Gunmen Kill Hizbullah Supporter, Two Others in Tripoli
إقرأ هذا الخبر بالعربية
Masked gunmen shot dead a Hizbullah supporter and two other men, including a member of the security forces, in the northern city of Tripoli early Thursday, a security official said.
"Masked men on motorbikes shot dead Hussam al-Mouri, a security official and a third man who happened to be at the scene," the official said.
Mouri was a known supporter of Hizbullah, a key ally of Syria's President Bashar Assad, and has been target of previous assassination attempts.
He headed an armed group in the northern city which last year clashed with militiamen opposed to Hizbullah and Assad's regime.
The majority of residents of the port city support the 29-month anti-Assad rebellion in neighboring Syria, and resent Hizbullah's decision to send fighters to support the army there.
Mouri, who was in his 40s, and the two other men were standing at the entrance to his home when the gunmen drove up and shot them, the official said.
"The army has deployed in the al-Zahriyeh district" in central Tripoli, near Mouri's home, the official said.
Tripoli has seen frequent Syria-related violence over the past two years, including waves of deadly clashes.
Though Lebanon is officially neutral in Syria's conflict, the country is deeply divided, with Hizbullah and its allies backing Assad and the opposition supporting the rebels.
Hizbullah's deployment of troops to support the Syrian army took tensions in Lebanon to new heights, particularly after fighters from the movement helped Assad's regime reclaim the former Syrian rebel bastion of Qusayr in June.
22 August 2013, 12:56
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Enough is Enough!!!!! We the shia of Ali Ibn Talib and the Alawis of Bashar Assad will not stand still watching our blood being spilt by the Takfiris in Tripoli. A world of pain is going to open up for you Nusra boys! Operation Northern Storm on its way.
22 August 2013, 20:26
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u're mixing shias and hizb like israelis are mixing jews and zionists...
23 August 2013, 08:31
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You're absolutely correct, Mr. Southern. ..."the resistance are there to save Lebanon." Even if they have kill and assassinate every opposing leader or citizen to save Lebanon. Ok, you can insult me now.
22 August 2013, 13:02
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RFT
Seriously Grow up! "A world of pain is going to open up for you Nusra boys!" You sound like a child honestly. BTW you all suck M8 & M15 all same crap.
22 August 2013, 13:50
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first it's two distinct people, the HA supporter and the official, and second i never heard you complain when rifi referred to M14 as "our political camp"
22 August 2013, 13:51
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and now watch the "free thinking" M14 supporters here finding all sorts of excuses for this shameful murder based on political opinion.
22 August 2013, 14:37
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Of course no excuse for this. But you Have found so many excuse for the chemical attack yesterday.
22 August 2013, 16:24
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what is funny is that mowaten and FT have always denied any presence of hizbushaitan in Tripoli :)
look at the picture and see his weapon behind him, then stop saying killing him for his opinion.
anyone part of or supporting this Iranian terrorist militia is fair game.
22 August 2013, 16:26
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greatpierro: you shameless liar. what excuse are you talking about? i condemn this false flag terrorist attack by the rebels in the harshest possible terms. killing thousands of people to force an international intervention in their favor is disgusting beyond anything words could convey.
22 August 2013, 13:55
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have you seen HA executing people on basis of their beliefs? religious or political (as in this case here)?
if not please dont place them on the same level.
22 August 2013, 16:32
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no need to apologize phoenix, it is your opinion and i respect it, even if i do not agree.
for me the reason of their presence is in the interest of lebanon. letting al qaeda's franchises take over syria would be the doom of lebanon, and a certain end to our sovereignty and freedom, be it at the hands of the extremists who announced 3 years ago that they were coming for us next, or be it at the hands of israel who is just waiting for HA to be weakened to reoccupy south lebanon or more.
this is not even mentioning the continuous rocket attacks, kidnappings, and massacres against lebanese people, on both sides of the border, to which HA did not respond for over two years.
22 August 2013, 16:34
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as much as i respect you and often feel the same as you, i know we disagree on the existence of HA, maybe we will never agree, but just let me say that i really appreciate that we are able to disagree courteously, and this is why i have a profound respect for you. cheers :)
22 August 2013, 14:43
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Ok fair enough. But m14 is tired of hizbullah state within a state siphoning customs duty and imposing its will in the national scene with its arms and not abiding by the laws and rules of this country.
22 August 2013, 15:15
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I like how when you talk reason and be patriotic you get more thumbs down than thumbs up...
tells you a lot about the people in this country...
22 August 2013, 15:48
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of course ice-man. dont you know? only FT has the right to post any claim without any shred of evidence.
everyone else is lying or spewing bs or propaganda or dreaming or etc etc.
22 August 2013, 16:38
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phoenix, do you realize you just said the same as Nasrallah, when he said that those who want to fight assad can go do it in syria, and called for leaving lebanon outside of the conflict?
i think you have more in common with the sayyed than you think ;)
26 August 2013, 12:23
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then we agree, maybe the only remaining difference between us is the timing, i think there is still a need for an armed resistance movement, the israeli threat is still too real, and we have no other solution for the moment, whether political settlements or a defense strategy. i think one day they will have to disarm, but not yet...
22 August 2013, 16:43
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I thought Tripoli was an open-minded city? Now they go around shooting and killing people?
Tripoli deserves its reputation as a Wahabist-terrorist infested rathole.
22 August 2013, 16:45
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Even though he was on the wrong side allah yir7amon killon childhood friends all of them enough hatred ba2a we r all actimg like a bunch of kids that wany candy sorry guys bass enough is enough while we should be safegaurding r beloved country we r killing each other i dont care if husseim supported HA or not he was like a brother to me and allah yar7amak ya khayi Fayyad who died as a true protecter of lebanon and hisham wyf did u get urself into
22 August 2013, 16:47
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i never said it was justified anonyme! why do you guys always have to invent things i supposedly said instead of answering what i say?
i said that the person who was with him who pulled out a gun and opened fire is the one to blame for what happened next.
in the case here, if the guy had a gun and opened fire (or his friends next to him had done it) and then he got gunned down, that would be comparable and i'd say it was the fault of whoever fired first. but here it is a coldblooded execution, not the same.
22 August 2013, 17:25
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no, you're giving the type of silly justifications & excuses that you want to think M8 supporters come up with
i always condemned every single murder assassination and bombing, i only disagree with the way M14 has of pinning it on who they want 30 seconds after it happens. does not falling for blind accusations means i'm justifying the attacks?
22 August 2013, 20:06
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HA allegiance to Lebanon ? U must be joking...
Like I told u before, u speak like that because its not christians getting bombed and massacred in Syria. If it was the case, and u were helping them, I would not condemn u, au contraire, I would help u if I could.
The problem is not only that HA kill sunnis in Syria, but it is taking control and oppressing sunnis in Lebanon.
23 August 2013, 00:05
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Funny how everyone is representing the Lebanese flag, yet none of you possess the simple ability of having a rational discussion based on facts. Allah yer7am all Lebanese who have fallen victims to political violence.
It's sad how you people defend politicians who couldn't care less about anyone of you. While you fight, they earn big cash and destroy ancient cedar forests (of the irony) for weddings.
We, you and me, the people, are smart, educated, cultured and friendly. But I guess politics for "a greater Lebanon" makes people forget what makes our nation great.
Peace.
