Sheikh Minkara Detained in Connection to Tripoli Bombings
إقرأ هذا الخبر بالعربية
Head of the pro-Syria Islamic Tawhid Movement-Command Council Sheikh Hashem Minkara was detained on Thursday over “withholding information” related to the deadly bombings that rocked the northern city of Tripoli, reported the National News Agency.
State Commissioner to the Military Court Judge Saqr Saqr ordered his detention for investigation in the case.
Minkara was summoned by the Internal Security Forces Intelligence Bureau earlier on Thursday in order to give his testimony.
He was later ordered to be detained on charges of withholding information.
He joins the suspect Sheikh Ahmed al-Gharib and the informant Mustafa Houri, who are both detained in connection with the blasts that took place last Friday.
Later on Thursday, Future TV quoted judicial sources as saying that "Syrian regime officers are behind the Tripoli bombings."
Sources informed on the investigations told MTV that "Minkara's situation is difficult and he was aware that the bombings will take place."
"His ties to Ahmed al-Gharib are being investigated, especially that he had tasked the latter to follow up several dossiers with the Syrian regime," the sources said.
MTV said Houri, Minkara and al-Gharib will be referred to the military judiciary and that Judge Saqr would charge them Friday with "belonging to a terrorist group."
Gharib and Houri both failed a lie detection test they had to take over their alleged links to that blasts.
The test revealed contradictions in Gharib's testimony in the case, reported An Nahar daily on Thursday.
Forty-five people were killed and at least 800 wounded in the Tripoli bombings that targeted the Taqwa and al-Salam mosques as worshipers were performing weekly prayers.
29 August 2013, 15:50
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Difference between him and Nasrallah?
The turban's colour and shape.
29 August 2013, 16:12
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are there any skeptics the Syrian regime is behind the bombings?
29 August 2013, 22:22
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ice-man, I cannot believe you have the audacity to put blame without any evidence in the slightest. I'm not a big fan of HA at all, but the way everybody insinuates blame, making HA a scapegoat for their OWN shortcomings, is appalling to me indeed. And you are wholly participant in such blatant accusations. I understand that partisanship is quite sadly very radicalized in the Lebanese, but to point the finger at as you say an exclusively, radical Shiite party for hiring a Sunni to carry out attacks against SUNNIS is ludicrous to me at least, given the circumstances.
29 August 2013, 22:23
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Hopefully indeed. Terrorism in these times of crises should be punished to the very extreme!
29 August 2013, 23:15
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I will most certainly not stand being belittled here by a peon who doesn't comprehend the notion of either implication or context!
Let me put things into context for you since you lack the relevant mental faculties to do so yourself.
Jabal's post:
"1. The West pounds Assad's forces to oblivion.
2. With Assad's forces are pinned down by the west, the FSA focuses on ruthlessly defeating the Takfiris.
If step 2 is omitted, then welcome to Syrianstan, the new-and-improved headquarters of the Taliban in the Levant."
I said:
"If step 2 is omitted, then welcome to Syrianstan, the new-and-improved headquarters of the Taliban in the Levant."
That's what most people are worried about, at least in Lebanon."
29 August 2013, 23:15
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Justice said:
"coz then we will have Hizbustan and Syriastan. It seems you don't mind the first!"
I then said:
"coz then we will have Hizbustan and Syriastan"
Exactly ---why step 2 is important, and nothing else---
Why would I mind the first? Obviously I don't; I don't need your condescending allusion to the obvious good sir."
So do take your childish platitudes and sense of grandiose elsewhere! Perhaps learn some manners in the meantime as well.
30 August 2013, 03:47
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Apparently is is a prayer bump and I have noticed it on many Muslim brotherhood members.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prayer_bump
30 August 2013, 04:02
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The Tawhid movement in 80s was defeated by daddy Assad by bombarding Tripoli into submission and using Alawite Democratic party for executions, using the same m/o whenever under threat eg.Hama in 80s.
