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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Prominent Tripoli Fighter Wounded in Assassination Bid
2013-03-30
[An Nahar] Amer Arish, the so-called "commander of al-Beddawi frontier" in 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...
, was maimed on Friday in a failed liquidation attempt.

Person or persons unknown opened fire and hurled a hand grenade on Arish outside his shop in al-Beddawi, state-run National News Agency reported.

The man was rushed to hospital after he was maimed in the attack, NNA said.

Around seven people were killed and 30 others maimed in festivities that erupted on March 20 between the rival Tripoli neighborhoods of Jabal Mohsen and Bab al-Tabbaneh.

Tripoli has been witnessing deadly festivities between supporters and opponents of the Damascus
...The place where Pencilneck hangs his brass hat...
regime for several years now.

The majority of Bab al-Tabbaneh residents are Sunni and back the revolution against Syrian Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad
Horror of Homs...
, while Jabal Mohsen's residents are mainly Alawites from Assad's sect.
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