Report: Takfiri Groups Seeking Abduction of Civilians in Exchange for Roumieh Inmates

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An armed takfiri group has started training to carry out abductions of civilians in villages in northern Lebanon in exchange for the release of Roumieh Prison inmates, reported al-Akhbar newspaper on Thursday.

Intelligence reports from major European countries told Lebanese security agencies that the takfiris are preparing to attack one of the villages, kidnap a number of civilians, and then carry out negotiations with the Lebanese government to release Islamists held in Roumieh.

Failure to comply with their demands will force the kidnappers to begin killing the captives, added al-Akhbar.

The takfiris are training in the Wadi Jahannam region in the North, it revealed.

Residents living close to the area have reportedly heard gunshots coming from the region.

The army command soon deployed patrols in the area in anticipation of any security incident.

Politicians have also revealed that preparations have been taken on the ground in various regions in order to protect any potential targets of terrorist attacks.

Earlier in July, security agencies were able to avert a “terrorist scheme” by Syrian opposition groups aimed at ensuring the release of Islamist inmates in Roumieh.

The groups were also seeking to commit a massacre in the Bekaa town of Nahle that would lead to secretariat strife in Lebanon, added As Safir newspaper on July 19.

Also in July, self-proclaimed caliph Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi vowed to release Muslim “hostages” from jails in Arab countries, including Lebanon, and promised to “liquidate their butchers.”

The shadowy jihadist said the “butchers” include judges, security forces and guards.

Al-Baghdadi heads the Islamic State (IS) group, which led a lighting offensive in Iraq that has overrun swathes of five provinces north and west of Baghdad.

The IS accuses the Lebanese state of being a U.S. and Israeli ally.

In June, the emir of the al-Qaida-linked al-Nusra Front in al-Qalamoun promised in an audio message to free Islamist prisoners in Roumieh “within days.”

The threats come amid strong measures taken by security forces and the army around Roumieh over an alleged plot to carry out a truck bombing and a plan by prisoners to escape from the facility.

The authorities have announced the arrest in the past weeks of several suspected terrorists plotting to carry out suicide bombings in Lebanon.

M.T.

H.K.

Comments 9
Thumb music66 31 July 2014, 10:30

Al baghdadi and al-Qalamoun need terrorist support you see.
I think it is a Disgraceful act to kidnap innocent civilians to release would be IS members.

I hope the lebanese Army can topple this one sad if Lebanon were to fall under the hands of the terrible people who use religion as a means for their agenda.

I hope that those in lebanon don't fall for their demands, don't release the prisoners .

They are training in the Wadi Jahannam , inshallah they will truly go to Jahannam

Default-user-icon sherlock (Guest) 31 July 2014, 10:36

Just read the title and without reading the article I can deduce this story comes to us from Ibrahim al Amine's imagination

Thumb _mowaten_ 31 July 2014, 10:52

yea indeed, like when they warned about qaeda in arsal. how wrong they turned out to be! haha!

Thumb cedre 31 July 2014, 14:50

khrabar dont care about selling newspapers, they get their cheque from syria and iran...
Everybody that these 2 never lie...

Thumb _mowaten_ 31 July 2014, 17:06

loool cedre you know they are banned in syria?? your knee jerk reaction shows how blinded you are by your bias. just because they are not apologists of your bomb-happy takfiri friends, doesnt make them syrian or iranian.

Thumb _mowaten_ 31 July 2014, 10:54

"The takfiris are training in the Wadi Jahannam region in the North, it revealed."
what are we waiting for? if the lebanese army doesnt have barrel bombs i'm sure we can ask our friends from the SAA to drop a bunch on that training camp.

Thumb _mowaten_ 31 July 2014, 11:56

there's a big difference you willingly chose to overlook: these are militiamen they killed and hung.
whereas those militiamen have killed thousands of innocents. they deserve to be killed.
if they came and did this to you, wouldnt you want to hang their bodies to poles?
http://www.christianpost.com/news/christian-father-commits-suicide-after-isis-members-rape-wife-and-daughter-in-front-of-him-because-he-couldnt-pay-poll-tax-122220/

Thumb nickjames 31 July 2014, 12:23

Why doesn't the court immediately sentence the inmates to death and carry out their executions now. It's stupid how they crowd the prison when they're not getting trials. Execute these radicals

Thumb cedre 31 July 2014, 14:51

why am i not surprised u believe alkhrabar ?