[Excerpt: The Islamic fundamentalist group Jamaat Al Nasrat Wal Jihad Bilad Al Sham [Al Jihad's Partisans for Greater Syria] claimed responsibility for the attack early today. The unknown group is thought to be linked to Al Qaida.]
http://www.worldtribune.com/worldtribune/05/breaking2453417.042361111.html Assassins of former Lebanese PM brand him 'Saudi agent' SPECIAL TO WORLD TRIBUNE.COM Tuesday, February 15, 2005 An Islamic fundamentalist groups with ties to Al Qaida has claimed credit for an attack which killed Lebanon's former prime minister on Monday. Lebanon's five-time prime minister and billionaire tycoon Rafik Hariri was assassinated in a huge car bomb blast near the St. George's Hotel in Beirut. Another nine people were killed and about 100 wounded when the explosion hit Hariri's motorcade. In a broadcast on Al Jazeera television a Palestinian said he carried out the attack to avenge the successful liquidation campaign on Al Qaida cells based in Saudi Arabia's. The Islamic fundamentalist group Jamaat Al Nasrat Wal Jihad Bilad Al Sham [Al Jihad's Partisans for Greater Syria] claimed responsibility for the attack early today. The unknown group is thought to be linked to Al Qaida. Al Jazeera television based in Qatar broadcast a statement Monday by Palestinian Ahmed Abu Adas, 24, who said he carried out the suicide attack against Hariri because of the former prime minister's closenesss to the Saudi Arabian regime. Hariri is "a Saudi agent," Abu Adas said of Hariri, a dual Lebanese, Saudi citizen. Abu Adas, a Wahabi Muslim, said that his motivation for the attack stemmed from "supporting our struggling brothers in the country of holy places [Saudi Arabia] and to avenge the martyrs who were killed by the security forces affiliated to the Saudi regime." Lebanese security forces are investigating the attack. But Lebanese opposition officials held Damascus responsible for Hariri's assassination. Opposition leaders, including Druze chief Walid Jumblat and former President Amin Gemayel said in a statement that Lebanon's leaders and Syria "the custody power in Lebanon" were "responsible of this and other similar crimes." The statement also called for "the departure of the authority which lost its constitutional, popular and international legitimacy, the formation of a transition government and withdrawal of the Syrian troops" from Lebanon. Syria still maintains 18,000 to 20,000 troops in Lebanon. enditem ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Give underprivileged students the materials they need to learn. Bring education to life by funding a specific classroom project. http://us.click.yahoo.com/FHLuJD/_WnJAA/cUmLAA/TySplB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
