Color me skeptical.
A group calling itself the Army of al-Qaeda in Lebanon and Syria, has threatened to kill top Lebanese Shiite political and religious leaders, including several high-profile Hezbollah militants, a London-based Arab newspaper reported on Thursday. The report comes amid growing fears in Lebanon of increased terrorist activity after security forces on Wednesday discovered an arms cache in Beirut's El-Mazraa district, including rockets, explosives and firearms.
According to the al-Quds al-Arabi daily, in its statement the al-Qaeda group included a hit list containing well-known figures including the Lebanese parliament speaker, Nabih Berri; the deputy president of the Shiite Islamic Council, Abd El Amir Qabalan; top cleric, Ayatollah Mohammad Hussein Faddallah and top Hezbollah members: Sheik Mohammed Yazbek, of the militant group's religious council and its southern Lebanon leader, Sheik Nabil Qawuuq. |