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| Syria Rebel Group Claims Bir al-Abed Blast |
| 2013-07-12 |
| [An Nahar] A little known Syrian rebel group has grabbed credit for a car kaboom that hit Bir al-Abed neighborhood in the southern suburbs of Beirut Tuesday, wounding 53 people. It also claimed it was behind an attack on a Hizbullah convoy in eastern Leb on June 28. However the mainstream rebel Free Syrian Army condemned the attack in Beirut's southern suburbs, describing it as a "terrorist" act. The group, named the Special Forces 313 Brigade, uses the black, red, green and white colors of the flag of the Syrian opposition, and Islamic terminology. It describes itself as "an independent military formation, that fights in Syria for the victory of God's word." "Special units from the 313 Brigade staged an attack using a boom-mobile in the Bir al-Abed area of the southern suburbs," the group said on its Facebook page. "We warned again and again against (Hizbullah's) intervention in Syria," the brigade added. It cited "the failure of Lebanese politicians to control" the party as one of the reasons for the attack. |
| Posted by:Fred |