'Free Sunnis Brigade' Criticizes Security Plan in Tripoli, Says it Violates Sanctity of Muslim Homes
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The so-called Free Sunnis of Baalbek Brigade slammed on Friday the security plan implemented by “the non-Lebanese army” in the northern city of Tripoli, considering that the military raids are violating the sanctity of Muslim homes.
“The army's mice are not being considerate of the sanctity of the Muslim homes and the presence of women in them,” the brigade said via Twitter.
It called on the “Free Sunnis” to end the “charade and the assault by the non-Lebanese army and Hizbullah, which is controlling the army, on the Sunni sect.”
The brigade urged the Committee of Muslim Ulemas to take a stance and “stand against the Iranian project under the pretext of the security plan.”
It considered that the security plan targets the Sunni areas in Lebanon.
On Thursday, the brigade warned that “Hizbullah and Iran” are behind the security plan that the army is poised to implement in Baalbek, vowing to turn in the Bekaa city into “a graveyard for the 'Crusader army' and Hizbullah.”
The security plan was launched in the northern city of Tripoli on Tuesday and it is expected to move to tense areas in the Bekaa and Beirut in the coming days.
Tripoli witnesses frequent gunbattles between two of the impoverished neighborhoods of Bab al-Tabbaneh, which is dominated by Sunnis who support Syrian rebels, and Jabal Mohsen, which is dominated by Alawites, who share the same sect as Syrian President Bashar Assad.
The "Free Sunnis of Baalbek Brigade” has no known ties with any Lebanese or Syrian group. It has claimed that it is an affiliate of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant extremist group, but the ISIL has denied that.
04 April 2014, 15:26
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This "Free Sunnis of Baalbek Brigade” is nothing but a fake group created by the Syrian secret service (Moukhabarat). None of the Islamic groups fighting in Syria has an explicit reference to the "Sunnis". Even the fanatic group ISIL denied any affiliation with them.
This fake group was invented by the Syrian Moukhabarat to continue planting seeds of strife between the Sunnis and Shias of Lebanon.
Wake up people!
04 April 2014, 15:55
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(re-post)@Free Sunnis Brigade, please leave God out of your revolutionary heart because God doesn't take sides and he does not condone murder and thuggery. Who are you to threaten the Army you low-life extremist relic of the stone age? May the Army bury you where you stand and erase any remnant of your existence which is a shameful stain on Lebanese society. Your are nothing more than blood thirsty ignorant uneducated low information pond scum and you will be eliminated as such. God bless the LAF and keep it in one piece to confront you and the evil you breed in this country.
04 April 2014, 16:14
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When the army does its job, it's criticized, when it doesn't, it's also criticized. That being the case, let the army continue doing its job, fine by me.
04 April 2014, 16:28
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First I saw the picture and was happy for the people of Tripoli, then I started reading the article and what "Free Sunnis of Baalbek Brigade” is saying about the HA/Iran pretext security plan. I'm like it's probably BS or as usual excuses for terrorism. But then I look at the picture again and I see the Lebanese army soldier carrying a Kalashnikov and I started wondering, since when did the Lebanese army carry those, they have always used M16 - so am I reading into this too much or they do actually have AK47 now/ Which opens the suspicion on what "Free Sunnis of Baalbek Brigade” is saying
04 April 2014, 17:40
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FT. The M4/M16 is just as deadly as the kalash, if not deadlier, due to the ballistics that make the M4/M16 wound channel more complex then that of the heavier an steadier kalash bullet.
The big advantage of the kalash over the M is that the kalash is easier and faster to take apart and clean than the M (of critical when you have to do it under fire). Plus the kalash has more tolerance for sand and dust in its bolt mechanism.
04 April 2014, 20:21
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FT, I did, and the AK 47 remains the best all rounder. Its bullet is so powerful that it can literally obliterate a person, and as you rightly claimed, the M16 even thought a more precise weapon simply doesn't have that stopping power. In fact, some years back, the US and Nato countries have been developing newer rifles but emulating the AK bullet caliber, now accepted as the better one.
04 April 2014, 20:25
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Jabal, the M16 as you rightly pointed out is very good, but as FT said, in street combat, the AK simply wins the day. Then the AK can be used almost indefinitely and under any kind of situation with very little maintenance whereas the M16 doesn't. In the early days, the AK, especially those made in the East Bloc countries tended to overheat, but the Soviet one just went on almost forever. Though I would go for the M16 for sniping, but in street fighting, the AK would make a better choice.
04 April 2014, 21:45
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FT: when your weapon keeps jamming because it is clogged up with mud and sand, you will duck and pull back and clean it up whether under fire or not. Period.
Phoenix. Stopping power is all about where the bullet hits. The caliber is not that important if your target is hit right.
I might sound like I'm defending the m16, but I'm not. My first service weapon was actually a Slavia (looks a lot like a kalash but the mechanism is different). Eventually I was issued a kalash. We used m16s in training but it never felt as "sturdy" as the kalash.
04 April 2014, 21:58
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FT: for sniping, neither the kalash nor the m16 is a reliable weapon. You need a rifle with a denser and longer barrel. .308 is a good caliber for this. And if you have the shoulder for it, a 30.06 is even better.
04 April 2014, 20:29
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Tex, I am inclined to take Habib's view more, coz so far HA does not shoot at our soldiers, what may happen tomorrow I can't tell, but till now Habib's convinces me more.
