Al-Qaeda Flag, Sign Reading 'The Islamic Emirate' Hung On Display In Tripoli, Lebanon
On February 8, 2013, the Lebanese daily Al-Akhbar reported that in Al-Najma Square in Tripoli, Lebanon, an Al-Qaeda flag was hung on display where there had previously been a picture of former Lebanese president S'ad Al-Hariri. Likewise, the daily reported that Hossam Al-Sabbagh, a prominent figure in Tripoli associated with Al-Qaeda, ordered to remove a sign hung in the city's copper market signed "The Islamic Emirate" and reading: "From now on, we will not be silent over the shedding of Sunnis' blood... Oh lions of 'Arsal [a town in the Beqa'a Governorate], our lives and our blood are sacrificed for your sake."
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February 08, 2013
