Report: Al-Asir Supporter Involved in the Naameh Car Bombing Ring
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Security information revealed on Monday that some members of the car bombing ring detained on Sunday are supporters of Islamic cleric Ahmed al-Asir, the As Safir daily quoted well informed sources on condition of anonymity.
Eight people, of Lebanese and Palestinian nationalities, were found involved in the scheme to detonate a booby-trapped car found in Naameh neighborhood in South of Lebanon in another location, the source added.
The confessions of the car-bombing ring helped the security agencies seize the Audi vehicle that was rigged with explosives and was set to be detonated in another area.
Saturday afternoon security agencies seized the car filled with 250 kilograms of explosives near the municipality building in Naameh.
The car carried fake license plate numbers and contained five barrels of TNT, explosive material, fuses and detonators along with a device to remotely detonate it.
All the people involved in the scheme are under monitoring, and investigators have circulated their photos in a bid to tighten their movements, the source told the daily.
The seized car included large quantities of explosives which leads to the belief that it was to be used in several bomb attacks in different regions across Lebanon, the source said.
The Naameh plot was to be the springboard for the attacks, he added.
Asir's supporters opened fire on an army checkpoint, late last month, 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.
19 August 2013, 11:05
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So banima you are not happy that they are hunting down criminals?
19 August 2013, 11:11
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LOL. I could almost swear I saw a yellow badge on someone's arm in that last scene...
19 August 2013, 11:28
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It is good news indeed if it is not fabricated. I agree..... where were all these capabilities when the other atrocities were committed.
19 August 2013, 13:13
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... and there are still some idiots here that have nothing better to do than to criticize HA weapons.
since when has HA weapons threatened Lebanon's existence more than Salafists and Takfiris today?
as a non-Shia Lebanese, I feel much safer having a Lebanon with HA than with Assir & Co
19 August 2013, 13:13
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... and there are still some idiots here that have nothing better to do than to criticize HA weapons.
since when has HA weapons threatened Lebanon's existence more than Salafists and Takfiris today?
as a non-Shia Lebanese, I feel much safer having a Lebanon with HA than with Assir & Co
19 August 2013, 16:21
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amazing good work by the security agencies, they should be applauded.
but on the other hand, why are all m14 murders and assassinations still unsolved? why none of them was solved?
it makes you wonder...... is it because hizbushaitan is behind them and forbids these security agencies to do their work while having the blind and criminal support of the fpm denying access to all telecom data?
19 August 2013, 20:36
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LOL who killed Wissam el Hassan? What happened to the suspects in attempt on Boutros Harb? And why is the Samaha case being stalled?
FT the only incompetents are the ones responsible for our economic, tourism, political and diplomatic decline in the past two years. FPM and HA the biggest crooks Lebanon ever saw.
19 August 2013, 16:28
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God bless the Lebanese Army intelligence for clamping down on the Al Assir supporters/FSA-Al Qaeda terrorists.
19 August 2013, 17:54
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Hezbollah, SSNP, Ba'ath, Shabiha...
several snakes in the same bag.
19 August 2013, 17:55
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hard to believe that assir supporters did it, but if there is proof enough, congrats to the security agencies...
19 August 2013, 17:57
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Since 2006 Lebanon was split into first class and second class citizens. The truth is that the security agencies are motivated to solve these crimes against the Shia because if they don't, they will have a yellow rifle on their head faster than you can say "wilyet el fakih".
