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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Lebanese army says it arrested prominent al-Qaeda leader in Deir Ammar town
2023-05-21
[Shafaq News] The Lebanese army said on Saturday it had arrested a prominent al-Qaeda leader in Deir Ammar town, northeast of the 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...
It identified the arrested man only as "T.M." and said in a statement that the arrest took place on Friday.

"T.M. is one of the most prominent leaders of al-Qaeda and the founder of its cells in Leb
...an Iranian colony situated on the eastern Mediterranean, conveniently adjacent to Israel. Formerly inhabited by hardy Phoenecian traders, its official language is now Arabic, with the usual unpleasant side effects. The Leb civil war, between 1975 and 1990, lasted a little over 145 years and produced 120,000 fatalities. The average length of a ceasefire was measured in seconds. The Lebs maintain a precarious sectarian balance among Shiites, Sunnis, and about a dozeen flavors of Christians. It is the home of Hezbollah, which periodically starts a war with the Zionist Entity, gets Beirut pounded to rubble, and then declares victory and has a parade. The Lebs have the curious habit of periodically murdering their heads of state or prime ministers...
," it added.

"He has also played a key role in establishing the terrorist Fatah al-Islam
A Syrian-incubated al-Qaeda work-alike that they think can be turned off if no longer needed to keep the Lebanon pot stirred. Mostly eradicated by the Leb army...
 organization," the statement added, referring to an al-Qaeda-inspired hard boy group that used to be active in Lebanon over a decade ago.

The Lebanese army said T.M. withdrew from the spotlight in late 2007 following a fierce battle between the military and Fatah al-Islam at a refugee camp in northern Lebanon.

He then returned to prominence after the rise of the Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really 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 western pols talk they're not really Moslems....
 and Syrian hard boy group the Nusra Front, the army added.
Related:
Deir Ammar: 2021-10-11 Lebanese electricity back online after army supplies fuel to 2 power plants
Deir Ammar: 2021-09-06 Lebanon Ends 'Rupture' with Syria to Get Access to Egyptian Gas
Deir Ammar: 2015-12-06 3 killed in Lebanon suicide explosion
Related:
Fatah al-Islam: 2019-06-19 Spain busts gang that helped finance al-Qaeda in Syria
Fatah al-Islam: 2017-11-16 Book to shed light on ISIS secrets, genesis of militant organizations
Fatah al-Islam: 2017-06-26 Qatari Ruling Family Importing Hezbollah Fighters for Protection
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Europe
Spain busts gang that helped finance al-Qaeda in Syria
2019-06-19
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Spanish police on Tuesday detained 10 nationals of Syrian origin accused of financing "al-Qaeda terrorist militia" in Syria, the interior ministry and a source close to the probe said.

With Europol’s collaboration, more than 350 agents took part in an operation in Madrid, further south in Toledo and the eastern province of Valencia. Fourteen homes and other premises were searched by officers.

The source, who refused to be named, said the detainees were Spanish of Syrian origin.

"The organization was led by a family clan that for years allegedly used a legal business structure to hide illicit operations with which they evaded tax authorities and laundered large amounts of money," the ministry said in a statement.

"The detainees allegedly took away money from each legal operation, substituting the real amount of the operation in the receipt with another lower value amount," it said.

A large part of the stash of cash amassed went to the opposition-held province of Idlib in Syria to "give support and financial backing to terrorist militia there." Relatives of the suspects are allegedly al-Qaeda members.

The money was sent via various methods including human couriers and the "hawala" system, an informal method of payment based on trust that is far more difficult to trace than bank transfers.

One of those detained had already been arrested in Syria in 2008 and sentenced for his participation in an attack and for belonging to the group Fatah al-Islam
A Syrian-incubated al-Qaeda work-alike that they think can be turned off if no longer needed to keep the Lebanon pot stirred. Mostly eradicated by the Leb army...
The operation comes just weeks after a Syrian man was detained on suspicion of funneling money to Europe
...the land mass occupying the space between the English Channel and the Urals, also known as Moslem Lebensraum...
an hard boyz linked to the ISIS so that they could return to Europe.
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Terror Networks
Book to shed light on ISIS secrets, genesis of militant organizations
2017-11-16
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] A series of rare and complex investigative reports on krazed killer movements, especially al-Qaeda, ISIS and Fatah al-Islam
A Syrian-incubated al-Qaeda work-alike that they think can be turned off if no longer needed to keep the Lebanon pot stirred. Mostly eradicated by the Leb army...
, filed over the years by journalist and director Medyan Dairieh, is set to take the form of a book soon.

The investigations conducted by Medyan have led to unraveling of secret documents, confessions, photos, video clips, and letters, written by leaders of these organizations.
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Arabia
Qatari Ruling Family Importing Hezbollah Fighters for Protection
2017-06-26
[BREITBART] Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, the ruler of Qatar
...an emirate on the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It sits on some really productive gas and oil deposits, which produces the highest per capita income in the world. They piss it all away on religion, financing the Moslem Brotherhood and several al-Qaeda affiliates...
, has started enlisting the help of Hezbollah fighters from Leb to secure his family and his rule, according to a report in Youm7 ("Seventh Day"), an Egyptian newspaper aligned with President Abdel Fattah al-Sissi.

The newspaper cited Qatari opposition sources who claimed that the reason Qatar recently decided to allow the entrance of Lebanese citizens without an entry visa was to legitimize the entry of Hezbollah fighters into the prince’s service, bypassing international restrictions imposed on the terrorist militia.

The newspaper reported that Hezbollah’s fighters are to join Iranian Revolutionary Guard and Turkish forces that are already present in the Qatari capital, Doha.

A member of the Egyptian parliament’s human rights
...which are usually entirely different from personal liberty...
 committee, Yusri Asyouti, said that the step indicates "that Tamim has lost his head and started to feel the danger hovering over him and so began to import guards to secure the ruling family in light of the growing opposition to Qatar."

Hisham Najar, a researcher of Islamic movements, also referred to the import of Hezbollah fighters to Qatar. He told the newspaper, "Qatar is playing with fire. It’s acting as an organization and not as a state."

Concerning Qatar’s relations with Hezbollah and other myrmidon organizations in Leb, a Saudi news site reported that during 2007, the Qatari charity Id Alt’ani supported and funded the jihadist organization Fatah al-Islam
A Syrian-incubated al-Qaeda work-alike that they think can be turned off if no longer needed to keep the Lebanon pot stirred.
, a Salafist group that fought in the Paleostinian refugee camp Nahr Albared. The site also noted that documents showed the charity supported Hezbollah institutions as they led the construction of terrorist infrastructure in southern Leb after the last war between Hezbollah and Israel in 2006.

The site said that the Qataris insisted on funneling their aide through Hezbollah and its institutions and not through the Lebanese state as Soddy Arabia
...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face...
, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates did.
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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Eyewitness reveals details of Nusra Front founder in Syria
2016-12-26
[EN.ZAMANALWSL.NET] The Syrian writer Yahya Bader, has revealed, for the first time, information about Majid al-Majid, powerful al-Qaeda leader, as he knew him in person and dealt with him before knowing his identity and his death in Leb January 2014.

Bader explained that he since the beginning of the Syrian revolution, has worked in Istanbul in aid a relief. In 2012, one of his friends from Rihaniyah visited him with a Saudi man called "Abo Yusuf- Majid al-Majid" and asked him to help him in his work aimed to help the revolution.

Engineer Yahya detailed that he met Abo Yusuf 4 times, confirming he used to come from Beirut airport, but he did not know the name he used on Passport.

Bader confirmed that al-Majid was very generous in supporting the revolution, as he mentioned that he had been able to donate $ 20 million monthly to support the military groups.

"I thought he was supporting the Free Syrian Army
... the more palatable version of the Syrian insurgency, heavily influenced by the Moslem Brüderbund...
, but I discovered that he supported foreign groups, which made me get away from him"

Activist Bader confirmed that al-Majid was the one who founded al-Qaeda affiliated Nusra front, "Fatah al-Islam
A Syrian-incubated al-Qaeda work-alike that they think can be turned off if no longer needed to keep the Lebanon pot stirred.
 Front" in Syria.

Bader confirmed that al-Majid was tossed in the slammer
You have the right to remain silent...
 in December 26, 2013, and he was moved to the military hospital because of deterioration of his health, as he was suffering of renal failure an needed dialysis, and died in January 2014, in unexplained conditions, claimed to be due to his disease.

Majid al-Majid, was on Soddy Arabia
...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face...
's most-wanted-gunnies list.
He led the Abdullah Azzam Brigades
... Leb's current al-Qaeda affiliate, named after a guy whose car the current head of al-Qaeda had boomed...
 that claimed a double suicide kaboom on the Iranian embassy in southern Beirut in November 2013, that left 23 people dead.

Abdullah Azzam Brigade based itself in the Ein el-Hilweh Paleostinian refugee camp, near Sidon. it was designated as a terrorist organization in 2012 by the US and freezed its assets.

Media reports said that Majid al-Majid had pledged allegiance to the leader of al-Qaeda affiliate Nusra Front in Syria.
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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Palestinians Warned that IS, Nusra May be Plotting to Take Over Ain el-Hilweh
2016-07-15
[AnNahar] Paleostinian factions and the residents of the Ein el-Hellhole Paleostinian refugee camp have reportedly received warnings from Lebanese sides that some gunnies are seeking to enable jihadist groups to seize control of the camp, which is the largest in Leb.

"There are terrorist preparations to overrun some areas in the Ein el-Hellhole camp and the pro-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....
 groups are being led by Imad Yassine while the pro-Nusra Front groups are being led by Haitham al-Shaabi, al-Joumhouria newspaper reported on Thursday.

It quoted security sources as saying that the Paleostinian factions and residents have been cautioned that "the snuffies are trying to turn the camp into a time bomb that might explode any moment."

"Should the situation deteriorate and explode, it will lead to severe repercussions for the camp's residents, who will be the first casualty of the plots of these groups," the sources warned, calling on Paleostinians to "protect the camp and expel the malicious terrorist elements from it."

The sources also called for "avoiding another Nahr al-Bared experience," referring to the devastating 2007 conflict between the Lebanese army and the Death Eater Fatah al-Islam
A Syrian-incubated al-Qaeda work-alike that they think can be turned off if no longer needed to keep the Lebanon pot stirred.
 group, which razed the Nahr al-Bared refugee camp to the ground.

"The factions and the residents must prevent these groups from achieving the objective of turning the camp into an emirate for them and a launching pad for creating conflict between the camp and its neighbors," the sources added.

The sources, however, reassured that "the army is thoroughly monitoring what is happening in the Ein el-Hellhole camp and is still counting on the rational parties to defuse the unrest plots and eliminate its reasons through a series of measures."

"The army will not allow terrorism to find a safe haven in the camp or in any area in Leb," the sources stressed.

"It is totally unacceptable to turn the Ein el-Hellhole camp into a hub for terrorism that might spread to blow up entire Leb and any attempt will be confronted with all due force and resolve," they added.
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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Military Court Jails Daftardar 7 Years, Fustoq 3 Years and Sabbagh 2 Years
2015-04-21
[AnNahar] Five Islamist bandidos bully boyz were handed jail terms ranging from two to seven years on Monday over terror-related charges.

State-run National News Agency said the Military Court sentenced senior Abdullah Azzam Brigades
... Leb's current al-Qaeda affiliate, named after a guy whose car the current head of al-Qaeda had boomed...
 official Jamal Daftardar to seven years in jail. The Qaeda-linked Death Eater was jugged
Drop the rod and step away witcher hands up!
 in the western Bekaa region on January 15, 2014.

He had been charged with belonging to a terrorist group, plotting to carry out terrorist attacks across Leb and forging Syrian, Lebanese and Paleostinian identification papers.
The man certainly kept busy...
The court also handed down a 3-year sentence to radical holy man Sheikh Omar Bakri Fustoq, who was arrested in Aley on May 25, 2014.

Fustoq had been charged with "belonging to armed terrorist groups; training bandidos bully boyz on arms and explosives; seeking to create an Islamic emirate in the North; delivering religious sermons containing insults against the state and the army; and incitement to civil war."

Bakri lived in Britannia for almost 20 years before settling in Leb in 2005 after he was banned from London under government curbs following the underground and bus bombings that year.

The Syrian-born holy man, who also holds Lebanese nationality, had denied having any links to al-Qaeda although he said he believed in "the same ideology."

Also on Monday, the Military Court sentenced prominent 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...
 gunman Hussam al-Sabbagh to two years in jail. His bodyguard Shadi Zaylaa received a similar verdict.

Sabbagh was arrested in Tripoli's Abi Samra neighborhood in July 2014.

Known as Abu Hassan, Sabbagh holds Lebanese and Australian citizenships and is wanted by authorities in both countries for belonging to al-Qaeda, most notably the Fatah al-Islam
A Syrian-incubated al-Qaeda work-alike that they think can be turned off if no longer needed to keep the Lebanon pot stirred.
 group.

Influenced by al-Qaeda's mentality during the United States' invasion of Afghanistan in 2001, he joined the group in fighting U.S. troops in the country.

He also sent members of al-Qaeda through Leb and Syria to fight in Iraq against invading U.S. troops in 2003, according to MTV. In recent years, Sabbagh was heavily involved in the festivities between Tripoli's rival neighborhoods of Bab al-Tabbaneh and Jabal Mohsen.

The Military Court also sentenced Mohammed Bassam Hammoud to five years in jail.

According to NNA, the five men were convicted of "belonging to an armed terrorist group with the aim of carrying out acts of terror as well as the possession of arms and explosives."
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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Al-Dulaimi Moved Freely in Lebanon under Husband
2014-12-13
[An Nahar] Iraqi woman Saja al-Dulaimi, who was identified as a divorcee of 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....
 leader His Supreme Immensity, Caliph of the Faithful and Galactic Overlord, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
...formerly merely the head of ISIL and a veteran of the Bagram jailhouse. Looks like a new messiah to bajillions of Moslems, like just another dead-eyed mass murder to the rest of us...
, has been moving freely in Leb under the name of Malak Abdullah.

Al-Dulaimi married Paleostinian Khalaf, in his thirties, while he was held at Roumieh prison after Fatah al-Islam
A Syrian-incubated al-Qaeda work-alike that they think can be turned off if no longer needed to keep the Lebanon pot stirred.
 leaders convinced him of providing her a cover up to move freely in Leb, As Safir newspaper published on Friday.

According to the report, Khalaf, who hails from the northern Paleostinian refugee camp of Nahr al-Bared, isn't involved in any security act. However,
there's no worse danger than telling a mother her baby is ugly...
 he only helped al-Dulaimi to move between the North, the Bekaa Valley and Roumieh prison where she visited Islamist detainees and provided them with their needs.

The daily said that Khalaf didn't leave his wife alone and accompanied her in all her movements.

Al-Dulaimi was nabbed
Please don't kill me!
 at a checkpoint on al-Madfoun Bridge in the North, along with Khalaf and her daughter Hajar, 8. The arrest took place last month and was kept a secret until the media put it out to public.

Interior Minister Nouhad al-Mashnouq said on Tuesday that Dulaimi is still in prison after the judiciary issued an arrest warrant for her, denying that she was handed over to the General Security.

Al-Dulaimi is reportedly detained over her links to Baghdadi, for communicating with terrorist organizations on Lebanese territories and holding fake identification papers.

It is unclear how many wives the IS leader has.
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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, ISIS and Hezbollah
2014-08-09
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] The additional $1 billion which Soddy Arabia
...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face...
 offered to the Lebanese army this week is not a gift but a political act that comes within the remit of curbing the current strife in Leb and its surroundings.

Saudi Arabia could have offered this financial aid to build up a Lebanese Sunni militia and would have had many reasons for doing so, from fighting the Sunni Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) to deterring the Shiite Hezbollah and Bashir al-Assad's intelligence forces.

Instead, Saudi Arabia chose to support the army in Leb - a country full of Christian, Druze and Shiite militias. So why does Saudi Arabia support the army and not Ahmad al-Assir, Khaled al-Daher or Adnan Imama and other Sunnis looking for a funder? It's not in Saudi Arabia's interest for Leb to turn into an arena for sectarian militias fighting each other on behalf of the region's countries. It's also not in the interest of Leb's Sunnis and Shiites to support taking up arms and rebelling against the state. Despite liquidations and political mobilization, Lebanese public opinion remains mostly against resorting to arms, particularly following the destructive civil war that erupted in the 1970s. Therefore, the choice was made to support the Lebanese state and arm its military institution so the army can carry out its duties of protecting the Sunnis and the rest of the country's factions. Let us recall that although Hezbollah has better arms and has had a fighting force for more than 30 years, it has failed to gain legitimacy despite its claim that it's a resistance group and the guardian of Leb's borders.

Strengthening the Lebanese army means weakening Hezbollah's scheme to dominate Leb

It's expected that supporting the army and strengthening it will anger groups such as Hezbollah. Hezbollah prefers the creation of Sunni militias so it can justify its existence as an armed Shiite militia. It prefers this scenario over strengthening the Lebanese army — something that can legitimately and militarily threaten it raison d'etre.

Standing against militias

Saudi Arabia has taken a decision against supporting the concept of militias, whether Sunni or Shiite, in Leb and other countries. It considers strengthening the state to be the correct option, not just for the Lebanese people, but for all the region's countries which are concerned with establishing security. To respond to Saudi Arabia's decision not to stand against legitimacy, Assad and the Iranian regime have since the 1980s invented religious Sunni leaders that compete with the civil Sunni leadership in order to hijack authority from leaders such as Karami, Solh and Hariri. Even Leb's Sunni mufti, Mohammad Rashid Qabbani is rejected by Leb's Sunnis because they consider him as an employee of the Assad regime! The Lebanese situation is similar to the Paleostinian one as Fatah al-Islam
A Syrian-incubated al-Qaeda work-alike that they think can be turned off if no longer needed to keep the Lebanon pot stirred.
, Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason, and the Islamic Jihad
...created after many members of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood decided the organization was becoming too moderate. Operations were conducted out of Egypt until 1981 when the group was exiled after the assassination of President Anwar Sadat. They worked out of Gaza until they were exiled to Lebanon in 1987, where they clove tightly to Hezbollah. In 1989 they moved to Damascus, where they remain a subsidiary of Hezbollah...
 are linked to the Iranian and Syrian regimes.

Strengthening the Lebanese army means weakening Hezbollah's scheme to dominate Leb and turn it into an Iranian emirate. It will enable the Lebanese to confront Sunni terrorist organizations which came running behind Hezbollah from Syria into Leb in this cat and mouse chase. The events in Arsal have proven the importance of having a strong army that stops the meddling of Hezbollah which sought to clash with Syrian groups under the Lebanese army's flag. Military challenges at state level, from the events in Nahr al-Bared refugee camp to the recent events in Arsal, have proven that it's not possible to trust Hezbollah and that the Lebanese people will not accept that any party besides the army defends their security.

However,
some men learn by reading. A few learn by observation. The rest have to pee on the electric fence for themselves...
 strengthening the Lebanese army does not promise salvation from Hezbollah and other militias as this aim is impossible to achieve in the near future. The aim is to halt Hezbollah's progress towards its goal of playing the role of the Syrian army, which was expelled from Leb after a UNSC decision following Syria's involvement in the liquidation of Hariri nine years ago. A strong Lebanese army will either weaken the militia's justification that they should have a presence in the country or restrict their activity. In this case, Hezbollah will become a Shiite problem, and resolving it will be left to Leb's Shiites.
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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Wanted Suspect Arrested in Tripoli, Prompting Tensions with Army
2014-07-21
[An Nahar] Tensions were high 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...
 following the army's arrest of a wanted suspect overnight, reported Voice of Leb radio (93.3) on Sunday.

It said that tensions mounted after the arrest of Sheikh Hussam al-Sabbagh, who is wanted on terrorism charges, in Tripoli's Abi Samra neighborhood.

His supporters took to the street to protest the detention.

Youth gatherings have been reported near the Harba Mosque and the office of Salafist holy man Sheikh Salem al-Rafehi.

A meeting of Mohammedan scholars, chaired by Rafehi, was held at dawn in order to address the development.

The gatherers condemned Sabbagh's arrest, deeming it as "provocative", reported VDL.

The army confirmed the arrest in a statement later on Sunday, saying that Sabbagh and his lover companion, Mohammed Ali Ismail Ismail, were detained at a checkpoint in the al-Manar area in Tripoli.

Unknown assailants later tossed a hand grenade at an army checkpoint in Tripoli's al-Mankoubin area, it added.

Known as Abu Hassan, Sabbagh holds Lebanese and Australian citizenships and is wanted by authorities in both countries for belonging to al-Qaeda, most notably the Fatah al-Islam
A Syrian-incubated al-Qaeda work-alike that they think can be turned off if no longer needed to keep the Lebanon pot stirred.
 group, reported MTV.

It described Sabbagh as one of the most wanted suspects in Leb and one of the most dangerous men in the country.

The suspect initially joined the ranks of the Baath Party in Iraq before joining al-Jamaa al-Islamiya
...The Islamic Group. Sunni Islamist alignment in Lebanon. The group was founded in 1952 as the Leb branch of the Moslem Brüderbund. Its current leader is Faisal Mawlawi. The party has a military wing known as the al-Fajr Forces. Currently they have 1 seat in the Lebanese Parliament...
 group.

Influenced by al-Qaeda's mentality during the United States' invasion of Afghanistan in 2001, he joined the group in fighting U.S. troops in the country.

He also sent members of al-Qaeda through Leb and Syria to fight in Iraq against invading U.S. troops in 2003, added MTV.

He then disappeared off the scene for several years until the eruption of the Syrian conflict in 2011.

He became noticed in Leb during May 2013 following the arrest of Islamist Shadi al-Mawlawi.
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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Jihadist 'Caliph' Vows to Free Roumieh 'Captives,' Attack Judges
2014-07-09
[AnNahar] Self-proclaimed caliph Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has vowed to release Mohammedan "hostages" from jails in Arab countries, including Leb, and promised to "liquidate their butchers."

According to a video posted on YouTube on Sunday, the shadowy jihadist said the "butchers" include judges, security forces and guards.

Al-Baghdadi heads the Islamic State (IS) group, which led a lighting offensive in Iraq that has overrun swathes of five provinces north and west of Baghdad.

A text appeared in the video, accusing the Lebanese state of being a U.S. and Israeli ally.

It also showed Mohammed Zwawi, a Paleostinian-Syrian, who claimed that he is an inmate in Roumieh, Leb's largest prison.

The video was allegedly shot at Roumieh's bloc B.

Zwawi has been sentenced to death over his involvement in the fighting between Fatah al-Islam
A Syrian-incubated al-Qaeda work-alike that they think can be turned off if no longer needed to keep the Lebanon pot stirred.
 turbans and the Lebanese army at the Paleostinian refugee camp of Nahr al-Bared in 2007.

Last week, the emir of the al-Qaeda-linked Jabhat al-Nusra in al-Qalamoun promised in an audio message to free Islamist prisoners in Roumieh "within days."

Abou Malek al-Shami described the inmates as "Mohammedan captives and jihadist brethren."

The threats come amid strong measures taken by security forces and the army around Roumieh over an alleged plot to carry out a truck bombing and a plan by prisoners to escape from the facility.

The authorities have announced the arrest in the past weeks of several suspected turbans plotting to carry out suicide kabooms in Leb.

Previous attacks have been claimed by murderous Moslems, who have vowed to carry out more assaults to avenge the presence of Hizbullah
...Party of God, a Leb militia inspired, founded, funded and directed by Iran. Hizbullah refers to itself as The Resistance and purports to defend Leb against Israel, with whom it has started and lost one disastrous war to date, though it did claim victory...
 fighters in Syria.
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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Report: Roumieh Prisoners Running Terrorist Cells
2014-07-04
[AnNahar] Security forces and the army have taken strong measures around the country's largest prison over terrorist networks run by inmates and a plan to escape from the facility, al-Akhbar newspaper reported on Thursday.

The daily quoted security officials as saying that the ISF temporarily prevented the passage of vehicles on the road leading to Roumieh prison after suspects told Sherlocks that bully boyz were plotting an attack using a bomb-laden truck and inmates were planning a massive escape.

The ISF cited "security reasons" for the heavy measures, which went into effect on Tuesday night, but the officials said police had information that two of the prison's Islamist inmates were managing cells outside the facility.

"A terrorist network that has been recently busted is directly linked to the two prisoners," they told al-Akhbar.

The authorities have announced the arrest in the past weeks of several suspected bully boyz plotting to carry out suicide kabooms in Leb.

Previous attacks have been claimed by myrmidons, who have vowed to carry out more assaults to avenge the presence of Hizbullah
...Party of God, a Leb militia inspired, founded, funded and directed by Iran. Hizbullah refers to itself as The Resistance and purports to defend Leb against Israel, with whom it has started and lost one disastrous war to date, though it did claim victory...
 fighters in Syria.

The Shiite party has sent its members to the neighboring country to fight alongside Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad
Supressor of the Damascenes...
's troops against the Sunni rebels.

Dozens of Islamist inmates are held in Roumieh. They are awaiting trial for their alleged involvement in the festivities between Fatah al-Islam
A Syrian-incubated al-Qaeda work-alike that they think can be turned off if no longer needed to keep the Lebanon pot stirred.
 terrorist group and the Lebanese army in the Paleostinian refugee camp of Nahr al-Bared in 2007.

The emir of the al-Qaeda-linked Jabhat al-Nusra in al-Qalamoun has recently promised in an audio message to free the Islamist prisoners "within days."

Abou Malek al-Shami described the inmates as "Moslem captives and jihadist brethren."
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