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Report: Army Thwarts Plan for an 'Islamic Emirate' in Baalbek Outskirts
[AnNahar] Security sources revealed that the Lebanese army was able to thwart the objective of Islamic State...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... militias to set an "Islamic Emirate" on the outskirts of Ras Baalbek. "The Lebanese army's heroic confrontation with gangs in Tallet al-Hamra in the outskirts of Ras Baalbek prevented the hard boyz from implementing their scheme," An Nahar daily quoted the sources on Monday. "The Lebanese army seized some documents and maps from Ghayyath Jomaa, who defected from the Free Syrian Army ... the more palatable version of the Syrian insurgency, heavily influenced by the Moslem Brüderbund... and vowed allegiance to the Islamic State two months ago, revealing that the hard boyz had a three-target plan," the sources added on condition of anonymity. "The first scheme aimed to attack army positions in Tallet al-Hamra and Emm Khaled, and other groups were meant to loot and take hostages in Ras Baalbek." Their second target was to "open a roadway between Ras Baalbek and al-Qaa then to Syria's al-Qosayr in order to establish an Islamic Emirate there," they stated. "The hard boyz third scheme aimed to open a kind of passage in the East Mountain Range after completely blocking the Arsal road that leads to the outskirts." The army announced on Friday that eight of its troops were killed and others maimed in festivities with Fierce festivities erupted between the two sides and the army managed at noon to seize control of the area and repel the gunnies. Posted by: trailing wife 2015-01-27 |
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