalamoun, but Yabrud -- the largest in the region -- has so far remained an opposition stronghold.
"ISIL and the al-Nusra Front still haven't appointed an Emir in Leb to run the Lebanese front."
The leader told al-Akhbar daily that the two groups are tasking agents for them in Leb, similar to Naim Abbas, a top of the Qaeda-linked Abdullah Azzam Brigades
... Leb's current al-Qaeda affiliate, named after a guy whose car the current head of al-Qaeda had boomed...
, who was tossed in the calaboose
Youse'll never take me alive coppers!... [BANG!]... Ow!... I quit!
by the army in February.
The leader stressed that the Abdullah Azzam Brigades is the only active group in Leb, pointing out that the bombings carried out by it inflicted heavy damage and caused a high number of casualties.
"Those who were arrested by Lebanese security forces are only implementers and not planners."
"The bombings that have so far occurred are merely messages to Hizbullah over its involvement in the war in Syria," al-Nusra Front leader said, noting that the kabooms are targeting civilians "to push the party's withdrawal" from the neighboring country.
Leb witnessed a string of of kabooms in recent months targeting mainly strongholds of Hizbullah, which has drawn the ire of Sunni bad boy groups in part because of its role fighting alongside the regime in Syria.
"The Jihadist leadership is convinced that the fall of the Syrian regime will lead to the fall of Hizbullah," the leader added.
Hizbullah has dispatched fighters to battle alongside the Syrian regime against rebels seeking the overthrow of
Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneckal-Assad
Light of the Alawites...
.
The conflict, pitting a Sunni-dominated rebel movement against Assad, whose Alawite faith is an offshoot of Shiite Islam, has raised sectarian tensions in Leb.