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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Army Intelligence Arrests Bekaa Fugitive Involved in Killing of Soldier Hatem
2013-08-03
[AnNahar] The Army Intelligence tossed in the slammer
Please don't kill me!
on Friday Ibrahim Khanjar, who is involved in opening fire at an army patrol last week in the Bekaa town of Majdal Anjar and killing a soldier and injuring another.

Khanjar is also accused of the abduction of the seven Estonians and killing of army intelligence Maj. Abdo Jasser, his lover companion First Sgt. Ziad al-Mais and another soldier in Majdal Anjar in 2011.

Last week, 20-year-old soldier Charbel Hatem was killed and Paul Ashqouti was injured after their patrol was targeted with gunshots during a raid in Majdal Anjar to apprehend Wissam Khanjar.

A communique issued by the army pointed out that the patrol enjugged
Youse'll never take me alive coppers!... [BANG!]... Ow!... I quit!
"one of the most runaways in the country."

The seven Estonians were freed in July 2011, almost four months after being kidnapped by gunnies as they entered the country on a bicycle tour from neighboring Syria.

Their release took place amid unclear circumstances.
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