Mawlawi-Linked Cell Charged with Plotting NYE Bombings, Assassinations
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A terrorist cell loyal to fugitive militant Shadi al-Mawlawi and the jihadist al-Nusra Front group was charged Wednesday with plotting to stage terrorist acts on New Year's Eve among other serious charges.
State Commissioner to Military Court Judge Saqr Saqr charged 15 people loyal to Mawlawi and Nusra -- including 11 detainees – with “plotting to stage terrorist acts on New Year's Eve; blow up booby-trapped cars in Beirut, Tripoli and Dahiyeh; assassinating incumbent and retired officers; and targeting civilian gatherings,” NNA said.
“The case and the detainees were then referred to First Military Examining Magistrate Riad Abu Ghida,” the agency added.
A fugitive suspected of belonging and communicating with the jihadist Islamic State group was on Tuesday arrested in Tripoli's al-Zahriyeh neighborhood while a quantity of weapons were seized in the city's al-Qobbeh district.
The 11-member cell that was charged on Wednesday was also arrested in Tripoli in recent days.
Mawlawi, who is believed to be hiding in the Ain el-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp, had ordered the cell to “send bomb-laden cars to Beirut's suburbs and assassinate civilians and incumbent and retired army officers,” the army said in a statement on Tuesday.
“Based on the confessions of the members of the aforementioned cell, several locations were raided in the city of Tripoli and a large quantity of explosives, a suicide belt, remote detonation devices, weapons, ammunition and a pistol equipped with a silencer were seized,” the statement added.
04 January 2017, 14:56
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I respect State Commissioner to Military Court Judge Saqr Saqr for charging 15 people loyal to Mawlawi and Nusra -- including 11 detainees – with “plotting to stage terrorist acts on New Year's Eve based on the confessions of the members of the aforementioned cell."
04 January 2017, 20:39
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i would not trust what they claim they found. Lebanese security agencies are all corrupt and politically biased.
04 January 2017, 15:20
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he was released by the aoun-hezbollah miqati led government that did not have any mustqbal or M14 figures ya takiah lying heretic and fabricator.
04 January 2017, 16:02
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megahabib, why was there not a salafist revolution when Ahmad Al Assir was arrested?
04 January 2017, 16:34
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justin, because you are cowards. You would not take the step without the backing of Salafis coming in from Syria.
04 January 2017, 17:40
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100% ! it is so funny watching those filthy hezbos get squashed and come up with lie after lie and dig themselves deeper in the mud.
04 January 2017, 17:42
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Isn't he the guy miquati and safadi (march 8 alternatives for hariri then) welcomed back in tripoli then?...
Habib u are as cleaver as always man, but what to expect from a guy cheering for a fanatic sectarian ideology, go easy on urself man, don't beat your head too much while chant the usual lobayka ya nosrollah man..
04 January 2017, 17:48
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what does a filthy iranian scumbag troll with 100 fake accounts now about schooling?;)) Go sit in the corner and watch tom and jerry.
04 January 2017, 18:20
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Which means the Resistance must keep their current position in Syria, in order to prevent further attacks on Lebanon.
The Resistance going into Syria to destroy the Salafi revolution has indeed been successful, that is an even greater victory than the 2006 war against Israel.
Our people managed to secure the major borders, and the Lebanese Army have also played a major part in the Arsal outskirts curbing the Salafis into pockets.
04 January 2017, 19:41
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Aslong as they can throw thousands of your kind to the hellflames, then it is good sign.
