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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Report: Gulf Nationals among Terrorist Suspects Rounded up by Army
2014-10-14
[AnNahar] Police and the army have nabbed
Maw! They're comin' to get me, Maw!
Lebanese, Gulf and Syrian nationals having hundreds of thousands of dollars in their possession for the purpose of buying arms, As Safir daily reported on Monday.

The ISF arrested a couple of weeks ago a Lebanese man 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...
. He had 200,000 dollars in his possession, it said.

Police also apprehended earlier this month a man, likely a Syrian, carrying with him 300,000 dollars.

As Safir quoted well-informed security sources as saying that the suspect intended to buy explosives and arms for bad boy groups based in Leb.

Two Lebanese and a Syrian have also been arrested by the Army Intelligence in Beirut on suspicion of belonging to a terrorist group and having ties to the weapons purchases, the report said.

As part of the arrests carried out by the military, two Gulf nationals who head terrorist networks were stopped after landing in Leb from Turkey, As Safir said.

Foreign intelligence agencies have informed Lebanese security apparatuses that sleeper cells linked to the Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
group and al-Nusra
...the current nom de guerre of al-Qaeda in the Levant, which isn't to be confused with al-Qaeda in Iraq and the Levant...
Front are present in several Lebanese regions.

The recent raids carried out by the army and police across Leb are a sign that the military would not tolerate their presence.

A security official told As Safir that dozens of suspects have been recently arrested to stop turbans from operating in Leb.
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