Abdullah Azzam Brigades Member Arrested, Death Penalty Issued against 6 Fugitives
Army Intelligence arrested a member of the Abdullah Azzam Brigades terrorist group, while Military Examining Magistrate Fadi Sawan asked on Thursday for the death penalty against six Palestinian fugitives on charges of forming an armed group aimed at carrying out terrorist attacks.
Palestinian Bilal Kayed Kayed was arrested on charges of carrying out criminal acts in Lebanon, announced the army in a statement.
They include an attack against a United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon patrol in al-Qassemiyeh area in 2007, which resulted in the deaths of several members of the Spanish contingent.
He is also charged with carrying out terrorist attacks, transporting weapons, committing and attempted murder, and sabotaging public and private property.
Kayed was captured in an ambush in the Bekaa region of Arsal on Wednesday, reported al-Manar television.
Al-Jadeed television meanwhile revealed that the confessions of detainee Naim Abbas, a top official in the al-Qaida-linked Abdullah Azzam Brigades, led to his arrest.
Three Spanish and three Colombian peacekeepers were killed in June 2007 when a booby-trapped car exploded as their patrol vehicle drove by in southern Lebanon.
On Thursday, Sawan asked the death penalty against fugitives Bilal and Kamal Bader, Sari al-Hujair, Mahmoud Azab, Ali Khalil, and Nidal Mohammed, reported the National News Agency.
He issued arrest warrants against them and referred their case to the permanent military court.
Several of the latest bombings in Hizbullah strongholds in Beirut's southern suburbs and the eastern Bekaa valley have been claimed by the Abdullah Azzam Brigades, whose leader, Majed al-Majed, was captured by Lebanese authorities in December and died in custody later.
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What is disturbing Southern is Hezbollah blocking the legitimate arrest of suspects and proven killers, terrorists and criminals.
Hezbollah helping them evade justice and trial.
If you don't provide them for questioning, then simply refrain from commenting on any topic related to justice !
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the vehicle that killed shattah has been identified a long time ago. finding the perpetrators is harder because those were mossad agents, not takfiri apes. the first are very careful, while the seconds are disposable like toilet paper.
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Josephani, check the owner of the drones, the Shouf Master none other than Bani Maarouf.
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Our Army & Army Intelligence deserves all the respect for all the captured & arrests done in the past weeks! Chapeau!
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the people who kidnapped the soul of arab spring(democracy )
are falling like autumn leaves everywhere
god bless our LAF
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Well Hanoun, I love the poetry here, and may I add that after 3 springs there will be no more leaves left or even no more Arabs left, lol.
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Good, please capture more from all sides. May the Lebanon that Gibran Khalil Gibran wished for rise and conquer all Lunatics from all sides.
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Well spoken SF, it's about time we reenact the death penalty, it matters who perpetrated it, it matters that we now show that such cannot be tolerated anymore. Now let the state start the hangings, and relieve that cramped conditions of our jails.
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Terrorists need rehabilitation, they're deeply brainwashed that they really believe they are fighting for something noble, not knowing theyre just pawns in the hands of their actual enemy. Give the ones fighting, amnesty,if they enter a strict rehab center. Some want out, but cant like in the mobs, the takfiri's are very a sad phenomena. Saudi Arabia defeated terror by giving them amnesty in return of confessions and rehab
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Saudi Arabia defeated terrorism? More like, Saudi Arabia created terrorism.
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Morpeus, there's a lot of truth in what you said, I do agree largely with you, but only one question, what do we do with those who cannot be cured?
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Excellent news, hang them all.
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This is what I call a good news story.
Good Job!
Dear Army Intelligence: The lebanese people want to know if you have identified the color of the booby trapped vehicle that killed Minister Shattah. Please, update us!