 | | "Seas of blood, kiddies, seas of blood!" |
A group calling itself "Al-Qaeda in Greater Syria" threatened on Sunday to spill "seas of blood" if the Lebanese Army does not call off its campaign against militants in the Nahr al-Bared camp. In a video broadcast on the Internet, a militant called the army's campaign a "crusade under the pretext of fighting terrorism." If the shelling continues, "Christians in Lebanon will suffer and tourism and trade will also suffer," the militant said. The video specifically threatened "the traitor Jewish agent, Lebanese Forces leader [Samir Geagea] and ... the ally of the disbelievers who is greedy and ambitious to become the king of Lebanon, Michel Aoun."
Maronite Patriarch Nasrallah Butros Sfeir was also threatened. "If you do not stop firing on our family I warn ... after today not one Christian in Lebanon will be safe ... Just as you strike, you will be struck." |