Abu Ghida Issues Arrest Warrants against Asir, Shaker over Abra Clashes

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First Military Investigation Judge Riyad Abu Ghida issued on Wednesday arrest warrants against several fugitives including Salafist cleric Sheikh Ahmed al-Asir and Fadel Shaker over the clashes in southern town of Abra.

According to the state-run National News Agency, Abu Ghida issued arrest warrants against eight wanted suspects, including Asir and singer-turned Salafist Shaker.

The news agency said that the judge will continue on Thursday interrogating the other suspects.

On Tuesday Abu Ghida issued arrest warrants against six other suspects.

According to the NNA, the total number of arrest warrants issued so far has reached 20.

Last week, State Commissioner to the Military Court Judge Saqr Saqr charged 27 suspects, 10 of them in absentia, over clashes with the Lebanese army in the Abra, near the port city of Sidon.

If convicted, the suspects face the death penalty.

The fighting near the southern city of Sidon was sparked late last month when Asir's supporters opened fire on an army checkpoint, leaving around 18 soldiers and more than 20 gunmen dead.

The gunbattles concentrated in the area of Bilal Bin Rabah Mosque and nearby buildings in Abra.

Asir, a 45-year-old cleric who supports the overwhelmingly Sunni rebels fighting to topple Syrian President Bashar Assad, is no where to be found along with Shaker.

Asir teamed up with Shaker, a onetime prominent singer, when around two years ago he began agitating for Hizbullah to disarm.

Comments 12
Thumb geha 10 July 2013, 14:15

surprised of how swift the judicial is with this case, which is good, compared to the samaha case which is still pending.

Missing pafpif 10 July 2013, 14:54

actually they suspended the account within minutes of your noticing. got the confirmation i needed roro

Thumb geha 10 July 2013, 17:23

no problem RFT :)

Thumb geha 10 July 2013, 17:26

by the way, has anyone noticed how many thumbs down I got for that post already? this shows that the samaha case is a problem for bashar and hizbushaitan.
what amazes me are the double standards: the samaha case is a thousand times more dangerous than this one and still.....

Thumb _mowaten_ 10 July 2013, 18:13

dont pride yourself too much, i got over 70 thumbs down on some posts, you only got 4, that's nothing

Thumb geha 10 July 2013, 18:29

you deserved them for what you posted :)

Thumb _mowaten_ 10 July 2013, 19:10

lol, even in a joke you're biased and need to find a "different" explanation for same things concerning different people
i "deserved" it, while you are such a troublemaker that we evil m8 supporters tried to silence you. you should write a book about your martyr life

Missing helicopter 10 July 2013, 23:47

You got one minus half of the thumbs up count. It is Algebra 1 language.

Missing pafpif 10 July 2013, 14:24

NO! IT IS NOT FAIR!

how can they issue arrest warrants against fadel shaker, and they never issued an arrest warrant against haifa wehbe for being such a bad singer?
the truth my friends is that because haifa is shia, she was above the law, this is unacceptable, and i call for jihad against all bad female singers in general and shia ones in particular!!! allouhette jenti alluhettekbar!!!

Thumb remy 10 July 2013, 15:23

hello :)

Thumb shab 10 July 2013, 19:39

They are hiding with the four fallen saints

Missing helicopter 10 July 2013, 23:54

Is Abu Ghida a Lebanese name?