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Report: Detained Abdullah Azzam Militant was Involved in Shatah's Assassination

2014-12-19

[AnNahar] A senior bully boy recently detained by the Lebanese army was involved in the liquidation of Minister Mohammed Shatah, the transfer of jacket wallahs who killed dozens of people, in addition to several other terror offenses, media reports said on Thursday. ?Mahmoud Ahmed Abu Abbas was placed in durance vile Please don't kill me! in (the Bekaa town of) Majdal Anjar before being immediately transferred to the defense ministry building,? al-Mayadeen television reported. It said he was involved in the 2013 liquidation of Minister Mohammed Shatah in a central Beirut boom-mobileing. Military sources informed on the investigations told al-Mayadeen that ?the car used in Shatah's liquidation came from the Ein el-Hellhole camp,? noting that Abdullah Azzam Brigades ... Leb's current al-Qaeda affiliate, named after a guy whose car the current head of al-Qaeda had boomed... leader ?Majed al-Majed was arrested four days after the liquidation.? Majed was reportedly the criminal mastermind of the deadly twin suicide kaboom that targeted the Iranian embassy in Beirut in November 2013. The Lebanese army announced in January that Majed, a Saudi bully boy, had died of illness at the central military hospital in Beirut after being arrested on December 26, 2013. On Thursday evening, al-Manar television announced that the detainee Abu Abbas had transported ?more than one booby-trapped car? from the outskirts of the Bekaa border town of Arsal to areas inside Leb. He was also behind sending the bomb-laden car that went kaboom! prematurely at the Dahr al-Baydar checkpoint before reaching its supposed destination in Beirut's southern suburbs, al-Manar said. Abu Abbas also confirmed that the Abu Assaf Cafe in Tayyouneh -- where dozens of football fans were watching a World Cup match in June -- was the target of the boom-mobile that went kaboom! several meters away from the popular coffee shop. Earlier on Thursday, al-Akhbar newspaper said the Army Intelligence captured Abu Abbas in an ?ambush? around a week ago, describing him as a ?hefty catch.? It said the prominent bully boy leader hails from the eastern Bekaa town of Majdal Anjar. The newspaper said that the detainee confessed that he transported the suicide bomber of Dahr al-Baydar and Beirut's Tayyouneh roundabout in June. Sources said that the suspect is the right hand of Sirajeddine Zureiqat, a so-called front man of the Qaeda-linked Abdullah Azzam Brigades. The detainee also provided a residence for 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... . Al-Dulaimi was arrested at a checkpoint on al-Madfoun Bridge in the North, along with her Paleostinian husband and 8-year-old Hajar, her daughter from al-Baghdadi. The arrest took place last month and was kept a secret until the media put it out to public. Abu Abbas also confessed to moving fighters between Majdal Anjar, Arsal, 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... and the southern town of Shebaa. He also said that he handed money over to Shadi al-Mawlawi, a runaway Islamist bully boy, several times.

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Arrest Warrant Issued against Naim Abbas, Female Suspect

2014-03-11

[An Nahar] Arrest warrants were issued on Monday against Naim Abbas, a top official in the al-Qaeda-linked Abdullah Azzam Brigades ... Leb's current al-Qaeda affiliate, named after a guy whose car the current head of al-Qaeda had boomed... , and a female suspect on terrorism charges. Military Examining Magistrate Judge Sawan issued arrest warrants against Abbas and Joumana Hmayyed for belonging to an armed terrorist group for the purpose of carrying out terrorist attacks. They were also charged with preparing and transporting booby-trapped vehicles from Syria to Leb to detonate them in residential areas. Hmayyed is the driver of the booby-trapped Kia vehicle that the army intercepted on February 12 on the Arsal-al-Labweh road. Abbas is a Paleostinian described as Abdullah Azzam Brigades' number two man in Leb. He was previously charged with belonging to an armed terrorist network. He was also charged with involvement in two bombings that have rocked the Haret Hreik district of Beirut's southern suburbs. He was jugged Don't shoot, coppers! I'm comin' out! by the Lebanese army in the Beirut neighborhood of Corniche al-Mazraa on February 12. Several of the latest bombings in 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... strongholds in Beirut's southern suburbs and the 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 jug later.

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Arrest Warrant Issued against Naim Abbas for Belonging to Armed Terrorist Group

2014-02-27

[An Nahar] An arrest warrant was issued on Wednesday against Naim Abbas, a top official in the al-Qaeda-linked Abdullah Azzam Brigades ... Leb's current al-Qaeda affiliate, named after a guy whose car the current head of al-Qaeda had boomed... , on charges of belonging to an armed terrorist group, reported the National News Agency. It said that Military Tribunal Judge Imad al-Zein issued the warrant against him for his links to terror suspect Jamal Daftardar and for seeking to carry out terrorist activities in Leb. Abbas was also charged with forging identification papers. His interrogation was postponed to next week to allow Abbas to appoint a lawyer. Abbas, a Paleostinian described as Abdullah Azzam Brigades' number two man in Leb, is already in jug. Daftardar, who was enjugged Book 'im, Mahmoud! in the western Bekaa region on January 15, has been charged with belonging to the Ziad al-Jarrah Battalion, which is part of the Abdullah Azzam Brigades. On Monday,the military prosecutor charged 21 suspects, including Abbas, for belonging to an armed terrorist network. The charges issued against them by State Commissioner to the Military Court Judge Saqr Saqr also include transporting booby-trapped vehicles from Syria to Leb. Abbas was also charged with involvement in two bombings that have recently rocked the Haret Hreik district of Beirut's southern suburbs. He was arrested by the Lebanese army in the Beirut neighborhood of Corniche al-Mazraa on February 12. Several of the latest bombings in 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... strongholds in Beirut's southern suburbs and the 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 jug later.

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Charges Issued against Naim Abbas, 20 Other Terror Suspects

2014-02-25

[An Nahar] The military prosecutor charged on Monday 21 suspects, including an al-Qaeda-linked Abdullah Azzam Brigades ... Leb's current al-Qaeda affiliate, named after a guy whose car the current head of al-Qaeda had boomed... official, for belonging to an armed terrorist network. Four of the suspects, including terrorist Naim Abbas, a Paleostinian described as Abdullah Azzam Brigades' number two man in Leb, are in jug. The charges issued against them by Judge Saqr Saqr include transporting booby-trapped vehicles from Syria to Leb. Abbas was also charged with involvement in two bombings that have recently rocked the Haret Hreik district of Beirut's southern suburbs. He was tossed in the calaboose Please don't kill me! by the Lebanese army in the Beirut neighborhood of Corniche al-Mazraa on Feb. 12. Several of the latest bombings in 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... strongholds in Beirut's southern suburbs and the 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 jug later.

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Suspect in Security Forces Custody Says Monitored Movement of Hizbullah Officials

2014-02-20

[An Nahar] Military Tribunal Judge Imad al-Zein completed on Wednesday the interrogation of a suspect linked to the case of Jamal Daftardar, who is held for his connections to the al-Qaeda-affiliated Abdullah Azzam Brigades ... Leb's current al-Qaeda affiliate, named after a guy whose car the current head of al-Qaeda had boomed... , reported the National News Agency. It said that Zein interrogated Mohammed al-Aajouz and issued arrest warrants against nine suspects who are on the lam. The suspects include Lebanese, Syrian, and Paleostinian nationals. The pan-Arab daily al-Hayat had reported on Wednesday that a suspect, likely Aajouz, had confessed that he was tasked by the Abdullah Azzam Brigades with monitoring the movement of several 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... officials in Beirut's southern suburbs, confirming his links to the head of the al-Qaeda affiliated group Toufik Taha. According to the daily, the suspect identified by his initials M. Aa. informed the Internal Security Forces Intelligence bureau during his questioning that he contacted Taha, who succeeded Majed al-Majed after he deceased. The suspect also allegedly has ties with Daftardar, who was incarcerated ... anything you say can and will be used against you, whether you say it or not... in the western Bekaa region on January 15 and was charged with belonging to the Ziad al-Jarrah Battalion, which is part of the Abdullah Azzam Brigades. However, the way to a man's heart remains through his stomach... the detained man denied having any security role in the brigades, saying that he rejected a task to provide it with communication devices. M. Aa. is the owner of a cellphone shop in Haret Hreik neighborhood in Dahiyeh, a Hizbullah stronghold. He reportedly confessed to meeting Taha several times in the Ein el-Hellhole Paleostinian refugee camp that lies near the southern city of Sidon. The newspaper said that the suspect also has strong ties with Daftardar and provided him with shelter, whenever he came back from Syria to Leb. M. Aa. was detained two weeks ago in Haret Hreik by the Intelligence Bureau and was handed over to army intelligence after interrogations. Several of the latest attacks on Hizbullah strongholds have been claimed by the brigades whose leader Majed al-Majed was captured by Lebanese authorities in December and died in jug later month. The report comes after the army defused a booby-trapped car Sunday in the outskirts of the Baalbek town of Ham. The vehicle which infiltrated Leb from Syria contained around 240 kilos of explosives, 10 kilos of extremely flammable material and two 122 mm artillery shells. On Wednesday, the army also announced the arrest of top turban Naim Abbas, one of the leaders of the Abdullah Azzam Brigades. Following his interrogation, he told the army about a car rigged with more than 100 kilos of explosives which was dismantled in Beirut's Corniche al-Mazraa district. Abbas, a Paleostinian leader in the Brigades, has been described as the group's number two man in Leb.

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Qaida-Linked Suspects Charged, Ordered to be Detained

2014-02-14

[An Nahar] A suspect belonging to the Qaeda-linked Abdullah Azzam Brigades ... Leb's current al-Qaeda affiliate, named after a guy whose car the current head of al-Qaeda had boomed... was charged on Thursday as the military examining magistrate issued an arrest warrant against another suspected terrorist. State Commissioner to the Military Court Judge Saqr Saqr charged Nawwaf Hussein for his ties with Sheikh Omar al-Atrash and for belonging to an armed terrorist organization. The charges against him also include his participation in two bombings that have rocked the Haret Hreik district of Beirut's southern suburbs. Saqr refered him to Military Examining Magistrate Nabil Wehbe. Al-Atrash, a holy man from the Bekaa Valley who was incarcerated Please don't kill me! last month, has been charged with detonating bombs and explosive-rigged vehicles, attacking the army in Majdelyoun and al-Awwali bridge areas in the southern city of Sidon and launching rockets on Israel. On Wednesday, the Lebanese army arrested a Paleostinian leader in the Abdullah Azzam Brigades, Naim Abbas, who was described as the group's number two man in Leb. Also Thursday Military Examining Magistrate Imad al-Zain issued an arrest warrant against Mohammed Aa. for belonging to a terrorist organization and for having ties with Jamal Daftardar. Another Paleostinian, who is not in jug, was charged along with Mohammed on Tuesday. Daftardar, who was arrested in the western Bekaa region on January 15, has been charged with belonging to the Ziad al-Jarrah Battalion, which is part of the Abdullah Azzam Brigades. Several of the latest attacks on Hizbullah strongholds have been claimed by the brigades whose leader Majed al-Majed was captured by Lebanese authorities in December and died in jug later month.

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Army Arrests Top Abdullah Azzam Brigades Official, Defuses Car Bomb in Beirut

2014-02-13

[An Nahar] Military experts defused on Wednesday a boom-mobile in Beirut after the army announced the arrest of a Paleostinian leader in the Qaeda-linked Abdullah Azzam Brigades ... Leb's current al-Qaeda affiliate, named after a guy whose car the current head of al-Qaeda had boomed... , described as the group's number two man in Leb. And later on Wednesday, media reports said the "jacket wallah" who was supposed to blow up the car was also enjugged Maw! They're comin' to get me, Maw! by security forces. A communique said following careful follow-up and monitoring after he came out of the Paleostinian refugee camp of Ein el-Hellhole near Sidon in the South, the army intelligence in Beirut made the arrest of Naim Abbas, who is being questioned under the supervision of the judiciary. Following his arrest, Abbas admitted to plotting to blow up a car, the communique said. So the military defused around 100 kilograms of explosives, several rockets and explosives belts placed in a black SUV that was parked in Corniche al-Mazraa neighborhood, where he was arrested. Photos showed the explosives carefully placed in the seats of the Toyota Rav 4 in small packs. The state-run National News Agency said the suspect was planning to use the car in a bombing in Beirut's southern suburbs. The army also seized laptops and other electronic devices during a raid on a warehouse in Corniche al-Mazraa, reports said. The raid and the process to defuse the boom-mobile brought traffic to a standstill for several hours after soldiers blocked the main road in both directions, they said. According to the communique, the army was carrying out raids in several areas after Abbas informed it about the locations of other booby-trapped vehicles. Later on Wednesday, MTV said "the supposed suicide bomber Mohammed Mahmoud was arrested at Naim Abbas' house in Corniche al-Mazraa." LBCI TV also confirmed that "the suicide bomber who was supposed to carry out an attack with the Corniche al-Mazraa car was among those arrested along with Naim Abbas." Abbas has close ties to Sheikh Omar al-Atrash, a holy man from the Bekaa Valley who was arrested last month, and later charged with detonating bombs and explosive-rigged vehicles, attacking the army in Majdelyoun and al-Awwali bridge areas in the southern city of Sidon and launching rockets on Israel. In a related development, the military prosecutor charged on Wednesday Ali Hussein al-Hujairi for links with al-Atrash and for belonging to a terrorist organization. Judge Saqr Saqr referred al-Hujairi, who was also arrested last month, to the first military examining magistrate Nabil Wehbe. Several of the latest bombings in Hizbullah strongholds in Beirut's southern suburbs and the Bekaa have been claimed by the Abdullah Azzam Brigades whose leader, Majed al-Majed, was captured by Lebanese authorities in December and died in jug later.

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Army Seizes Rockets, Explosives in Saadiyat, Dibbiyeh

2014-02-13

[An Nahar] Only a few hours after detained Qaeda-linked myrmidon Naim Abbas made his confessions, the army started raiding arms depots in the al-Dibbiyeh and al-Saadiyat areas, where it seized explosives, rockets and fake IDs. "Abbas is the one who told interrogators about the two (booby-trapped) cars that were seized in (Beirut's) Corniche al-Mazraa and (Bekaa's) Arsal, in addition to a warehouse in al-Saadiyat," which lies on the coast linking Beirut to Sidon, LBCI television reported. Quoting military sources, LBCI said troops confiscated explosives and fake IDs in the al-Saadiyat storehouse. Meanwhile, ...back at the dirigible, Jack stuck the cigar in his mouth, stepped onto the gantry, and asked Got a light, Mac? Von Schtinken stopped short, lowering the dagger and trying to control his features. If you light that thing, Herr Armschtröng, he pointed out, his voice tense, we all die!... also following confessions by Abbas, the army raided a depot in the Shouf area of al-Dibbiyeh, seizing "rockets that were supposed to be fired at Dahiyeh during (Hizbullah's) Martyrs Day ceremony in addition to boom jackets," according to al-Jadeed TV. LBCI said "fake IDs" were also confiscated at the storehouse. "The army seized 4 rockets that were prepared for firing towards Beirut at one of al-Dibbiyeh's forests, following the confessions of Naim Abbas," LBCI added. Later on Wednesday, state-run National News Agency confirmed that "an army patrol seized in the town of al-Dibbiyeh four rockets that were prepared for firing at Beirut's southern suburbs during the commemoration of (Hizbullah's slain commander) Imad Mughniyeh on February 15, according to the confessions of the detainee Naim Abbas." Earlier, NNA said the army staged raids in search for a number of runaways in the al-Saadiyat area. LBCI television reported "a heavy deployment and army raids in al-Saadiyat in search for runaways and suspects linked to security dossiers." The developments come in the wake of the army's arrest in Beirut of Naim Abbas, a Paleostinian leader in the Qaeda-linked Abdullah Azzam Brigades ... Leb's current al-Qaeda affiliate, named after a guy whose car the current head of al-Qaeda had boomed... , who has been described as the group's number two man in Leb. Abbas has close ties to Sheikh Omar al-Atrash, a holy man from the Bekaa Valley who was locked away Don't shoot, coppers! I'm comin' out! last month, and later charged with detonating bombs and explosive-rigged vehicles, attacking the army in Majdelyoun and al-Awwali bridge areas in the southern city of Sidon and launching rockets on Israel. Several of the latest bombings in Hizbullah strongholds in Beirut's southern suburbs and the Bekaa have been claimed by the Abdullah Azzam Brigades whose leader, Majed al-Majed, was captured by Lebanese authorities in December and died in jug later.

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Lebanese, Palestinian Charged over Ties with Abdullah Azzam Brigades

2014-02-12

[An Nahar] The military prosecutor charged on Tuesday two suspects for having ties with Jamal Daftardar, a prominent official in the al-Qaeda linked Abdullah Azzam Brigades ... Leb's current al-Qaeda affiliate, named after a guy whose car the current head of al-Qaeda had boomed... . The charges were issued by Judge Saqr Saqr against a Lebanese man, who is in jug, and another Paleostinian suspect. Saqr referred their case to the first military examining magistrate, Imad al-Zain, who set next Thursday to question the Lebanese suspect. Daftardar was incarcerated ... anything you say can and will be used against you, whether you say it or not... in the western Bekaa region on January 15. He was charged with belonging to the Ziad al-Jarrah Battalion, which is part of the Abdullah Azzam Brigades. Several of the latest attacks on Hizbullah strongholds have been claimed by the brigades whose leader Majed al-Majed was captured by Lebanese authorities in December and died in jug later month.

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AQIM Mourns Majed Al-Majed, Threatens Hizbullah if Continues to 'Oppress' Sunnis

2014-01-29

[An Nahar] The al-Qaeda's North Africa branch mourned on Tuesday the death of the "emir" of the al-Qaeda-linked Abdullah Azzam Brigades ... Leb's current al-Qaeda affiliate, named after a guy whose car the current head of al-Qaeda had boomed... Majed al-Majed, considering that he had traveled to Leb to "defend Sunnis." "Today, we say goodbye to a brave leader and to an honorable man who spent his days in jihad to defend vulnerable Moslems," a statement released by AQIM (al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb) stated. The statement, which was published on CNN's website on Monday afternoon, revealed that al-Majed had come to Leb to defend Sunnis. "He came to Leb where Sunnis are greatly oppressed, where the government is treasonous and where there is a sectarian gang working under the commandment of Qom's rulers," it elaborated. Addressing Hizbullah, the statement added: "I tell you, al-Majed has left behind what will deprive you of your sleep, he left men that do not accept to be treated as inferiors in their own religion." "We will not quit until this land is free of your evil acts, unless you come back to your senses and quit oppressing Sunnis in Syria, Iraq and in other Islamic countries." AQIM assured that "Sunnis will attain their goal and succeed in their noble cause." The army announced on January 4 the death of al-Majed after the deterioration of his health. He was suffering from kidney problem. Majed is the suspected head of the Abdullah Azzam Brigades, which grabbed credit for the November 19 attack against the Iranian embassy in Beirut, killing 25 people. According to Islamist websites, he was revealed to be the leader of the Brigades in 2012. The Abdullah Azzam Brigades group was designated in the United States in 2012 as a "terrorist organization". It was formed in 2009 and is believed to have branches in both the Arabian Peninsula and Leb. In 2009, Leb sentenced Majed in absentia to life in prison for belonging to a different myrmidon group, the al-Qaeda-inspired 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. . The Army Command said in a statement that he died while he was being treated at the central military hospital.

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Abdullah Azzam Brigades Terrorist Killed in Bekaa Clash

2014-01-24

[An Nahar] The army said Thursday that a Paleostinian suspect who was killed during a clash in the eastern Bekaa Valley was a member of an al-Qaeda-linked group. Ibrahim Abdul Mohti Abou Maaileq, known as Abi Jaafar, succumbed to his wounds in hospital on Wednesday, the army said. He was shot after he attempted to flee a checkpoint the military had erected in an attempt to stop him. Abi Jaafar, who is a member of the Abdullah Azzam Brigades ... Leb's current al-Qaeda affiliate, named after a guy whose car the current head of al-Qaeda had boomed... , was in a black Chrysler when he hit a soldier at the checkpoint while trying to flee. He also opened fire on the unit deployed there, injuring an officer, the army said. He was also maimed when the members of the checkpoint fired back at him. He later died in hospital. The army said that it was searching for another suspect who was with him at the time of the incident but has escaped. The army communique said the suspect had ties with the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and coordinated with its leader in the Syrian area of al-Qalamoun that lies near Leb's eastern border. Abi Jaafar smuggled jacket wallahs to Leb and plotted terrorist bombings, it said. An ID in the name of Ahmed Omar Saleh was found with him, it added. The Abdullah Azzam Brigades has grabbed credit for suicide kabooms that have targeted the Iranian Embassy ...You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy!... in Beirut's southern suburbs in November. Its leader, Majed al-Majed, was locked away Don't shoot, coppers! I'm comin' out! by the army last month and said he later died at a military hospital in Beirut from a chronic illness.

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Gunman Killed as Army Arrests Abdullah Azzam Brigades Official in Western Bekaa

2014-01-16

[An Nahar] The military institution announced on Wednesday arresting 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 in a town in a western Bekaa. "After investigating the attack on an army checkpoint in (the southern city of) Sidon, the Intelligence Bureau tossed in the slammer Keep yer hands where we can see 'em, if yez please! Daftardar after raiding an area in western Bekaa," the army's communique detailed. The statement noted that a gunman died of his wound during the raid to arrest the wanted suspect. In December 2013, an unidentified attacker hurled a hand grenade at an army checkpoint on Sidon's northern entrance in the al-Awwali area, prompting troops to retaliate, which left a gunman dead and a soldier maimed. Earlier on Wednesday, the state-run National News Agency said the army arrested Mazen Abu Abbas and another Syrian during the raid in the town of Kamed al-Lawz. Abu Abbas is a suspect who had collaborated with the Abdullah Azzam Brigades chief. Voice of Leb radio (93.3) said Abu Abbas died after his arrest. It also identified the Syrian suspect as a member of al-Qaeda holding crucial information on Majed al-Majed, the Abdullah Azzam Brigades chief. He is from al-Masri family, VDL said. Media reports have said that a network operating form Kamed al-Lawz had helped al-Majed receive treatment in several hospitals before his death. Al-Majed, a Saudi citizen, was believed to have serious kidney problems that require dialysis. The army arrested him in December while heading in an ambulance from al-Makassed hospital in Beirut to the Bekaa Valley. The military said that he later died while undergoing treatment at the central military hospital after his health deteriorated. A statement issued by the Abdullah Azzam Brigades accused on Tuesday Hizbullah of killing al-Majed, saying his condition worsened in detention. The statement posted on Twitter said al-Majed passed away after years of cultivating men capable of carrying on his project, adding that attacks will continue after his death. The U.S. State Department designated his group a foreign terrorist organization in 2012. The brigades have grabbed credit for attacks throughout the region, including the 2010 bombing of a Japanese oil tanker in the Persian Gulf and several rocket strikes from Leb into Israel. The most recent attack claimed by the group was the double suicide kaboom in November outside the Iranian Embassy ...You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy!... in Beirut's southern suburbs that left scores of casualties, including an Iranian diplomat.

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