Gunmen Deploy in Arsal after Man Killed in 'Hizbullah Supporters Ambush', Brother Urges Vengeance
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Gunmen deployed on Tuesday in the Bekaa town of Arsal after its municipality announced the death of a town resident in “an ambush by Hizbullah supporters” in the Hermel region.
“Ali Ahmed al-Hujairi was killed in an ambush by Hizbullah supporters in the barren mountains of (the town of) Beit Jaafar between Akkar and Hermel,” the municipality's deputy chief told MTV.
Meanwhile, state-run National News Agency said Hujairi was killed "when he came under gunfire on the Hermel-al-Shirbin public road."
"Unknown attackers shot dead Hujairi as he was driving his pickup truck that was loaded with rocks, accompanied by Syrian workers," NNA said.
"At once, security forces arrived on the scene and launched a probe into the incident," the agency added.
In the evening, NNA said a number of gunmen gathered in central Arsal in protest at the killing of Hujairi.
Sheikh Mustafa al-Hujairi, Ali's brother, delivered a speech before the gunmen and called for "jihad and vengeance," NNA said.
LBCI described the gunmen as "Salafist groups."
"Anger is boiling in the town of Arsal where gunmen have deployed, although Hermel's residents condemned the killing of Ali al-Hujairi and the army encircled the town to prevent any repercussions," the agency reported earlier.
The Syrian crisis has led to frequent security incidents in the areas of Arsal and Hermel near the border with the war-torn country.
Dozens of wounded Syrian rebels have been transported into the Bekaa region in recent days after incurring injuries in the battle for the strategic Syrian town of Qusayr.
And several Lebanese army troops were recently killed in an armed attack by Syrian gunmen on their checkpoint in Arsal's outskirts.
11 June 2013, 16:23
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Mabrouk you idiots , keep killing each other.. You're making us proud of u :)
11 June 2013, 16:23
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as predicted hizbushaitan( or shall we say hizbal mejermine) is once more trying to ignite civil war through another murder and abductions!
these thugs will not rest until the whole country is under their orders without anyone objecting to what they are doing.
these are the murderers we have to deal with.
12 June 2013, 01:53
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Thanks for the heads up, now if you could deliver the evidence on public television we'd all be set. Oh, what's that ? You don't HAVE any evidence ? Well too bad then, as the lack of such material only allows you to lose credibility instead of gaining some through presenting evidence and well-balanced reasoning. Though, I don't believe you could ever side with any of the things M8 are doing and would defend anything M14 does. It's all about balance, and quite unfortunately you don't seem to have much of it.
When will people realize all groups and all politicians are after their own, some obviously, and others not so much, but believe me you they are.
12 June 2013, 12:29
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Lol, keep dreaming. Just because the Salafists are unable to defeat a few Alawites ona hill doesn't mean Hezbollah is present. It just means the Salafis are bad at fighting, wherever they are.
11 June 2013, 16:38
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The story should read "Murdered in Ambush"
Aoun will defend Hezbollah by saying :
1- Hezbollah was hunting for birds when Ali magically appeared between the bullet and the bird
2- Ali is an israeli spy
3- The gun went off on it's own ... it's a conspiracy ! We identified a remote controlled trigger on the gun and the signal seems to have been received from Israel
4- Ali commited suicide in front of Hezbollah to blame them
5- The gunmen were disguised as Hezbollah ...
11 June 2013, 16:43
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excellent analysis.
fpmers will keep at it until they will see armed hizbushaitan at their door steps.
11 June 2013, 20:30
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Centurion, please be careful. The accusative statement was made by the municipality in an interview with MTV, and the second one was made by another news agency without an interview. Please read the article properly.
11 June 2013, 18:42
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Sham from the Ministry of Propiganda ?
You're right, the Ministry of Propaganda is based in "Sham, Syria"!!!
11 June 2013, 22:57
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It is very ironic... israel attacks gaza to prevent katushas, now hizbustan attacks Qusair to stop the rockets..amazing stuff..so hizbustan will get more ionvolved in Syria in vain to stop the rockets.. in the process lose many more men.. whichever way you toss the coin, it is a lose lose situation.. in the macro picture, muslims killing each other, israel belly up laughing, hizbala can not leave the Syrian quagmire and sooner or later will have to invade and occupy lebanese towns, then suffer resistance against the "resistance" lol.. and this will go on for years to come, suni-she3i relations damages beyond repair for another 50-100 years.
12 June 2013, 11:06
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i love M8 way of putting things: when media says things against M14: no need for proof it is true!
but when the same goes for hezbis: NO wait, it is fabricated, it is politicized, there is no proof and so on...
if nasrallah tell them that the earth is flat they would repeat it!
more hypocrit than M8 you will never find!
