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Head of Takfiri Network in Constant Contact with Ayman al-Zawahiri
[An Nahar] Abu Mohammed Toufic Taha, the head the takfir
...an adherent of takfir wal hijra, an offshoot of Salafism that regards everybody who doesn't agree with them as apostates who most be killed...
i network that has been recently discovered in Leb, is one of the most active members of al-Qaeda in Leb, reported al-Joumhouria newspaper on Wednesday.

It said that he is also in constant contact, through the internet, with al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri
... Formerly second in command of al-Qaeda, now the head cheese, occasionally described as the real brains of the outfit. Formerly the Mister Big of Egyptian Islamic Jihad. Bumped off Abdullah Azzam with a car boom in the course of one of their little disputes. Is thought to have composed bin Laden's fatwa entitled World Islamic Front Against Jews and Crusaders. Currently residing in the North Wazoo area. That is not a horn growing from the middle of his forehead, but a prayer bump, attesting to how devout he is...
from whom he receives orders and directions.

He is also in contact with a Saudi member of al-Qaeda, Majed Abu Mohammed al-Majed, who was charged with recruiting fundamentalist groups and sending them to a number of Arab and European countries, added the report.

Majed had even lived in the Ein el-Hellhole Paleostinian refugee camp in southern Leb where he and Taha worked for months on forming several Death Eater cells in Leb, it said.

A security source told al-Joumhouria that Taha, who was born in Ein el-Hellhole in 1962, is a former member of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Paleostine.
... a breakaway faction of the Pöpular Frönt för the Liberation of Paleostine. The are regarded as the most intellectual of Paleostinian fedayeen groups, smoking cheap cigarettes and drawing heavily on Marxist-Leninist theory to explain their crappy lives. They can occasionally be seen strutting through the streets of Paleostine, dressed up like soldiers and lugging firearms, though they seldom manage to hit anything and then usually by accident. This may be because of their habit of wearing black masks that cut off most of their vision. That would also explain their habit of occasionally walking into walls, which is a well-known attribute of those immersed in true understanding of the dialectic...

Several arrest warrants had been issued against him for his involvement in the kaboom that targeted Lebanese soldiers in the northern city of Tripoli
...a confusing city, one end of thich is located in Lebanon and the other end of which is the capital of Libya. Its chief distinction is being mentioned in the Marine Hymn...
in 2008 and for organizing assaults against the United Nations
...an international organization whose stated aims of facilitating interational security involves making sure that nobody with live ammo is offended unless it's a civilized country...
Interim Force in Leb.

He has also been found to be involved in attacks against the Lebanese army.

The source revealed that Taha "enjoyed a solid friendship" with the head of the Fatah al-Islam
A Syrian-incubated al-Qaeda work-alike that they think can be turned off if no longer needed to keep the Leb pot stirred.
group, Shaker al-Absi, with whom he worked with during the events of Nahr al-Bared in 2007.

Taha also received orders from former leader Fatah al-Islam Abdul Rahman Awad, who was killed in an army ambush in Shtoura in 2010.

The Nahr al-Bared camp in northern Leb was at the heart of festivities between the Lebanese army and Fatah al-Islam group between May and September 2007.

Absi disappeared at the end of the conflict and his whereabouts remain unknown.

Taha later began forming Death Eater cells in Leb, which included members of Fatah al-Islam, in cooperation with Majed and the head of the Jund al-Sham group in Ein el-Hellhole Sheikh Osama Amin al-Shehabi, reported al-Joumhouria.

Investigations revealed that Taha was responsible for three cells aimed at carrying out attacks in Leb.

The first cell, located in the Iqlim al-Kharroub region, has been planning on poisoning water wells and setting off explosives in al-Mukhtara and al-Jahlieh in order to create inter-Druze strife.

The second cell, found in al-Sarafand in the South, is behind the repeated firing of rockets from southern Leb towards Israel, which were aimed at sparking a war between Leb and the Jewish state, said al-Joumhouria.

The third cell, found in Lala in the Bekaa valley, was planning on kidnapping foreigners in order to swap them with Fatah al-Islam inmates in Roumieh prison.

It was also planning on blowing up the Jeb Jennine power plant

The newspaper stated that these cells have been uncovered and its members were jugged.

Taha was also in contact with similar cells outside of Leb, it added.

The takfiri network, which was planning on carrying out attacks against the Lebanese army, was uncovered after the army intelligence placed in durance vile a Lebanese national who had extensive activity with al-Qaeda.

He confessed the details of the takfiri cell, which includes seven individuals: six Lebanese and Taha, who is Paleostinian.

Two of these individuals are also members of the army, said al-Joumhouria.

The six Lebanese nationals have been placed in durance vile, with one confessing that the network was aimed at attacking the army, creating chaos in Leb, and "avenging the Fatah al-Islam deaders," it continued.

Security sources told the newspaper that Taha is still in the Ein el-Hellhole camp and he is under the protection of a well-known Paleostinian Death Eater known as Abu Ahmed al-Mubarak, as well as a number of Jund al-Sham members.

Despite the ongoing contacts with the army command and the Paleostinian organizations, it is unlikely that he will be handed over to the Lebanese authorities due to a lack of a unified Paleostinian leadership, reported al-Joumhouria.

Posted by: Fred 2012-03-29
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