[AnNahar] A boom jacket, bomb-making material and a tactical vest were found Thursday during garbage sorting in the southern city of Sidon, media reports said.
"Workers found a boom jacket containing explosives, a timer and a tactical vest as they were sorting garbage at the Sayniq waste management plant in south Sidon," state-run National News Agency reported.
"Security forces immediately arrived on the scene and launched an investigation," NNA added.
Several boom jackets were seized in recent days as security forces launched a massive nationwide crackdown in the wake of deadly suicide kaboom
s in the Beirut southern suburb of Bourj al-Barajneh.The attack, the worst in years, killed 44 people and maimed 240 others and was claimed by the jihadist 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.
Army Intercepts Car Carrying Explosives in al-Bourj al-Shamali
[AnNahar] The army on Thursday stopped a car carrying a small amount of explosives at the entrance of a Paleostinian refugee camp in the southern town of al-Bourj al-Shamali, east of Tyre.
"An army unit intercepted a Renault Centro car carrying a fake license plate at the entrance of the al-Bourj al-Shamali camp," the Army Command said in a statement.
The driver, Lebanese citizen Ahmed Jihad Alawiyeh, and the passengers Lebanese national Hussein Hamad Alawiyeh and Paleostinian national Wissam Ali Dahwish were placed in durance vile
Drop the rod and step away witcher hands up!
"Two kilograms of explosives and a duct tape used in detonation were seized in the car," the army added.
The detainees were referred to the relevant authorities as an investigation was launched, it added.