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| Salafist Leader Warns: We Won't Remain Idle if Sunnis, Tripoli Attacked |
| 2010-10-09 |
| [An Nahar] Founder of the Salafist Movement in Leb sheikh al-Shahal on Friday warned that his group will not remain idle if Sunnis or the northern city of Tripoli were attacked. "We are advocates of truce, but we cannot stand there watching if the country was attacked or if Tripoli, and the Sunnis in particular, were attacked," Shahal said in an interview with LBC television. "The Salafist Movement in Tripoli is ready to send out calls for calm," Shahal stressed, calling on Lebanese security forces to carry out their duty in keeping peace. "We hope political decision-makers will be able to maintain peace and stability," he stressed. "Some small people have an interest to stir tension in order to improve conditions or achieve some significant gains," Shahal believed. On the upcoming visit by Iran's diminutive President Mahmoud Short RoundAhmadinejad, Shahal said that "the visit neither constitutes a source of concern nor a source of satisfaction." |
| Posted by:Fred |