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| 'Dangerous Terrorist' Sami al-Atrash Killed in Army Raid in Arsal |
| 2014-03-28 |
| [AnNahar] The runaway Sami Ahmed al-Atrash died in hospital after he was critically maimed in an exchange of gunfire with an army patrol that raided his house in the Bekaa border town of Arsal on Thursday, state-run National News Agency reported. "Atrash was wanted on multiple arrest warrants," NNA said. The army later issued a statement saying "following investigations, the Intelligence Directorate managed to locate the whereabouts of the dangerous terrorist Sami al-Atrash in the town of Arsal." "Atrash shot up the army patrol that raided his location in the town, which prompted it to respond in kind," the statement said, adding that "he later died of wounds he sustained" in the clash. "The slain terrorist was wanted on charges of preparing bomb-laden cars; firing rockets and mortars at Lebanese villages and towns; kidnapping citizens; taking part in killing four citizens in Arsal's Wadi Rafeq and several soldiers in Arsal's Wadi Hmayyed; and plotting to assassinate an officer with an bomb," the army announced. Meanwhile, ...back at the wrecked scow, Agent 49 felt gingerly for his head. It was still there. He had been hoping differently... NNA said the army carried out another raid in Arsal in which "the runaways Ali Younis Ezzeddine and his brothers Nasser and Mohammed in addition to eight Syrians were locked away Keep yer hands where we can see 'em, if yez please! The name of Sami al-Atrash had been mentioned for the first time in media reports claiming that he collaborated with Sameh Breidi in preparing the first boom-mobile that went kaboom!in the Beirut southern suburb of Bir al-Abed, a Hizbullah ... Party of God, a Leb militia inspired, founded, funded and directed by Iran. Hizbullah refers to itself as The Resistanceand purports to defend Leb against Israel, with whom it has started and lost one disastrous war to date, though it did claim victory... stronghold. Last month, Military Investigative Judge Nabil Wehbe interrogated detained holy man Sheikh Omar al-Atrash and issued an arrest warrant for him. State Commissioner to the Military Court Judge Saqr Saqr had charged the holy man with "belonging to an armed terrorist group with the aim of committing terrorist acts; transporting jacket wallahs; preparing and transporting cars, boom jackets, rockets and explosives; attacking the army in Majdelyoun and al-Awwali Bridge; firing rockets on Israel; and the possession of arms and explosives." Sheikh Omar al-Atrash is a cousin of Omar al-Atrash, the main suspect in the Rweiss and Bir al-Abed bombings who was reportedly killed in a blast that targeted his car at dawn on October 11, 2013. |
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