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| Rafehi Urges Disbanding of Arab Democratic Party, Arrest of Shooters |
| 2013-10-25 |
| [An Nahar] Salafist holy man Sheikh Salem al-Rafehi on Thursday slammed the state for failing to stop the violence in 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... , accusing Jabal Mohsen's Arab Democratic Party of starting the new round of fighting in the city. "Tripoli is being shelled since four days at the hands of a criminal party despite the presence of the security plan," Rafehi said following a meeting for holy mans and leaders of Bab al-Tabbaneh's fighting frontiers. "Tripoli's residents endured the security forces' restriction of their freedoms at the checkpoints for the sake of their security and stability," the holy man said. "The security plan is not defending us and it is preventing us from defending ourselves," Rafehi lamented, calling on the state to "perform its duties." The holy man called on the state to "disband" the Arab Democratic Party, the main political and armed force in Jabal Mohsen, saying its officials must be "put on trial" after "members of it" were accused of deadly bombings that hit two mosques in the city. "Why didn't security forces arrest those who opened fire in Tripoli? Had another sect been targeted they would have acted differently," said Rafehi, referring to four days of festivities between the rival neighborhoods of Jabal Mohsen and Bab al-Tabbaneh that have left at least four people dead and 35 others maimed. Syrian President Bashar "Assad launches threats and the Arab Democratic Party executes them and Assad admitted that this party is loyal to the regime, that's why this party must be disbanded but the state is not doing so. The state is thanking the regime instead of summoning the Syrian ambassador" over the bombings, Rafehi added. |
| Posted by:Fred |