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Shiite Organizations Cancel Daily Iftars over Security Fears
The decision was also part of judicial rulings that call for canceling gatherings, regardless of the occasion, it added. There are fears that turbans may infiltrate such events and blow themselves up. Hizbullah ... Party of God, a Leb militia inspired, founded, funded and directed by Iran. Hizbullah refers to itself as The Resistanceand purports to defend Leb against Israel, with whom it has started and lost one disastrous war to date, though it did claim victory... has also taken such measures, but no official statement has been issued by the party yet to confirm it, said al-Liwaa. The cancellations only include iftars held in Beirut, but it will go ahead in the South and eastern Bekaa region. Al-Liwaa noted that this is the first time in several years that these organizations have canceled the iftars, adding that they were held even during the worst years of the civil war. A previously unknown jihadist group linked to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant ... the current version of al-Qaeda in Iraq, just as blood-thirsty and well-beloved as the original... (ISIL) has grabbed credit for Wednesday's Duroy Hotel suicide kaboom in Beirut. The group calling itself the state of Damascus-Qalamoun said on Thursday that two ISIL members targeted General Security agents at the hotel in Raouche. It also vowed to carry out more attacks against Hizbullah and its agents, saying Wednesday's bombing was just the start. Syria's civil war has spilled into Leb on numerous occasions and inflamed sectarian tensions. A series of boom-mobiles have struck Shiite areas across Leb, killing dozens of people. Sunni Death Eaters have grabbed credit for the attacks to avenge Hizbullah, which has sent its fighters to Syria to help  Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneckal-Assad Leveler of Latakia... 's troops in their fight against the rebels seeking to topple him. Posted by: trailing wife 2014-06-29 |
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