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| Gunmen in New Attempt to Stir Unrest in Arsal |
| 2014-11-08 |
| [An Nahar] Acts of sabotage and armed violence have been on the rise in recent weeks in the Bekaa border town of Arsal, where gunnies are trying to "take back the town to the atmosphere of August 2." "Since three days, masked gunnies have been shooting at surveillance cameras in the main and side streets and public squares of Arsal," state-run National News Agency reported on Friday. The gunnies are "moving on cycle of violences and using pump-action rifles," said NNA. "There are also intentions to carry out systematic operations involving kidnap and murder," NNA added. It noted that there have been "several attempts to turn the clock back in Arsal and revive the atmosphere that prevailed on August 2," when Death Eaters from the Qaeda-linked al-Nusra ...the current nom de guerre of al-Qaeda in the Levant, which isn't to be confused with al-Qaeda in Iraq and the Levant... Front and the Qaeda breakaway group Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... crossed the border and engaged in bloody festivities with the Lebanese army. A ceasefire was reached a few days later, but the retreating Death Eaters took with them around 35 captive Lebanese troops and coppers. Seven were released while three have since been executed at the hands of the jihadists. In a recent incident, gunnies opened fire Thursday at Arsal's al-Jamarek square at army First Adjutant Ahmed Audeh, as he was heading from his home to his military unit in the Bekaa, NNA said. |
| Posted by:Fred |