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Islamist Cleric Omar Bakri Arrested in Aley |
2014-05-26 |
[An Nahar] Islamist holy man Omar Bakri was enjuggedPlease don't kill me! on Sunday in the Mount Leb region of Aley, reported the National News Agency. It said that the Internal Security Forces Intelligence Bureau arrested the holy man in his residence, located in al-Basateen Street, at dawn on Sunday. The apartment is owned by a man identified as Hamad Abou Latif. Bakri is wanted by the army and security forces for his connection to the festivities that have taken place in recent years between the neighborhoods of Jabal Mohsen and Bab al-Tabbaneh 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... . The army and security forces had adopted in recent months a security plan in Tripoli in order to crackdown on the various perpetrators linked to the unrest. It resulted in the arrested of several suspects, including some of Bakri's associates. Tensions between Jabal Mohsen and Bab al-Tabbaneh go back decades but have been exacerbated by the war in Syria, where Alawite ![]() Pencilneckal-Assad Despoiler of Deraa... faces Sunni rebels seeking to topple him. |
Posted by:Fred |
#1 here's hoping he resisted arrest |
Posted by: Frank G 2014-05-26 09:38 |