Saqr Demands Questioning of al-Asir over Possession of Arms
إقرأ هذا الخبر بالعربية
State Commissioner to the Military Court Judge Saqr Saqr demanded on Saturday Sidon police station to interrogate Salafist cleric Sheikh Ahmed al-Asir over the possession of arms.
"Al-Asir will be questioned over the arms that were in the possession of his supporters on Friday," LBCI television said.
Later on Saturday, Asir issued a statement commenting on the call to interrogate him: "We urge concerned authorities to first put (Speaker Nabih) Berri and (Hizbullah leader Sayyed Hasan) Nasrallah on trial for their crimes".
Al-Asir, the imam of Sidon's Bilal bin Rabah Mosque, and his supporters deployed Friday with their weapons around the Mosque, amid a heavy deployment by the army and security forces.
The anti-Hizbullah Salafist cleric said in a statement that “a number of young men who belong to the (Hizbullah-affiliated) Resistance Brigades, accompanied by members of 'Iran's party' (Hizbullah), roamed the area around the mosque while carrying visible weapons.”
“They made provocative moves, prompting the mosque's guards to go on alert,” al-Asir added.
23 February 2013, 18:30
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Bravo for Judge Saqr. We need to remove all illegally held weapons in this country.
23 February 2013, 20:37
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"Che" or "el Che" assir new nick name,
Code name X5
Viva la revolution in saida
23 February 2013, 23:22
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24 February 2013, 00:18
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Yes in Lebanon Sheiks have guns and Sayyeds have militias. Men of Religion practice politics and men of politics are warlords. Both are thieves and sold out to foreign nations. The extremists people are sheep who follow blindly. The well educated and moderates are being victimized or forced out. So is the sad state of Lebanon.
24 February 2013, 03:12
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Your are likely too young to have experienced father Douweihy, now there was a priest who knew how to carry a weapon!
24 February 2013, 06:56
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Maybe your Hezbollah buddies will do some time too Bruce. How many alternate accounts have you posted with today.
23 February 2013, 18:51
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the M8 logic is that if an extremist islamist party has the right to have arms then all the parties can... why allow one and not an other!
or M8 has to agree to give ALL the weapons back to the state...
23 February 2013, 19:36
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Finally, judge Saqr makes a bold move.
I'm wondering what will happen in case Al Asir and his supporters actually have a license to carry?
Moreover, why doesn't Saqr take a small stroll on Facebook and question all the countrymen that post pictures of themselves carrying guns and rifles (with pride if I may add)?
Oh wait...I just remembered why: We live in DoubleStandardLand
23 February 2013, 19:40
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this site entertains me with the idiocy of its participants and their vulgarity and racism
23 February 2013, 19:43
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am surprised my comment needs to be approved by the adminisitrator. Do you really have criteria? If yes, then nothing of this trash should appear.
23 February 2013, 19:50
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nobody said his weapons were real, maybe they're replicas? maybe he just borrowed them? maybe their rightful owners live in Ayn al Hilwa. Lots of questions...
It's definitely time to disarm EVERYONE as al-kafi emphasized!
23 February 2013, 20:53
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ever wonder how much an afghani can be offended by reading naharnet's readers comments. ..
23 February 2013, 22:24
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Assir is a clown a nobody paid by HA to kick the Future Movement (the moderate sunnis) out of the Sunni's street. Do you know why ? they don't want moderate sunnis in Lebanon, they want people like Assir to screw up the sunnis image, for electoral reasons.... how ca he pass to Kesrwan without being intercepted in Dahiye ? are you kidding me ? This is what AOUN wants !! they want to justify HA presence by increasing the extremists.. we're not stupid !!
24 February 2013, 00:14
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Asir & Hassan don't belong in Lebanon ,they are both evil men ..
24 February 2013, 02:51
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before you question him ... why dont you question or remove hisbulshaitan's arms . he is more or less acting in terms of self defence cause there is not government to trust or protect .
24 February 2013, 07:25
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Do you think Assir is acting on his own? Does anyone know his history?
24 February 2013, 07:29
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What will happen if we drag ourselves into another sectarian war? Who will win? Will Nasrallah win? Will Assir win? Will Lebanon win?
24 February 2013, 18:31
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No problem, but first things first. Start by questioning the Islamists of Nahr Elbared who have been detained for 6 years without trial. Blood of the army is on their hands. Also question All armed phenomenas including Hezb.
27 February 2013, 21:33
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you bomb people waiting for bread, you use scuds against civilians, where do you find 7aya to come on here and bark?
