Islamic Gathering: Tripoli Blasts Continuation of Samaha-Mamlouk Scheme, City Won't Be Dragged into Forming Cantons
The Islamic National Gathering assured on Saturday evening that the northern city of Tripoli will not be “dragged into creating sectarian cantons.”
"The residents of Tripoli will not be dragged into the project of dividing the country and of creating sectarian cantons,” al-Mustaqbal bloc MP Mohammed Kabbara said after an exceptional meeting of the gathering in the port city.
He stressed: “They will not allow terrorists to reach their goals.”
A statement released by the members of the gathering said that Friday's explosions “are a continuation of the Mamlouk-Samaha scheme that aimed at igniting strife in Lebanon.”
"They serve the interests of both the Syrian and the Iranian regimes,” it said.
The statement was pointing out to the case of former Information Minister Michel Samaha and Syrian security chief Maj. Gen. Ali Mamlouk.
Lebanese judicial authorities have charged Samaha and Mamlouk with forming a group to commit terrorist crimes in Lebanon.
The two were also charged with plotting to assassinate political and religious figures.
The Islamic gathering said the people of Tripoli “choose the state and its institutions as a reference,” urging them to cooperate with the new measures adopted by the army and the security forces.
The conferees also praised the “attitude and behavior of Tripoli's residents” following the bombings.
“Their stances after the blasts prevent those looking to cause sedition from attaining their goals,” Kabbara said.
“And their impulsiveness to assist in the rescuing operations is an example of civil and human responsibility.”
Saturday's meeting came one day after car bombs exploded outside two Sunni mosques in Tripoli killed nearly 45 people and wounded 900 others.
The first bomb struck in the city center at the al-Salam mosque as worshipers were still inside.
The second explosion struck just minutes later outside al-Taqwa mosque, about two kilometers away, near the port.
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