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| Sporadic Sniper Gunfire Wounds Four in Tripoli as Army Beefs Up Presence |
| 2014-03-15 |
| [An Nahar] The Lebanese army heavily deployed on Friday in the northern city of 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... as intermittent gunfire injure three people, including a soldier, in the area a day after festivities erupted between rival neighborhoods. The state-run National News Agency reported that the army fortified its posts and deployed heavily in various areas in Tripoli, in particular, in Syria street that separates the rival districts of Bab al-Tabbaneh and Jabal Mohsen. The NNA said that sporadic sniper gunfire injured Fouad al-Saytari and Walid Daher in al-Qobbeh square. Voice of Leb radio (100.5) reported that soldier Rony Haddad was also maimed. LBCI reported that another soldier was injured by sniper fire. Arab Democratic Party media official Abdul Latif Saleh told LBCI that the party announced ceasefire and kicked off negotiations with the families of the victims who were killed in Tripoli's twin blasts in August to restore calm in the city. The army later on blocked the Abou Ali roundabout -- al-Mallouleh highway and al-Beddawi, keeping the sea road open for traffic. Media reports said that the military also placed in durance vile Maw! They're comin' to get me, Maw! four gunnies, including a Syrian national, in al-Qobbeh area. Until Friday, at least three people were killed and 36 others injured in the festivities that broke out a day before, the NNA reported. "We reject attempts to spread violence in the city," al-Mustaqbal ... the Future Movement, political party led by Saad Hariri... bloc MP Mohammed Kabbara told news hounds after a meeting for Tripoli figures at his house. He stressed that "suspects don't have any political cover," demanding "the state to arrest those who are involved in city's the security incidents." |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 Paleos, Iran, Assads, Hezbies, .... |
| Posted by: Frank G 2014-03-15 14:28 |
| #2 I remember when I was a kid Beirut and all of Leb for that matter, were considered the Paris of the ME, urbane sophisticated, civilized. What happened? Yes, that is a rhetorical question. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2014-03-15 12:45 |
| #1 "Right to defend rights", eh? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2014-03-15 02:47 |