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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Leb Army Arrests Abdullah Azzam Brigades Chief
2014-01-01
[An Nahar] Army Intelligence recently jugged
Maw! They're comin' to get me, Maw!
a suspect wanted by Soddy Arabia
...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face...
and a member of al-Nusra Front in Syria, reported LBCI television on Tuesday.

It said that Majed al-Majed was arrested about a week ago in Beirut.

He is wanted by Saudi Arabia for being affiliated with al-Qaeda.

Authorities are awaiting the results of DNAs tests to verify Majed's identity, reported OTV.

The suspect had headed about a month ago to Syria where he pledged his allegiance to al-Nusra Front chief Abu Mohammed al-Joulani.

Majed is also the head of the Abdullah Azzam Brigades in the Levant and he is wanted by the United States on terrorism charges.

News reports had previously said that Majed was leading a campaign in Leb aimed at pressuring Hizbullah to withdraw its fighters from Syria.

He may have been involved in the bombings that targeted the Iranian embassy in Beirut's Bir Hassan neighborhood on November 19.

The Abdullah Azzam Brigades had grabbed credit for the attack, saying it was aimed at pressuring Hizbullah to withdraw its fighters from Syria.

Majed was residing in the Paleostinian refugee camp of Ein el-Hellhole before leaving to Syria and he was reportedly responsible for 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 network that was planning attacks against the army in 2012.
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