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| Director of Syrian Refugees Office in Tripoli Says Escaped Assassination Attempt |
| 2013-05-02 |
| [An Nahar] he director of the office of Syrian refugees' affairs in Leb Khaled al-Mustafa, aka Abu Raed, informed security forces that he escaped an liquidation attempt while he was in his office 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... , MTV reported on Wednesday. "Al-Mustafa survived a gunshot fired from a silenced pistol," it elaborated. "The bullet that was shot from outside the office missed the target, hitting the wall instead." OTV noted: "Abu Raed was in the headquarters of the Syrian opposition in (Tripoli's area of) Abi Samra during the shooting." Security forces arrived at the location of the incident to inspect where the bullet has landed. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 Now he can comisserate with a certain former Secretary of State... |
| Posted by: Pappy 2013-05-02 14:37 |
| #1 Perhaps it was nothing more than a stray round fired from blocks away. There are a lot of those flying around. Had it been a professional hit, using a sound suppression device, they would have likely not missed. Give up your street view, first floor office. Move upstairs, and down the hall. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2013-05-02 07:19 |