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| Report: Clashes with Armed Groups Aimed at Pressuring Army, Hizbullah |
| 2015-01-25 |
| [AnNahar] More festivities are expected to take place in the northeastern town of Arsal and other border areas, predicted a security source to As Safir newspaper on Saturday. It expected the recurrence of such unrest as part of efforts by gangs to pressure the army and 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... "in an attempt to demonstrate their military might", he explained. These groups are seeking "to impose a new reality on the ground, as well as deplete the capabilities of the army and Hizbullah." The source revealed that the party went on alert on Friday in the wake of the army's festivities with Residents of nearby areas also took to arms in anticipation of the spread of the violence, it said. Moreover, other security sources noted that the Tallat al-Hamra unrest erupted five days after Israel's strike against Syria's Quneitra region and ten days after the security forces seized control of Roumieh Prison's B block, which was controlled by Islamist inmates. The gunbattles also broke out a day after Army Commander General Jean Qahwaji visited the northern Bekaa to inspect the troops deployed in Arsal and nearby regions. Al-Joumhouria newspaper meanwhile reported on Saturday that prominent Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... military commander, al-Ahwazi, was killed in Friday's Tallat al-Hamra festivities. Other Islamic State "emirs" Ghayyath Jomaa and Abou al-Walid al-Ansari were also killed in the unrest. Five soldiers were killed and 14 maimed in Friday's fighting. On Friday morning, said an army communique, terrorist groups attacked an army surveillance post in Tallat al-Hamra near the Lebanese-Syrian border. Fierce festivities then erupted between the two sides and the army managed at noon to seize control of the area and repel the gunnies. A number of gunnies were killed and maimed in the fighting. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #1 Ditto in principle as per IS-held Japanese Hostages, Mindanao clashes??? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2015-01-25 22:14 |