Lebanese security forces arrested an influential Syrian-born Islamist cleric on Sunday who went into hiding last month after a *****down in the **rthern city of Tripoli to end sectarian violence fuelled by civil war in neighbouring Syria. Omar Bakri, who praised al Qaeda in recent speeches, founded outlawed British Islamist group Al Muhajiroun and was banished from Britain to Leba**n in 2005. "In the early hours of the morning we have arrested Omar Bakri from where he was hiding in Aley," Interior Minister **uhad Mach**uk said at a conference. "This person has contributed in every aspect in supporting terrorism." Divisions among Lebanese factions were worsened by Syria's civil war and the coastal city of Tripoli where pockets of mi**rities live including Alawites, has seen the worst spillover of violence.
05-25-2014, 05:46 PM
Leba**n says arrests Syrian-born hardline preacher
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