Cyprus Official: Ammonium Nitrate Cache of Lebanese Suspect under Surveillance
The home of a man in Cyprus where police seized five tons of a chemical compound that can be turned into an explosive had been kept under surveillance for some time before officers moved in, a government official said Wednesday.
Authorities put the Larnaca home in their sights after being tipped off, Justice Minister Ionas Nicolaou told The Associated Press, without revealing the source.
Police are holding the 26-year-old Lebanese-Canadian man in connection with the seizure. He faces charges of conspiracy to commit a criminal offense and possession and transportation of explosives.
A security official told the AP that the suspect arrived in Cyprus on May 21st and that authorities are also searching for the man who owns the home, in connection with the case.
It's unclear what use was intended for the cache of ammonium nitrate, which was stored in about 420 boxes.
The official said the suspect is denying the charges and isn't cooperating with authorities, which are investigating whether he's linked to Hizbullah.
The suspect is due to appear in court Thursday for renewal of his detention order. In his first court appearance last week, the judge ordered the proceedings to be closed to the public after a request by the state prosecutor.
In 2013, a Cyprus court sentenced a Swedish-Lebanese man who admitted he was a Hizbullah member to four years in prison after finding him guilty of helping to plan attacks on Israelis in Cyprus. No Israelis were attacked.
03 June 2015, 14:24
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Terrorists giving Lebanon a bad name abroad. Next nasrallaat will be hailing him as a saint.
03 June 2015, 14:43
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L'incarnation meme d'une operation du mossad a des fins mediatiques et/ou diplomatiques.
"Authorities put the Larnaca home in their sights after being tipped off"
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"A security official told the AP that the suspect arrived in Cyprus on May 21st and that authorities are also searching for the man who owns the home, in connection with the case."
Translation:
Unindentified owner of the house (mossad agent) rents it to a Lebanese man > israel contacts cyprus and gives the "tip off" > Lebanese man arrives in Cyrprus and gets arrested > m14 and israel together sing songs in hommage of their common hatred of hatred of hezbollah and love for mossad black ops.
03 June 2015, 15:03
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Here he goes again... momo sees israelis and zionists everywhere.
He is still shying away from the truth.
Even when "a Swedish-Lebanese man who admitted he was a Hizbullah member" he sees a zionist plot... ufff... ok.. ok... saints... we know...
Ebola is innocent in Thailand, Bulgaria, Egypt, Venezuella, Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Iraq, etc, etc,... it is a zionisto-martian plot!
03 June 2015, 15:10
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If you were arrested while working for israel or your takfiri boyfriends I have no doubt you too would "admit" to be a "Hizbullah member"
03 June 2015, 15:12
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Actually I just remembered the other story, the guy who was arrested said he had been hired by a masked man he didn't know, but who claimed to be hezbollah... Very convenient.
03 June 2015, 15:14
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FYI every person recruited in Hezbollah is vetted by multiple Hezbollah members, if you dont know them and they don't know you, there is no way they will recruit you, even to guard a lamppost in Sour, let alone conduct international missions. So that guy hired by a masked man and send to Cyprus? Please try harder mossad, this was way too ridiculous.
03 June 2015, 15:41
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And thank you CFTC, everytime I see your trolling comments, I know I struck a nerve and you stooges are dumbstruck :)
03 June 2015, 16:55
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Toi rire? Dans ta vie de minable aigri et haineux? Mais c'est un miracle! Tellement inattendu que j'en suis heureux pour toi.
04 June 2015, 09:21
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Yes it's brilliant momo. Mossad will hire a guy, but won't tell him they are mossad, they will organise an ammonium nitrate traffic, will make sure the guy gets caught... and then the guy will confess being Ebola because... emm... mossad told him so!
Brilliant momo!! Brilliant indeed! You're a genius!
03 June 2015, 16:32
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Those Mossad guys always trying to tarnish Hezballah's spotless reputation.. Meanwhile, Shiite spiritual leader Sheikh Abdel Amir Qabalan condemned the attack on the Lebanese army helicopter, saying it was the work of an Israeli agent who had infiltrated the area and fired on the helicopter to foment disorder."Targeting a Lebanese aircraft is an Israeli act," he said. Hizbullah feared the incident might be aimed at creating rifts between the army and the resistance.
Here a clip showing another Mossad agent of disinformation accusing Hezballah of killing Christians overseas..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1Bf2MjJliw
03 June 2015, 21:18
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it cannot be true... everyone knows hezbollah just operates in Lebanon to defend its borders! LOL
