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| Would-Be Suicide-Bomber Seeking to Attack 'Shiite Target' Arrested in North Leb |
| 2015-04-30 |
[AnNahar] A potential suicide-bomber was locked awayDrop the gat, Rocky, or you're a dead 'un! 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... last week as he was headed to Syria where he was set to prepare himself for carrying out a bombing against a Shiite target in Leb, reported al-Akhbar newspaper on Wednesday. Arrested by the General Security, Mohammed al-Aqla, 22, said he had joined the al-Qaeda-affiliated al-Nusra ...formally Jabhat an-Nusrah li-Ahli sh-Sham (Support Front for the People of the Levant), also known as al-Qaeda in the Levant. They aim to establish a pan-Arab caliphate. Not the same one as the Islamic State, though .. ... Front in Syria. He was expected to meet up with the group, which would determine the target of his suicide-bombing in Leb. The suspect confessed to belonging to the group and aspiring to follow in the footsteps of Paleostinian suicide-bombers, Adnan al-Mohammed and Nidal al-Mougheer, who both hailed from al-Bisariyeh camp. Mohammed had carried the bombing in front of the Iranian embassy in Beirut on November 19, 2013 and al-Mougheer had carried out the bombing in front of the Iranian Cultural Center on February 19, 2014. Al-Aqla hails from the southern town of al-Bisariyeh in the al-Zahrani province. His family fled the border town of Yarin in the wake of the Israeli invasion of 1978. It relocated to al-Bisariyeh where he was raised it its Shiite environment, said al-Akhbar. He was last seen in the area about three weeks ago and his family was informed of his disappearance about a week later. He failed to complete his school education and worked in construction sites and gardening. Recently, al-Aqla became closed off from those around him and he spent his time at prayer in the town mosque that is led by Sheikh Ahmed Abid of the al-Jamaa al-Islamiya ... The Islamic Group.Sunni Islamist alignment in Lebanon. The group was founded in 1952 as the Leb branch of the Moslem Brüderbund. Its current leader is Faisal Mawlawi. The party has a military wing known as the al-Fajr Forces. Currently they have 1 seat in the Lebanese Parliament... . His father, a retired army officer, is not affiliated with any political party, but his relatives are devout Moslems and known for their good ties with al-Jamaa al-Islamiya. Al-Aqla's case was referred to intelligence directorate for further investigation. A number of terror suspects have been arrested in recent months. A number of them have confessed to belonging to terrorist groups and of seeking to stage attacks against various targets in Leb, as well as its army. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #1 A pity. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2015-04-30 02:16 |