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| Leb Army Intelligence Detains Asir Supporters in Abra |
| 2015-04-29 |
| [AnNahar] The army intelligence detained three supporters of runaway Salafist holy man Sheikh Ahmed al-Asir ...Leb Salafist holy man with the usual grouch against Shiites. Currently on the run, he seems intent on reigniting the Leb civil war... , media reports said on Tuesday. Ali, Ahmed and Ali Ahmed Hijazi were incarcerated Please don't kill me! in a raid carried out by troops in Abra in the southern city of Sidon. Later on Tuesday, the army intelligence arrested another of Asir's supporters, identifying him as as W.B. who is said to be a security official among the holy man's backers, reported the National News Agency. Earlier, Asir called on his supporters to hide away to avoid falling in the hands of Lebanese security forces, in particular in Sidon. "I have exerted all my efforts to make my Umma triumph, but unfortunately my brothers are being chased, tortured and killed amid a fatal silence by the sons of my religion in Leb," Asir said via his twitter account. On Monday, the army said in a communique that it arrested late on Saturday Mohammed Ojail and Hassan al-Dghaily for forming a terrorist cell in the region of Sharhabeel east of Sidon. A large number of weapons, ammunition, hand grenades, and rocket-propelled grenades were seized from their residence. Al-Asir and singer turned runaway Islamist Fadel Shaker are reportedly hiding in the Paleostinian refugee camp of Ein el-Hellhole that lies in Sidon. Sidon's festivities between the army and supporters of al-Asir have resulted in the death of at least 16 troops. Many of al-Asir's supporters, who were involved in the battles that erupted on June 2013, have been apprehended. |
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