Sunni cleric arrested in Beirut despite 70s disguise


Ahmad al-Assir had spent two years on the run after clashing with the Lebanese army but was spotted as he tried to travel through airport

Not even a 70s-style makeover could help a fugitive Sunni Muslim cleric flee Lebanon.

Ahmad al-Assir, wanted over deadly clashes with the army, had shaved off his bushy beard, swapped his wire-rimmed spectacles for thick, plastic frames, and grown his hair into an unflattering combover.

But he was still spotted as he tried to slip unnoticed through Beirut airport after two years on the run.

"He had changed his appearance and was trying to leave the country," a security source told AFP shortly after the arrest on Saturday morning.

He was trying to fly to Nigeria via Cairo, on a fake Palestinian travel document that had a valid visa, added the security directorate.

The preacher rose to prominence in 2011 with the outbreak of Syria's civil war. He urged his supporters to join Sunni militias operating in Syria and became an outspoken critic of the Shia Hezbollah movement.

He frequently accused the Lebanese army of failing to protect Sunni civilians.

Clashes between his supporters and the army escalated in 2013, with an attack on a military checkpoint. The fighting, around Sidon, wounded dozens of civilians and paralysedmuch of the coastal city.

When the fighting was over, weapons including rocket launchers were found in Assir's headquarters complex, which included a mosque, several office buildings and apartment blocks.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/lebanon/11808828/Sunni-cleric-arrested-in-Beirut-despite-70s-disguise.html


As Nigerianss we would have just escaped this one but what about the unspotted ones ?

God will continue to xpose any evil man and woman with bad intention that will affect my beloved country call Nigerian. FTC this the beginning of GOD blessings in me, my families and anybody that likes my post to share in the happiness and gifts GOD have for us every seconds

Really thank God ooo

Dis guys above me delete ur comments

Great disaster averted!

Who were his supposed hosts if he pulled through? This means ISIS suuporters and cell are currently operating in Lagos.

Why probe the embassy that issued him a visa when he was using a forged passport with a diff name?

Buhari is too dull

na wa

Thnk God he was caught....

Devilish he-goat! Throw and forget him to rot in jail.

Thank God he got caught, using facial recognition software if it was in Nigeria they won't have caught him

God don catch u

beast! why nigeria?

they should leave him joor, when has coming to felicitated with an associate at winning election becomes a crime

If Nigeria must finally defeat Book Haram, she must face up to the Lebanese and Syrian communities in Kano and Lagos.
Some of these people feast on violence and thrive on wars to make money. And I'm certain, the Intel used in prolonging the war is being sustained by these elements.
My hunch feeling please.
Shebi if na Yahoo yahoo dem dey look for na Naija dem go find first

Thank God, they caught him

tunde1200:
Really thank God ooo

prayer works.
....

Flets:
Who were his supposed hosts if he pulled through? This means ISIS suuporters and cell are currently operating in Lagos.

Why probe the embassy that issued him a visa when he was using a forged passport with a diff name?

Buhari is too dull

NL is just grooming hediots this days. What will you have done if you are the president of Nigeria and a high-profile terrorist gains entry to the country with a forged passport and a different name ?

The simple fact that he was detected at the Beirut airport is an indictment on the Nigerian immigration system that issued that visa. If he can be detected despite using a forged passport with different name at the airport, then the system that wrongfully issued him such visa needs to be investigated.

Thank God oo, we never battle boko? isis wan join am.

Lanretoye:
Thank God oo, we never battle boko? isis wan join am.

But wait ooh which state is he actually coming to in Nigeria? I'm just curious

Imagine the kind of havoc this evil man would have brought to Nigeria

Just kill him straight away. No time!

Fake preacher...

Flets:
Who were his supposed hosts if he pulled through? This means ISIS suuporters and cell are currently operating in Lagos.

Why probe the embassy that issued him a visa when he was using a forged passport with a diff name?

Buhari is too dull

who should he probe?, the person that caught him abi.
your comment bears ur mind and thinking, since you think with ur ass then i expect you to type type poo.
only critically sick thinkers like you call Buhari a dullard...

Okkk, gud1, let d catchn continue.

May God help Nigeria

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Thank God he was caught. He even shaved his beards to avoid looking suspicious.

But who knows how many have made it to Nigeria

Flets:
Who were his supposed hosts if he pulled through? This means ISIS suuporters and cell are currently operating in Lagos.

Why probe the embassy that issued him a visa when he was using a forged passport with a diff name?

Buhari is too dull

You no see say na you dull? Oya take fake passport or implant as them dey call am go apply for visa or transplant your picture for another passport make you get visa, you don't know that it was a lapse in security? Abi you think say Buhari na GEJ when na so so committee e dey set up. Even when Sambo mess for FEC meetn he go set up committee to determine the remote and immediate cause of the yansh leakage.

Beast

islam always on d news