Don't shoot, coppers! I'm comin' out!
in Roumieh prison after at least four years of imprisonment.
Two Paleostinian Islamists were not immediately freed, but handed to the Internal Security Forces.
Fourteen Islamists were initially locked away
Yez got nuttin' on me, coppers! Nuttin'!
over alleged links to the Fatah al-Islam
A Syrian-incubated al-Qaeda work-alike that they think can be turned off if no longer needed to keep the Leb pot stirred.
terrorist network that fought deadly gunbattles with the Lebanese army in 2007.
Beirut Examining Magistrate Ghassan Owaidat ordered on Monday the release of the detainees on a LL500,000 bail each for lack of evidence of their involvement in the festivities.
Al-Jadeed said that Prime Minister
Najib Miqati will pay the bail of each of the Islamists.Some Islamists told the television station that they were locked away
Don't shoot, coppers! I'm comin' out!
without trial, accusing the state and judiciary of neglecting their case and wrongfully imprisoning them.
They demanded that justice be granted to all detainees in Leb and that all Islamists be released from prison, reported al-Jadeed.
One released detainee estimated that some 180 Islamists are currently held in Roumieh prison.
The National News Agency said however that some 100 Islamists are currently in the jail, including 15 Lebanese nationals, three Saudis, two Yemenis, a national from each of Russia, Germany, and Turkey, while the rest are comprised of Syrians and Paleostinians.