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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Judge Seeks Death Penalty for 32 Tripoli Fighting Suspects
2014-04-29
[An Nahar] Military Examining Magistrate Judge Fadi Sawan issued on Monday two separate indictments calling for the death penalty against 32 suspects involved in the gunbattles 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...

In the first batch 18 people, including Hussein Ahmed, who is in jug, were accused of forming an gang with the purpose of carrying out terrorist activities, igniting sectarian strife and killing security forces.

The suspects also face charges for attempted murder of Lebanese soldiers.

The second group, includes 14 people -- two of whom are in jug.

Only one of them was identified as Jalal al-Hajji.

The judge issued arrest warrants against them and referred them to the permanent military court for trial.

The Lebanese army has tossed in the clink
You have the right to remain silent...
dozens of people on suspicion of taking part in several rounds of fighting in Tripoli, which pitted residents of the impoverished neighborhoods of Jabal Mohsen and Bab al-Tabbaneh.

The festivities are linked to the war in neighboring Syria. Jabal Mohsen residents are Alawites, the sect of Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad
Terror of Aleppo ...
, who is facing a Sunni uprising.

Bab al-Tabbaneh's residents are Sunnis and back the rebellion against Assad.
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