Report: Jihadist Recruiter Arrested in Northern Lebanon
إقرأ هذا الخبر بالعربية
Lebanese security forces have arrested a Lebanese man in the North on suspicion of recruiting scores of fighters and sending to Syria via Turkey, pan-Arab daily al-Hayat reported on Monday.
The daily quoted political sources as saying that the man has admitted to contacting several fighters via Twitter and sending them to Turkey through Tripoli's port.
The fighters would then move to Syria to fight alongside the Islamic State extremist group, the sources said.
The report came a few days after after highly-informed security officials said around 20 Lebanese fighters from Tripoli and other areas in the North have lately traveled to Syria to join the IS.
The officials, who were not identified, told As Safir newspaper that the fighters headed to Syria via Turkey in the past weeks.
The majority of the young men, whose ages range between 19 and 22, are students and traveled to Turkey under the excuse of going there for tourism, the officials said.
According to al-Hayat, the Lebanese man, who is now in custody, has been able to recruit around 100 fighters, against whom search and arrest warrants heave been issued.
The newspaper also said that security forces have recently arrested a telecommunications engineer at Rafik Hariri International Airport who was traveling with his family to Turkey to join IS.
08 December 2014, 12:05
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I now believe that it is our duty once we arrest anyone proven well beyond reasonable doubt of aiding or aiming to join ISIL or Al Nusra or any one organization that is the enemy of Lebanon, to be executed immediately after having exhausted all judicial avenues. Our jails are packed full, the Jihadists are emboldened and are holding our servicemen to ransom. There's simply no need to keep them prisoners anymore, fair trials yes, but lengthy jail terms NO. Execute them, alleviate the pressure on our system and let's cut off the army of extremism in our country.
08 December 2014, 12:06
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**Correction. Let's cut off the arm of extremism in Lebanon...***
08 December 2014, 13:10
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when the army stops everybody from going to fight in syria, then we can say it is carrying out its duties. Until then...
08 December 2014, 13:23
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i agree with phoenix, everyone who is against the army should me executed in public!
08 December 2014, 14:03
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16 hours ago MTV: Two Hizbullah members who hail from the towns of Jibshit and Majdal Zoun have been killed in battles in Syria.
08 December 2014, 14:03
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Excellent and glorious news during this blessed holiday season.
08 December 2014, 16:31
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indeed flamethrower, eagledawn is a secterian spammer and i really would like to know if he would have the same silly behavior if isis terrorists are trying to cut his head off....it has really become a shame to be lebanese when i see all these silly sectarians, u r all begging for the next secterian strife in lebanon, u didnt learned anything from history guys, or more propably u didnt went to school to know something about histroy, that could be an excuse at least for u....
08 December 2014, 16:56
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check in the dictonary what "bases" mean... it ll spare your idiocy here always repeating this like a robot you are...
08 December 2014, 19:11
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typical idiot answer as usual... at least you never disappoint people, always the same idiot and learning how to get worse....
11 December 2014, 16:31
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I am been forced by somebody i dont know to slow down.The insects in my neighborhod show a pattern. Jai hind aka ./defense4planet
