12 Lebanese, Including Rifaat Eid, Charged with Belonging to Armed Terrorist Group

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State Commissioner to the Military Court Judge Saqr Saqr charged on Saturday 12 Lebanese, including Arab Democratic Party politburo chief Rifaat Eid, with belonging to an armed group, possession of arms and inciting sedition.

State-run National News Agency reported that the 12 men are charged with belonging to an armed terrorist group, seeking to carry out terrorist acts and involvement in gunbattles between the rival neighborhoods of Jabal Mohsen and Bab al-Tabbaneh in the northern city of Tripoli.

They are also charged with the possession of arms and inciting sectarian sedition.

The case was referred to the First Military Investigation Judge Riyad Abu Ghida.

11 suspects, including Eid, are fugitives.

Rifaat's father, Ali Eid, is wanted for questioning over an August twin car bomb attack against two Sunni mosques in Tripoli that killed 45 people.

Security forces kicked off on Tuesday the security plan in Tripoli, seizing arms depots and detaining wanted suspects, who are involved in security chaos in the area.

Even in this deployment, top wanted men fled, including Eid, after they were given a warning of the implementation of the plan.

The security plan is an important test case for whether Lebanon can reverse its slide into conflict, fueled by violent sectarian tensions triggered by the war next door in Syria, particularly between the country's Sunnis and Shiite Muslims.

Tripoli witnesses frequent gunbattles between two of the impoverished neighborhoods of Bab al-Tabbaneh, which is dominated by Sunnis who support Syrian rebels, and Jabal Mohsen, which is dominated by Alawites, who share the same sect as Syrian President Bashar Assad.

Lebanon's politicians are deeply divided over the Syrian war, and until February, the country was left without a government for nearly a year over it.

- H. K.

Comments 26
Thumb habib 05 April 2014, 12:06

Asdi bashar

Missing coolmec 05 April 2014, 12:30

hopefully LFA is on the right path which is to eliminate people like this guy as well as others who cause violence in the country irrespective of their political affiliation

Default-user-icon Sufrad Lamborgi (Guest) 05 April 2014, 12:38

...and criminals like Berri, Jumblat, Geagea, Gemayel... are free and very active at killing us softly until God knows when!

Thumb cedre 05 April 2014, 12:47

HizbIran gave up the eid mafia, had to, thats the new secutity deal...

http://youtu.be/7SSG6GQykXE

Missing coolmec 05 April 2014, 12:49

I looked again at this guy's picture SCARY.... he looks like a hardened criminal

Thumb cedre 05 April 2014, 12:56

went back to where he belong, ie syria...

Thumb cedre 05 April 2014, 12:56

which ones ? the ones insullting m14 all day long ?
caling saad a traitor living in paris ?

Thumb lebanon_first 05 April 2014, 13:13

HA had to pay the price to get mustakbal to cover his security. If the price is to let go of a few assadists, so let it be.

Thumb arzak-ya-libnan 05 April 2014, 13:18

Well considering that HA smuggled Eid out. Yeah. They are obstructing justice.

Thumb popeye 05 April 2014, 13:36

An arrest warrant must be issued asap against the leader of the terror party for committing wars against the lebanese, assassinating their leaders, possession of illegal weapons, belonging to an armed group, trading and trafficking narcotics, incitement, and sedition. He is Iranian and not Lebanese..

Missing coolmec 05 April 2014, 14:06

speakfreely
pne way for him to never come back is very simple kill him

Missing peace 05 April 2014, 14:07

but M8 kept saying that the only terrorists were in bab el tabbaneh! that jabel mohsen were victims of a saudi M14 cannibalistic plot! LOL

Default-user-icon Ma fi kahraba (Guest) 05 April 2014, 14:35

Muslims will always fight each other and nothing in the near future will change that. The Christians have to choose between the two evils, ya3ne between Iran's and Saudi's agendas. Whatever happened to a sovereign state? What happened to democracy. We cannot even elect our own president, and one candidate will only run if "the conditions allow me." Wtf does that mean General Aoun? Only if you're assured victory you're gonna run? Now people support Aoun because he represented the Army and the legal government in the civil war, and because Geagea had a militia and that's fine. But if Aoun was truly for the government and its institutions today, then he should not accept a militia fighting in a foreign country. By turning a blind eye, he's selling out Christian power and allowing Hezbollah to continue their illegal activities. The state needs permission and consensus (oh and Jumblatt's approval) to defend its sovereignty, like conducting raids in the lawless ghetto we call Tripoli.

Default-user-icon Ma fi kahraba (Guest) 05 April 2014, 14:40

Lebanon should become a confederation. Divide up all the areas by religion (since it already seems that way, why not do it formally?). Let each sect have their own government and have sovereignty over its area. We might as well give Hezbollah their own country, Hariri his own country, and the Christians their own country without having to sell themselves out to Muslims just to stay relevant. Maybe that would bring harmony. And because one religion is in control of each government, maybe just maybe we will see accountability.

Thumb geha 05 April 2014, 15:29

nasrallah should be hanged as soon as possible.
this is an Iranian agent at the head of the worst terrorist extremist Iranian militia.
the damage they are doing to Lebanon cannot be measured.

Thumb Mystic 05 April 2014, 16:06

Geha, you should try to stand for the execution yourself, try it i dare you. Then you will realize the first one to be hanged on the nearest tree or crane will be you. Takfiris

Thumb Mystic 05 April 2014, 16:08

Rifaat Eid, was a man who took care of his people, whom were and still are surrounded by takfiris. The security plan, took away their ability to defend themselves, and i think there will be a massacre against Jabal Me7sen in the next coming days, Ashraf Rifis Internal Salafi Forces, will surround the enclave, and let the takfiris execute every Alawite muslim in the area. That is the real plan for the takfiris

Missing helicopter 05 April 2014, 16:39

But I thought he was escorted to Dahye by a convoy and then from thre to Syria. So yes HA was, is and will always be obstructing justice (unless it is justice against its opponents).

Thumb cedre 05 April 2014, 18:37

mastic, aka Dahieh Ruholalala, all sects are minorities in Lebanon...

Thumb arzak-ya-libnan 05 April 2014, 18:42

Fd. Smaha and the harb assassination attempt are Lebanese judiciary. Are they Zionist too?

Thumb arzak-ya-libnan 05 April 2014, 19:06

Mystic. Eid was a man who cared for his people by orchestrating the tripoli mosque bombings on behest of the Syrian govt? Shoo 2edameh.

Missing mhammad 05 April 2014, 21:00

Mystic shia takfiri, since when are alawites muslim? Even your own heretic shia 12 er sect considers them disbelievers, check your scholars fatwas and see for yourself. Sadrs fatwa was only for political reasons but is funny though, a shia heretic declaring alawite heretics Muslims when neither of you are Muslim according to the quran (no wonder whybyour ayadollars invented the tahreef lie). And stop pretending like you give a damn about minorities, you care about the shia cause PERIOD. Where was this concern for minorities when nasrashaytan called christians crusaders and byzantines? Cant you guys go one day without taqiya? Shia takfiris made takfir on the wives of the prophet and his closest disciples yet you call others takfiris for simply pointing out your actual kufr unlike you who declare the best of Muslims as "kafirs". Everyone is sick of you and your taqiya. Your worse than alqaida because they dont hide their evil and pretend to be achraf nes.

Missing mhammad 05 April 2014, 21:05

Deluded shia logic: killing innocent people = protecting his people.

Even when the shia have comitted mass murder and terrorism, he is the innocent hero. Unbelievable. If a Muslim comitts terrorism most Muslims call him terrorist. If a christian comitts terrorism, most christians call him terrorist. If a shia comits terrorism, most shia consider him an hero and refuse to call him terrorist.

Missing mhammad 05 April 2014, 21:08

The Army knows best how and when to do its job.

Missing helicopter 06 April 2014, 00:12

Let me see FD, who was the previous Cabinet? Who were the responsible Ministers back then during the 3 years of Tripoli mess? Could you tell me their names and which partied they represented? so many obvious questions but zero credible answers. When you can not defend your argument throw insults at the opponent.

Thumb Mystic 06 April 2014, 01:02

They are more moslem, than you takfiris, whom cut the heads in the name of God astagfurallah. Yes cedre salafi, i'm from Dahiyeh, I would like to see you talk big like you do here, when you nearing Rafic Hariri Airport.