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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
8 Arrested in Tripoli as Reports Say Mabsout Briefly Held 2 Months Ago
2019-06-08
[AnNahar] Eight people have been locked away
Keep yer hands where we can see 'em, if yez please!
in the wake of the deadly 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...
attack on security forces, as new details have emerged about the assailant’s activities over the past few months.

After detaining Abdul Rahman Mabsout’s father and brother and another person who had ties to the gunman, army intelligence agents have arrested in the northern city five young men who media reports said belong to "Sheikh Kanaan Naji’s group."

The reports said the five had links to Mabsout.

Other media reports meanwhile said that Mabsout were tossed into the calaboose two months ago when he sought to be employed at Tripoli’s port.

"He visited the directorate of Tripoli’s port but his application was rejected after the assessment of his criminal record and his joining of the ranks of ISIS in Syria," al-Hayat newspaper said.

"Mabsout was infuriated when he heard the negative response, which prompted him to start cursing and threatening the port’s administration," the daily added.

"The General Security agency arrested him at the port and handed him over to the Military Police, which released him after interrogation," al-Hayat said.

Riding a cycle of violence, Mabsout fired on police and army vehicles in different parts of Tripoli on Monday night, killing two coppers and two soldiers and wounding several others before blowing himself up later when confronted by troops.

Media reports said Mabsout was a former member of the Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
group who fought with the bad boy movement in Syria. The reports say he were tossed into the calaboose upon returning to Leb in 2016 before being released a year later.
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