Report: Tripoli Bombings Were Planned Seven Months in Advance
إقرأ هذا الخبر بالعربية
Investigations with the suspects held over the bombings in the northern city of Tripoli revealed Syrian links to the attacks, reported the daily An Nahar on Saturday.
It has so far been found that the attacks were planned seven months in advance.
State Commissioner to the Military Court Judge Saqr Saqr had charged on Friday Sheikh Ahmed al-Gharib and Mustapha Houri with forming a terrorist cell and an armed gang and planting explosives in Lebanon.
He charged head of the Tawheed Islamic Movement Sheikh Hashem Minkara with withholding information.
Saqr also charged Syrian Captain Mohammed Ali and Ali Khodr al-Arban with booby-trapping cars.
Initial investigations revealed that the planning for the Tripoli attacks started seven months ago, saying that Gharib had met with captain in the Syrian intelligence Mohammed Ali in Damascus and Tartus in Syria, reported An Nahar.
Gharib had requested that he revise the attack plan with Minkara, who in turn requested to study the issue with Syrian security chief Ali Mamlouk.
Minkara has denied these claims.
Mamlouk and Lebanese former Minister Michel Samaha are wanted by Lebanese authorities on charges of planning terrorist attacks in Lebanon.
Forty-five people were killed and over 800 wounded in a twin explosions in the northern city of Tripoli on August 23.
The blasts targeted the Taqwa and al-Salam mosques as worshipers were performing weekly prayers.
31 August 2013, 08:56
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I hope they catch Assad the criminal and prosecute him and his gang for crimes against humanity.
31 August 2013, 10:15
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Assad sends car bombs to Lebanon and the stooge Mansour say's nothing... the Iranian militia goes to war to prop up the biggest murders of Lebanese and call it Resistance.
31 August 2013, 10:18
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Glad these snakes were caught. Hopefully justice will be served. Wonder how the March 8 camp will respond, now that there is proof that their Baath ally is murdering their fellow Lebanese. Hopefully the 8 and 14 camps can turn to each other and jointly strengthen their country. It would be a worthy way to honor the innocents who lost their lives. Viva Libano!
31 August 2013, 10:57
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The Zionist Takfiris were caught red-handed this time and there is no denying. Nothing will help those evil creatures from the wrath of justice. God Bless Sayyid Hassan for being the first as always to pinpoint the assailants and culprits. On behalf of 99.99% of the Lebanese, I want to thank HA fearless leader for his tenacity and determination as he successfully pursues his GWOT (Global War On Terror). Oh how times have changed..... George Bush was right after all.
31 August 2013, 15:03
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the same hands made it in Dahyeh & Tripoli.. yes he is not wrong.
now how a single Lebanese can still support Assad ?
How Hizb will face the Lebanese and his supports (parents of the people of died in Ruwais and Dahyeh) ?
