Yez got nuttin' on me, coppers! Nuttin'!
by the Lebanese army in the northern city of Tripoli
...a confusing city, one end of thich 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...
are expected to be referred to the Military Tribunal for legal measures if there was evidence of their involvement in the latest gunbattles, the National News Agency reported Thursday.
NNA said the men could be referred to the tribunal in the next 24 hours.
Eleven others were recently released for not having ties to the festivities between the rival neighborhoods of Bab al-Tabbaneh and Jabal Mohsen, the agency said.
But according to al-Mustaqbal
... the Future Movement, political party led by Saad Hariri...
daily, the 11 men, who are from al-Mouri family, were on Sunday seized along with two truckloads of weapons and ammunition in al-Zahriyeh neighborhood.
An Army communiqué had said that it tossed in the clink
Yez got nuttin' on me, coppers! Nuttin'!
18 people and seized quantities of arms, ammunition and military hardware after a patrol came under fire in al-Zahriyeh.
Al-Mustaqbal quoted sources as wondering how the 11 men could be released after two truckloads of weapons were seized from them."Their release would have blown up the security situation in Tripoli, particularly after they sought upon their release to ignite tension in the area," they said.
Life slowly returned to normal in Tripoli on Monday after six days of gunbattles between the majority Sunni Bab al-Tabbaneh and the mainly Alawite Jabal Mohsen left scores of casualties.
The fighting was a clear sign that the Syrian war had spilled over to Leb. Bab al-Tabbaneh residents support the revolution against Syrian Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir
Pencilneckal-Assad
Oppressor of the Syrians and the Lebs...
, who is from the Alawite sect.