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| Omar Bakri Charged with Belonging to Terror Groups |
| 2014-06-04 |
[AnNahar] The military prosecutor charged on Tuesday Islamist holy man Omar Bakri, who was locked awayDrop the gat, Rocky, or you're a dead 'un! last month, with belonging to terrorist organizations and for plotting to establish an Islamic state in Leb. The state-run National News Agency said the charges issued by Judge Saqr Saqr against Bakri include belonging to armed terrorist groups, including 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... (ISIL) and al-Qaeda, and working to establish an Islamic state. Bakri was also charged with weapons and explosives training and preaching against the state and the Lebanese army. His preaching targets patriotism and ignite civil war, the charges said. Saqr referred Bakri to the first Military Examining Magistrate Judge Riyad Abu Ghida. The Lebanese authorities had issued an arrest warrant for Bakri for involvement in the festivities in the northern city of 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... but he fled to an unknown destination in April. He was apprehended by the Internal Security Forces Intelligence Bureau at his residence in the Mount Leb town of Aley on May 25. Bakri lived in Britannia for almost 20 years before settling in Leb in 2005 after he was banned from London under government curbs following the underground and bus bombings that year. The Syrian-born holy man, who also holds Lebanese nationality, has denied he has any links to al-Qaeda although he said he believed in "the same ideology." |
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