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| Report: Tripoli Bombings Were Planned Seven Months in Advance |
| 2013-09-01 |
| [An Nahar] Investigations with the suspects held over the bombings 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... revealed Syrian links to the attacks, reported the daily An Nahar on Saturday. It has so far been found that the attacks were planned seven months in advance. State Commissioner to the Military Court Judge Saqr Saqr had charged on Friday Sheikh Ahmed al-Gharib and Mustapha Houri with forming a terrorist cell and an armed gang and planting explosives in Leb. He charged head of the Tawheed Islamic Movement Sheikh Hashem Minkara with withholding information. Saqr also charged Syrian Captain Mohammed Ali and Ali Khodr al-Arban with booby-trapping cars. Initial investigations revealed that the planning for the Tripoli attacks started seven months ago, saying that Gharib had met with captain in the Syrian intelligence Mohammed Ali in Damascus and Tartus in Syria, reported An Nahar. Gharib had requested that he revise the attack plan with Minkara, who in turn requested to study the issue with Syrian security chief Ali Mamlouk. Minkara has denied these claims. Mamlouk and Lebanese former Minister Michel Samaha are wanted by Lebanese authorities on charges of planning terrorist attacks in Leb. |
| Posted by:Fred |