Bomb Found in Taamir Ain el-Hilweh, Palestinian Suspects Arrested
A bomb was found Sunday evening in the Taamir Ain el-Hilweh area in Sidon and two Palestinians were arrested after planting the explosive device.
“The army intelligence captured the Palestinian brothers Alaa and Ahmed al-Saleh as they were planting a bomb targeted against members of al-Dirani family who belong to the (Hizbullah-affiliated) Resistance Brigades in Sidon,” state-run National News Agency reported.
“An army unit cordoned off the al-Taamir al-Tahtani area near al-Zaatari High School where the bomb was found and an army military expert examined the explosive device and started dismantling it ahead of determining its weight and components,” NNA said.
The agency added that the two suspects were taken to an army barracks in the city for interrogation.
Earlier on Sunday, LBCI and al-Jadeed TV networks had also reported that the two men were arrested while planting a bomb targeted against al-Dirani family.
The development comes days after a twin suicide attack on the Iranian embassy in Beirut killed 25 people, including Iran's cultural attache, and wounded dozens others.
Following investigations and DNA tests, the two suicide bombers have been identified as Moein Abu Dahr, who hails from Sidon, and Palestinian national Adnan Mohammed from the Ain el-Hilweh refugee camp.
Mohammed lived in Zahrani near Sidon and both men were staunch supporters of fugitive Islamist cleric Sheikh Ahmed al-Asir.
A Facebook page apparently belonging to Abu Dahr, which had been taken down by Saturday, expressed support for al-Qaida and for Asir, whom he vowed to "avenge" after the army overran the cleric's headquarters in the Sidon suburb of Abra following a deadly battle.
Asir, also from Sidon, is a fierce critic of Hizbullah and had frequently expressed support for the Syrian uprising and encouraged Lebanese Sunnis to join it.
over 10 years
b-a-h-l-o-u-l
antagonizing a million+ lebanese isn't very clever if i may 'make you think'.
over 10 years
Just like they were handling candy to bypassers after the Dahiyeh bombing? :)
over 10 years
lol i don't recall that they did? You got any proof "peace"
over 10 years
Amazing the efficiency of the lebanese army intelligence! Capable state, capable army, capable intelligence:)
over 10 years
The scum bag Palestinians deserve worse than what the Israelis have been giving them. They predominantly have proven time and again that they are untrustworthy and deserve no sympathy whatsoever as they are worse than the Israelis. The fact that they are Sannis suffices.
over 10 years
Hizbu-lah and Nusra-la are always near by
over 10 years
southern and relatives should move into that camp. Let him disarm them. Jajajajajaja
Adios southern.
over 10 years
all those targeting hezbollah get caught, but all those that targeted M14 people never...
strange thing....
over 10 years
Those who target HA are real while M14 assassinations are cover-ups done its always easier for M14 to blame HA or Syria for it without any reliable evidence.
over 10 years
if i'm not mistaken evidence is in europe, in a dutch court. the evidence cannot be given to lebanese authorities because they'd destroy them. yes u and everybody know it's true....
over 10 years
@Prime and peace is that your arguements? He is giving facts and you guys respond with insults. Very mature
over 10 years
"He is giving facts"
LOL he is giving stupidity! like your answer...
sure M14 kill their own people!
poor idiot hezbi lovers....
how do you feel being targeted now? LOL
over 10 years
@primesuspect Thats not what happened the last time Palestinians opened fire on Hezbollah lol.
over 10 years
you don't seem very bright primesuspect, and neither does your buddy above. it's also clear you don't possess adequate education regarding your nonsense about statistics and all of your posts too, actually. i just wish you'd actually think before you post. tell me, ps, do people in venezuela see you as smart? honest question.
over 10 years
thank you for pointing out that hizballa is fighting for a land palestinians don't want. they r probably doing it to settle their shias and steal land over there because palestine/izrael is shia-freee.
over 10 years
they r ashamed because it's forbidden in their religion to commit suicide and kill others like this. they r ashamed because they r afraid they r gona be at the root of another war within lebanon because of wat they did with the bus in 1975.
they want 2 keep a low profile and it's how they should be.
but get in one of their camps, and u'll leave in a body bag.
palestinians despise hizbolah because bashar and hizb killed together in 2 years more arabs than israel did since 1948.
over 10 years
jajajaja peace "ba3d haifa"
their rockets should have reached South Africa by now.
when i hear Haifa, i think Shakira. she's much prettier (:
over 10 years
Lol HA wont spend needless time on the Camps. Let the Lebanese Army handle that ;)) and if our glorious army can handle Palestinians alone, how shouldn't a greater power such as Hezbollah :) You are talking BS prime & peace. You guys are just sad that things are going as they do, you are loosing in Syria. Your Al Qaeda friends are getting mashed. Sorry to break this to you guys, but you are about to lose.
over 10 years
"Your Al Qaeda friends are getting mashed. Sorry to break this to you guys, but you are about to lose."
this post only prove your low intelligence... being against hezb and the baath regime does not mean being with alqaeda, but it is simpler for your empty mind to think so....
2/ it is not my war in syria, so i am losing nothing unlike you.....
over 10 years
any state is better as long as there is no hezbollah :)
good propaganda by the way, you bought it well!
over 10 years
peace, sorry, this message was 4 the 7-ayar. i'm sure u didn't feel targeted anyway ;)
over 10 years
toronto, they r burying their terroristas in iraq.... they r the ones ashamed of taking losses against untrained syrians and foreign teens.
then the other idiots claims victory against izrael. last time i checked, the izraeli army was stronger than ever. syria will be hizballa's vietnam unless they pull out soon. soon means in 2013.
may god grant the FSA the ultimate victory over the giraff asap so they can start rebuilding their country and finally start a democracy. it's a long path and there is no shortcut. once our president maduro's term here in venezuela ends, he'll be gone...4 ever. so will his regime. we lost by an inch the eleccions but at least it was fair unlike the giraff scoring 95% in syria.
sick people.
over 10 years
Gilipolla...tonto....LOL
Seriously I can't believe the mentality of the Lebanese. They nag nag nag but do nothing about the situation. the Lebanese ppl themselves have completely allowed those thiefs, in other words "politicians" to buy them for petty cash and brain wash them with garbage to keep them fighting each other. It is sad that after 20+ years of ppl dying, the Lebanese are still blind to see who is to blame. I will tell them who is to blame, that would be THEMSELVES. Unite as Humans / Lebanese, get rid of those thiefs and put aside religious diferences and just BE HUMANS. Then and ONLY then Lebanon will prosper.
Merry Xmas and Happy New Year to All in advance.
over 10 years
Over 100 shia terrorists were killed today in Ghouta and the seige was broken, syria is hezb irans graveyard
over 10 years
yep thats what happend to me a few times now :P
"Future TV said a military expert was defusing the explosive device as MTV reported that the army had cordoned off the area" - I'm sorry Future TV got themselves disappointed lol!