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Report: Gunmen in North Lebanon Fled Clashes during Truce
2014-10-31
[AnNahar] Gunmen, who engaged in deadly battles with the Lebanese army in the northern coastal 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...
and in Akkar over the weekend, deserted their positions and expeditiously departed at a goodly pace after they realized that they will not be able to stand firm against the army, As Safir newspaper reported on Thursday.

According to the daily, gunnies linked to runaways Shadi al-Mwalawi and Ousama Mansour in Tripoli's al-Tabbaneh neighborhood decided to leave their position after Mawlawi posted a voice record accusing Moslem scholars of "abandoning them."

Sources said that gunnies escaped the Sunni neighborhood during a humanitarian truce
..The purposes of a truce are twofold: 1.) bring up more arms, ammunition, and reinforcements; and 2.) get the enemy to relax his vigilance. A truce is not the same thing as a ceasefire, and a ceasefire doesn't mean you have to stop shooting...
, which was made to evacuate civilians.

"The gunnies moved through the narrow alleyways to al-Mallouleh and into the Western Saqi area, where they carried out their military training," the sources added.

The Western Saqi area is close to Bab al-Tabbaneh and is the main passageway towards the coast.

The report said that Mawlawi and Mansour didn't flee al-Tabbaneh neighborhood together, fearing that the army would detain them both.

The Lebanese army has been carrying out large-scale raids since the weekend in Tripoli and the region of Koura in search for suspects. Some of the gunnies were detained while others fled.

The battle between the Lebanese army and snuffies in northern Leb was widely expected after members of the 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....
group and al-Qaeda's branch in Syria, the Nusra Front, launched several attacks over the past weeks in areas on the border with Syria.

Lebanese troops have been subjected to a wave of attacks over the past months.

Meanwhile,
...back at the wrecked scow, a single surviver held tightly to the smashed prow...
As Safir newspaper reported that gunnies-led by Islamist holy man Sheikh Khaled Hoblos fled after festivities with the army in the town of Bhannine in the Akkar district into Dhour Bhannine area, where they engaged in direct festivities with the army, and moved towards the Oyoun al-Samak area in al-Dinniyeh.

The newspaper said that the gunnies could have fled Oyoun al-Samak into two directions, either Akkar or Dinniyeh.

Gunmen linked to Sheikh Hoblos, a previously unknown holy man, engaged in festivities with the army over the weekend in the town of Bhannine.
Posted by:trailing wife

#2  That's not how Chairman Mao would define this.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2014-10-31 08:35  

#1  What's that sound in the distance? I believe it's the Bugout Boogie. (They's playin' my song...)
Posted by: ed in texas   2014-10-31 08:31