MP Emile Rahme to LBCI: I urge security apparatuses to restore law and order in the Bekaa

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19-08-2015 | 04:03
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MP Emile Rahme to LBCI: I urge security apparatuses to restore law and order in the Bekaa
Change and Reform bloc MP Emile Rahme lamented on Wednesday "the circumstances that paved the way to the popularization of radical cleric Sheikh Ahmad al-Assir," dubbing it "a mistake of massive proportions."

"al-Assir received funding from many and some even provided him with the needed political support."

Rahme’s comments were made during an interview with LBCI's Nharkom Said TV Show whereby he noted that the Lebanese state is fully capable of carrying out its duties in the Bekaa region, stressing that chaos currently reigns the outskirts of the Bekaa.

“I urge the security apparatuses to strike with an iron fist in a bit to restore law and order to the region," he stressed.

The Internal Security Forces’ General Directorate arrested on Saturday (August 15) fugitive hardline cleric Ahmad Assir, who was wanted for being involved in deadly clashes that resulted in the deaths of 19 army troops.
 
Security officials said Assir was arrested at the Beirut International Airport as he was attempting to flee the country in disguise, using a forged passport. The officials said that he appeared to have undergone several surgical operations to his face.   
 
The General Security added that Assir attempted to flee towards Nigeria via Cairo.
 
Assir is a radical anti-Hezbollah preacher who led clashes against the Lebanese Army in June 2013 from the Bilal al-Rabbah mosque in the neighborhood of Abra, Sidon, south of Lebanon.        
 
The clashes resulted in the deaths of 19 Army soldiers and at least 40 of combatants fighting for Assir.         
 
Supporters of Assir have gone into hiding in the aftermath of the 2013 battles.             
 
Security forces have beefed up efforts to track down the fugitives, especially after several Assir supporters were linked to a number of suicide bombings in Lebanon.
 
 

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