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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Would-Be Suicide Bombers Arrested in Beirut, FlyCam Equipped with Explosives Confiscated
2016-10-15
[AnNahar] The General Security and the Army Intelligence were able to arrest two would-be jacket wallahs who had plans to blow themselves up at two religious locations in the southern suburbs of Beirut, As Safir daily reported on Friday.

One of the bombers was jugged
Keep yer hands where we can see 'em, if yez please!
by the General Security on October 5 at the Cola area in Beirut. During investigation, he confessed that he had been preparing to blow himself up within two days (Friday, October 7) inside one of the biggest mosques in Dahiyeh during Friday prayers, according to the daily.

The Army Intelligence arrested the second would-be suicide bomber.

It was clear to the Sherlocks that the handler of the two would-be suicide bombers was the same person -- an 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 Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
"emir" in Syria's Raqa city -- and that he dispatched them at the same interval.

However the would-be bombers had no contact with each other, although they received the orders from the same handler, added As Safir.

At the same time, it was revealed that two groups provided the culprits with logistical support. They secured their transportation means and residence in Leb until the date of bombing.

Moreover, on Thursday at dawn, the General Security arrested in the area of Bhamdoun a group of eight people inside a warehouse that contained explosives and ammunition.

The warehouse belonged to a man who swore allegiance to the al-Nusra
...formally Jabhat an-Nusrah li-Ahli al-Sham (Support Front for the People of the Levant), also known as al-Qaeda in the Levant. They aim to establish a pan-Arab caliphate. Not the same one as the Islamic State, though .. ...
Front and who acted like a weapons trader.

He opted for selling ammunition and weapons to relatively every terrorist organization, said As Safir. The patrol found explosives and a FlyCam capable of carrying a small bomb.

The warehouse owner confessed during interrogation that he was selling explosives to several terrorist organizations, including the IS.

"If only you came yesterday, you would have found six FlyCams equipped with kabooms," five of which were sold to al-Nusra, he said.
Posted by:trailing wife

#3  If that's the case we're going to toughen up our pointers. Maybe a gross between an American Shorthair and a Flathead?

Or perhaps a cross between El Aligato and an Irish Setter?
Posted by: Shipman   2016-10-15 16:16  

#2  The immediate firstgen active defense is apparently the full choke 3in 12 gauge with long range estate loads. The nextgen passive defense probably is a regional jammer with coverage that exceeds blast radius.

I predict the nextgen FB will be ballistic.
Posted by: Skidmark   2016-10-15 12:18  

#1  Welp, I worry about the next gen fly-bombs.

Time to call Curtis M. to brief the one.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-cmo6MRYf5g
Posted by: Shipman   2016-10-15 11:30  

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