Reports: Bilal Deqmaq Deported from Turkey, Arrested at Beirut Airport
إقرأ هذا الخبر بالعربية
General Security officers arrested on Wednesday wanted Salafist Sheikh Bilal Deqmaq at Rafik Hariri International Airport after his deportation from Turkey, reports said.
According to the National News Agency, Deqmaq, who is based in the northern city of Tripoli, was briefly detained on November 15 by Turkish authorities on charges of smuggling cash.
The military prosecutor issued an arrest warrant against Deqmaq after the Lebanese army raided an arms cache at his residence in late October.
Another wanted Salafist cleric, Dai al-Islam al-Shahhal, said at the time that the weapons belonged to him and demanded their return.
The Lebanese soldiers have arrested scores of militants and seized arms caches in Tripoli after several days of battles in October in and around the coastal city.
The fighters have pledged their allegiance to Syria-based militants whose threat rose after they overran the northeastern border town of Arsal in August and took Lebanese soldiers and policemen captive.
The militants from the Islamic State group and al-Qaida-linked al-Nusra Front have executed four of them.
Among their demands are the release of Islamists from Roumieh prison.
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18 February 2015, 14:03
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Take a good look at this face....why?
Its the face of moderation m14 & their followers on here support.
Is this face more your style, houthi haters?
lmfao @ m14 & their so called moderates.
18 February 2015, 14:06
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Mr. Abbas Ibrahim welcomes his holy warriors returning from Syria after they commit the ugliest massacres against civilians and is quick to arrest their opponents.
18 February 2015, 14:21
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First off, this guy is a very ugly Lebanese. Second, I'm sick and tired of anyone saying that just because you are against Assad, HA in Syria, HA making unilateral decisions on war...that you support salafi, nusra, daesh... I am not anti HA, I understand why they are here. I just feel they have too much power and arrogance and do have elements of forcing their religion on others. Does anyone believe Geagea and the LF sit at home with their families and talk about hoe they like salafi or daesh? I'm serious. So why do you say that? I know these people they hate salafi wa nusra wa killou. They believe that there is a large Sunni majority of moderates that exist in Lebanon and were hoping had clout in Syria.
18 February 2015, 14:21
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None want extreme Sunni. Yes hariri may turn a blind eye to some bearded snackbarians. Doesn't HA do that in the beqaa with their drug farm supporters, car theirs, and kidnappers of Christians who they supposedly love? Please stop with this nonsense. LF hates these extremists and are there enemy.
18 February 2015, 14:27
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sorry Zahle...but words mean zipppooooooooo ....actions brother..action
HA dealt with this barbaric threat, whilst the LF said there is no threat..
Action brother...forget cheap words...they remain just words.
18 February 2015, 20:22
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jaafar Ibn Iblees (Guest) "is that beloved Zainib in your avatar?"
makes you wonder how morally bankrupt they must be, when this is all they can answer.
19 February 2015, 00:27
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I disagree with the LF statement stating LF is not a threat or any comments to minimize daesh. However, the LF is not in a position to move freely as a militia against daesh in Lebanon. Only HA has that right by the way they point guns inward to anyone who challenges that right? So if LF said they were against the daesh threat it is still words. They are not allowed to do action roar, only HA has a right to arms. You only have LF supporters in Ras Baalbek and a few other villages patrolling on their own at night time.
18 February 2015, 14:51
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Don't worry Mr Deqmaq, Sayyed Hassan will dispatch Hezbollah MP Maître Nawwar Al Sahili ESQ to bail you out just like he bailed out Sheikh Omar Bakri. Sayyed Hassan has a penchant for real full beards and since he was a little boys dreamed of growing one like a man. Alas that's not possible so the glued on Hollywood one he's sporting now will have to do to go along with the costume.
18 February 2015, 22:48
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exactly the same look as nasrallah... extremist islamists all have the same trademark...
the funny thing is that hezbis lovers treat him as an extremist but fail to look at their beloved leader... poor hypocrits
