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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
IRNA: Hizbullah Dismantled Terrorist Cell Ran by Saudi Intelligence
2014-02-11
[An Nahar] Hizbullah has dismantled a dormant cell of The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
... the current version of al-Qaeda in Iraq, just as blood-thirsty and well-beloved as the original...
ran by Saudi spies in its stronghold in Beirut's southern suburbs, Iran's official IRNA news agency reported.

IRNA quoted security sources as saying on Sunday that the network is led by the Saudi intelligence under the cover of businesses carried out by Syrian and Lebanese traders.

Hizbullah has remained silent but informed sources told the agency that the party grew suspicious and put under its surveillance two croissant selling shops in the districts of Haret Hreik and Bir al-Abed.

They said the Saudi intelligence had bought a franchise to manage the shops and allow ISIL gunnies from infiltrating Beirut's southern suburbs.

Hizbullah "did not arrest the terrorists" but handed the Lebanese army the documents proving their operations, the sources told IRNA.

The army, in its turn, followed the issue up with the judicial authorities and tossed in the slammer
Youse'll never take me alive coppers!... [BANG!]... Ow!... I quit!
the suspects, they added.

A series of bombings have targeted Hizbullah strongholds in Leb as the party's participation in the Syrian war exacerbates sectarian tensions at home.

Sunni bad boy groups have grabbed credit for the relentless series of attacks on the Shiite parts of Leb. They say it is in retaliation for Hizbullah sending its fighters into Syria's civil war to support forces of Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad
Horror of Homs...
against the mainly Sunni rebels seeking to topple him.
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