Report: None of Arsal Incident Suspects Have yet Been Arrested
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Hundreds of suspects are linked to Friday's Arsal incident, reported the daily An Nahar on Sunday.
Military sources told the daily that the Lebanese army has identified all of the suspects and yet it has not yet arrested any of them.
The raids against the suspects will take place at "the appropriate time," they added.
They revealed that those apprehended on Saturday are not linked to the incident in the northeastern town.
“Those involved in the crime will be held accountable,” the sources declared.
“All political statements on the attack are baseless as Arsal's residents back the army and some 500 of its sons are part of the military institution,” they continued.
The army arrested several residents of Arsal on Saturday a day after two soldiers were killed when gunmen ambushed a military patrol, the National News Agency reported.
NNA said the men were arrested either for the possession of illegal arms or for failing to stop at several checkpoints set up by the military at the entrances of the town.
An army communique said Friday that a patrol was ambushed by Arsal gunmen as it was hunting a man wanted for several terrorist acts.
The clashes that ensued left an officer with the rank of captain, Pierre Bashaalani, and Sergeant Ibrahim Zahraman dead, and several military personnel wounded.
03 February 2013, 08:41
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there are so far 3 stories linked to this incident:
- an army unit in plain clothes came into arsal with hizbushaitan elements, captured the guy and summarily shot him with over 40 bullets, then put him in the back of a car, they drove away when they were caught up by arsal people who killed three men, which came to be known later on as 2 army guys and one hizbushaitan.
- the official story.
- some are linking this event to the withdrawal of the Syrian army from the border so that units of Lebanese shabiha comprising of army elements and hizbushaitan to invade arsal and other places for the benefit of the Syrian regime.
whichever of these stories, what will happen later is dangerous and might lead to an extended civil war.
03 February 2013, 19:10
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the stupidity of the replies denote clearly sectarian strife to the max. it is unfortunate.
what I stated was not my opinion, rather the 3 different versions running around in the open.
whatever the version, it is clear thee is something being fomented, and it is bad for Lebanon.
once more, I do not have a clue which version is correct.
03 February 2013, 17:31
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As long as we will be driven by our religious affiliations we are doomed to remain a remote underdeveloped country.
I see no difference between the fanatic Shi3a, the fanatic Sunni and the fanatic Maronite;
As long as we will be pretending to be the owners of the true religion and that our "Imaginary Friend" is the ONLY and real God, we will remain in the same crappy situation.
Idiots, criminals and irresponsible are parents who keep their children in Lebanon if they can afford to take them away.
Tfeh 3a hal balad!
03 February 2013, 23:50
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Few men in history knew how to rule their nations such as hitler,stalin,saddam and others. Such dictators on top of criminal systems are the only way to rein insolent peopole's unleashed sectarianism, lawlessness, dependency,civilian arms possession, corruption and immorality.
04 February 2013, 01:01
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No worries. Dr. Moujrem will speak with his buddies of al-qaeda to figure out how to bluff us time and again. So what of the Sunni crazies take over?
