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Report: French-Arab Arrested during Hamra Raid
 [AnNahar] Investigations are ongoing with three of the suspects placed in durance vileMaw! They're comin' to get me, Maw! during a security raid in the Hamra neighborhood in Beirut on Friday, reported the daily al-Mustaqbal ... the Future Movement, political party led by Saad Hariri... on Sunday. It said that one of the suspects is French national with Arab origins. Jean-Abdul Meauhammed is his name... He is believed to have played a central role in a terrorist network, the name of which was not revealed. Explosifs sont his game. It also remains to be seen whether this network is behind Friday's Dahr al-Bydar bombing. "Gentilhommes, we mus' bomb le Dahr al-Bydar ajourd'hui!" "I'm busy ajourd'hui. How about demain?" The investigations have so far discovered the network and that the French-Arab is its leader. "Le réseau de la terreur c'est moi!" Al-Mustaqbal reported that contacts are ongoing between Lebanese and French authorities for further details on his identity. The Hamra area in Beirut was the scene of a major crackdown over a suspected terror plot on Friday, with security forces arresting 102 people at a number of hotels, among whom only 17 remain in jug. "These terrorist groups were plotting to carry out a major terrorist act against a ceremony that was scheduled to be held before noon at the UNESCO Palace" in Beirut, reported the National News Agency. Earlier on Friday, AMAL Movement decided to postpone a conference at the UNESCO Palace after receiving security warnings and following contacts with Interior Minister Nouhad al-Mashnouq. Speaker Nabih KnobbyBerri Speaker of the Lebanese parliament, a member of AMAL, a not very subtle Hizbullah sock puppet... was supposed to attend the conference. Posted by: trailing wife 2014-06-23 |
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