Report: Western Intelligence Warns ISIL Preparing to Launch Attacks in North
إقرأ هذا الخبر بالعربية
Extremists from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant are seeking to carry out security operations in northern Lebanon, reported al-Akhbar newspaper on Thursday.
Western diplomatic sources told the daily that western intelligence obtained information that ISIL-linked groups, present in the northern city of Tripoli, are preparing to carry out these attacks in an attempt to seize northern border areas.
Lebanese security sources meanwhile confirmed such information, but made light of the claims that militants would take over border regions.
They instead noted that the armed groups, which include Lebanese and Syrian members, are planning to launch assaults against army barracks, reported al-Akhbar.
Jihadists from the al-Nusra Front and Islamic State overran in August the northeastern border town of Arsal where they clashed with the army.
The fighting ended with the gunmen abducting a number of soldiers and policemen from the area.
The army last week raided Syrian refugee encampments in Arsal where it arrested a number of suspects.
Over the past months, Lebanese authorities arrested several suspected members of extremist groups throughout Lebanon.
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02 October 2014, 14:18
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Put hizbollah in charge of the borders since their arms will always be pointed at Israel, and they do not agree with westerners destroying Isis positions.
02 October 2014, 23:13
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American Jet Fighters absolutely need to bomb ISIS on the Syrian border to support our Lebanese National Army against these bunch of well trained mercenaries!
God bless our troups!
02 October 2014, 11:26
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Lemme guess, it's an alakhbar scoop.. yup there it is a scoop as solid as a scoop of ice cream in the on a hot day in July. ? Who coulda guessed alakhbar being western intelligence's favorite go to secret repots whisperer lol lol lollipops
02 October 2014, 12:01
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Back in 2012 the same news organization reported about western intelligence warnings that alqa3ida was ploting terrorist attacks in the north, turns out their alqa3ida terrorists was michel samaha and their western intelligence source was syrian mukhabarat.
02 October 2014, 15:52
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First al-Akhbar is a Hezbollah mouthpiece and so it spouts the Hezbollah propaganda of the day.
Hezbollah's agenda is, in light of its reduced numbers in Lebanon as fighters are out in the region fighting Iran's wars, to build alliances with Lebanese outside of the Shia community. They can't go Sunni, so they are going to Jumblatt and they now are scaring the Christians so that the Christians will jump to take Hezbollah arms and become a militant ally to Hezbollah, thus adding to the militia's strategic depth in Lebanon.
02 October 2014, 15:55
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This has bad consequences for Lebanon because while it is easy to arm people, it is difficult to demobilize. Hezbollah may be seeking allies against the Dae3g in Syria today, but its long range plan is to dominate the Sunni in Lebanon with an armed Christian ally. This takes Lebanon backwards to the 1970-80's of sectarian civil wars. It is the abyss.
Hezbollah has as much strategic long term planning as Netanyahu. Both sacrifice the future for the present and are thus burning their bridges to the future.
02 October 2014, 15:57
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Yes there is Dae3g in Tripoli, Akaar and in Arsal. But to get from Arsal to Akaar to Tripoli, there are many impediments, even among the Sunni of Akkaar. The threat is not real, it is manufactured to serve this other agenda that Hezbollah has for its own short term security, but which agenda harms the nation.
02 October 2014, 16:52
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FT, you are one the best at disinformation, you know. You must have taught the editors at al Akhbar how to do it. Did I say that there were impediments to Tripoli going up I. Sectarian flames? Of course not. We all know about the problems between the Alawi and Sunni in Tripoli. The impediment is in making a logistical linking of territory from Arsal to Akkar and then to Tripoli where ISIS is seeking an outlet to the sea. But we all know that ISIS's opportunity for that breakthrough existed 6 weeks ago, but the window of opportunity has since closed. You know that too, FT, but still the need to dissiminate for the sake of defending your blessed ally, Hezbollah and Nasrallah (PBUM)
