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| Group behind Lebanon cafe attack identified |
| 2015-01-13 |
| [ARABNEWS] A double suicide kaboom that killed eight people at a cafe in the Lebanese 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... was carried out by 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 Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... group, the interior minister said on Sunday, contradicting a claim of responsibility by the Al-Qaeda-linked Nusra Front. Nohad Machnouk also said he expected more instability linked to the Syrian civil war that has been at the heart of repeated violence in Leb over the last four years. The Nusra Front said on Saturday it was behind the bombing in the Alawite neighborhood of Jabal Mohsen. Machnouk said Sherlocks were questioning men who belonged to the same organization as the two bombers, both of whom have been identified as men from Tripoli. The initial information so far says that criminal state of Daesh was the one behind the bombing, Machnouk told journalists in Tripoli, using an pejorative Arabic acronym for the group that has seized wide areas of Syria and Iraq. Lebanese security officials have warned of plans by Islamic State and the Nusra Front to further destabilize Leb. The last major flare-up in the city, Lebs second biggest, was in October, when 11 soldiers and at least 22 gunnies were killed. That followed an August attack by gunnies affiliated to the Nusra Front and Islamic State in Arsal. The gunnies are still holding some two dozen members of the security forces. Machnouk said: Naturally, we expect that all the while the fire in Syria continues, the escalation will increase more and more. Lebanese flags covered the coffins of eight victims at their funeral and leaders from across the political spectrum have called for unity, warning that the attack aimed to ignite strife. The families of the two bombers condemned the attack. Crime has no religion, creed, neighborhood or family, a front man for the families said, adding there would be no mourning for the bombers. |
| Posted by:Fred |