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| Grenade Targets Army Checkpoint in Tripoli as ISF Arrests Fugitives |
| 2014-09-20 |
| [AnNahar] An army checkpoint was attacked by a hand grenade on Friday in 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... , only hours after a roadside kaboom targeted an army vehicle and killed two troops in the Bekaa border town of Arsal. "An unknown assailant riding a cycle of violence hurled a hand grenade towards an army checkpoint in the al-Omari area in Tripoli's Syria Street," state-run National News Agency reported. "Army troops shot up the biker but he managed to escape," NNA added. According to LBCI television, the grenade fell around 30 meters away from the checkpoint, causing material damage. Meanwhile, ...back at the pond, Gloria slowly backed away from the eight-foot bull frog. If the creature croaked she would surely be deafened... the Internal Security Forces erected checkpoints "across all streets in Tripoli," NNA said. ISF members inspected vehicles, checked the IDs of passersby and jugged Drop the rod and step away witcher hands up! a number of runaways who are wanted on judicial warrants, the agency added. The ISF also staged armored patrols in the city's main and side streets. The developments come in the wake of a deadly kaboom on the army in Arsal, where two soldiers were killed and three others maimed. Last week, the army carried out raids in Tripoli and arrested a Syrian man accused of belonging to a terrorist organization. Media reports had recently accused an gang operating in Tripoli's Bab al-Tabbaneh of pledging allegiance to the Islamic State and al-Nusra Front Death Eater groups, but the gunnies denied that. The same group is also accused of being behind several attacks on the army in the city. |
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