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Future Militiamen Brutally Attack Soldiers, Civilians

Mohamad Shmaysani عدد القراء : 1478

28/05/2008 Pro-loyalty media outlets in Lebanon continue to instigate sectarian sedition at a time the Doha Agreement calls for the opposite, something pro-opposition media outlets have so far been committed to. Victimizing the killer has became a profession in pro-ruling bloc media, and should be exposed. FUTURE MOVEMENT MILITIA ATTACK ARMY AND TWO OPPOSITION LOYALISTS On Tuesday, they claimed that a group of young men from the opposition attacked ruling bloc loyalists in various areas. The footage broadcast on Al-Manar TV prove the opposite is right. Hussein Hammoud is the son of Parliament Police Major Ali Hammoud, and his comrade Ahmed Moallem, were brutally beaten and stabbed in the Tariq el-Jdideh region. They were later taken to the hospital, but this is not the whole story. Tarik el-Jdideh is the stronghold of the Future Movement militia. Following the recent incidents in Beirut, the Lebanese army deployed there to preserve security and stability, particularly that the region is adjacent to the Barbour region, a stronghold for opposition loyalists. Only Kornish el-Mazraa road separated between both regions. The Lebanese army had arrested Hammoud and Moallaem in Kornish el-Mazraa as they returned from celebrating the Resistance and Liberation Day in Dahiyeh. Although they warned the soldiers that taking them into Tarik el-Jdideh was dangerous, both young men were taken in a military vehicle to the army's command office there, thinking they will be safe. As the military force arrived near the office, Future Movement militiamen attacked the vehicle, tore off the canvas, showered soldiers with stones and attacked Hammoud and Moallem leaving them with stabs in the neck, hands, arms, legs and other parts of their bodies. "Lebanese army soldiers were also attacked," said Ahmed Moallem. FUTURE MOVEMENT MILITIAMEN BRUTALLY ATTACK MAN Not far from Tarik el-Jdideh, near the Beirut Arab University, Future Movement militiamen attacked Lebanese citizen Mahmoud Ahmed Hammoud and brutally beat him leaving him with serious injuries in the head and bruises all over his body. The Lebanese army took the man to the nearby Rafik Hariri hospital. "I was waiting for my brother to arrive from south Lebanon. I was in the Cola region. When Future Movement members recognized that I was from south Lebanon they attacked me and beat me up with everything they could get their hands on. They would have killed me if it were not for the Lebanese army. There are ten stitches in my head, another five in my arms and bruises all over my body," said Mahmoud Hammoud. Also in the Kornish el-Mazraa region, Future Movement militiamen attacked a man in his car near the Abdul Nassr Mosque, and smashed his windows. PSP MILITANT ATTACKS CLERIC IN ARAMOUN, KILLS LEBANESE SOLDIER In Dohat Aramoun – Mount Lebanon – a member of the Progressive Socialist Party identified as Dani A. opened fire from his rifle after he tried to attack a cleric in the region, however Dani's bullets hit a Lebanese army soldier who was part of an intervention force, and killed him. The soldier was identified as corporal Hussein Mohammed Janbey. Dani A. was arrested. In all of the above mentioned incidents, pro-loyalty media outlets twisted the facts to victimize the killers and criminate the victims.