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Security Headquarters Possible Terrorist Targets as Investigations Show Busted Networks Linked
[AnNahar] The headquarters of several security agencies and army checkpoints were the target of terrorist plots as the ongoing investigations revealed that the recently busted terrorist networks are linked.Security sources told al-Akhbar newspaper published on Wednesday that investigations with terrorist networks revealed that the Interior Ministry headquarters along with the General Security directorate and the Internal Security Forces directorate buildings were the target of terrorist operations. The sources also said that army checkpoints and al-Saha restaurant near the Great Prophet Mosque in Beirut's southern suburbs were on the list of targets. However, the hip bone's connected to the leg bone... the newspaper said that Interior Minister Nouhad al-Mashnouq remains doubtful over such reports as more investigations should be carried out and further evidence collected. According to As Safir newspaper, investigations showed that there are links between the recent security achievements. The daily said that a French national originally from the Comoros islands in the Indian Ocean who had been tossed in the calaboose Yez got nuttin' on me, coppers! Nuttin'! last month at the Napoleon Hotel in Beirut's Hamra area, Duroy Hotel jacket wallahs in Raouche area and the Fnaideq terrorist cell are linked. The newspaper reported that the three networks form one terrorist cell. The army announced on Saturday that Alaa Kanaan and Mahmoud Khaled, members of a terrorist network who were recently apprehended during raids in Fnaideq, confessed to the existence of a cave in the region where they used to prepare explosives. Also Thursday, the army raided another residence in Fnaideq, seizing a large cache of arms and military equipment. On Wednesday, a Saudi suicide-bomber went kaboom!at the Duroy Hotel when he detonated his explosives during a security raid. His accomplice, also a Saudi citizen, survived the blast and is being questioned. The two suicide bombers allegedly wanted to target al-Saha Restaurant in Dahieh. Security forces began recently enforcing strict measures and carrying out raids in several areas after obtaining information on a plot to target hospitals and high-ranking security officials. Early Tuesday a suicide kaboom  at the entrance of Beirut's southern suburbs, 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... 's main bastion, killed a security officer and maimed 20 others. The bombing in Tayyouneh came three days after a suicide kaboom in eastern Leb that killed one person and maimed 30. Posted by: trailing wife 2014-07-03 |
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