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Army Deserter Killed in Akkar Shootout
[An Nahar] An Army Intelligence unit rubbed out on Wednesday a Lebanese military deserter in the northern district of Akkar, the military said.Corporal Atef Saadeddine died during a shootout with the intelligence patrol, it said in a communique. The incident took place near the town of al-Bireh where soldiers were raiding a house where he was hiding. Saadeddine, 26, faces desertion charges since he disappeared in the eastern Bekaa Valley almost two years ago. He defected to the al-Qaeda-linked al-Nusra ...formally Jabhat an-Nusrah li-Ahli sh-Sham (Support Front for the People of the Levant), also known as al-Qaeda in the Levant. They aim to establish a pan-Arab caliphate. Not the same one as the Islamic State, though .. ... Front in neighboring Syria claiming in a video that his move came as a result of the injustice against Sunnis in Leb. In the 6-minute long video, he also called on Lebanese soldiers to take a similar step. Islamists in the country claim that Sunnis are facing harassment by the army, which they accuse of working under the command of 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... The army communique said Saadeddine was injured when he fought alongside hard boyz who overran the northeastern border town of Arsal in August 2014. The deserter was also involved the fighting between troops and jihadists in the northern city of Tripoli ...a confusing city, one end of which 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... and surrounding areas in October of the same year, it added. Posted by: Fred 2016-03-24 |
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