position:security official

Crime « d’honneur » en Egypte : une mère et ses deux filles soupçonnées d’entretenir des liaisons ont été tuées par leurs proches et jetées dans le Nil

http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2013/05/24/Egypt-three-women-killed-in-honor-crime.html

#women

Hamas: Egypt destroying Gaza smuggling tunnels by flooding them - Israel News | Haaretz Daily Newspaper
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On its website, Hamas quotes both the owner of a tunnel and an Egyptian security official as saying that Egypt is reinforcing its troops on the border with the Gaza Strip, and that it has halted smuggling through most of the tunnels.

The Egyptian army also has begun flooding the tunnels that were rebuilt after Israel destroyed them during Operation Pillar of Defense, the sources quoted by Hamas said.

Hamas: Egypt destroying Gaza smuggling tunnels by flooding them - Israel News | Haaretz Daily Newspaper
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On its website, Hamas quotes both the owner of a tunnel and an Egyptian security official as saying that Egypt is reinforcing its troops on the border with the Gaza Strip, and that it has halted smuggling through most of the tunnels.

The Egyptian army also has begun flooding the tunnels that were rebuilt after Israel destroyed them during Operation Pillar of Defense, the sources quoted by Hamas said.

Lebanon news - NOW Lebanon -Beirut protest turns violent after security chief funeral
http://www.nowlebanon.com/NewsArticleDetails.aspx?ID=449170
Pour la première fois, ce sont des groupes partisans de Hariri qui s’en prennent au centre-ville et aux instituions gouvernementales qu’il abrite. Etonnant retournement.

Security forces defending the seat of the Lebanese government fired tear gas on the protesters, who were tearing down barricades and throwing projectiles at soldiers. Gunfire could be heard in Downtown Beirut as troops shot rounds into the air in an attempt to disperse the protest, while army troops rushed to the area.

#Beyrouth
#Liban
#Solidere

Angry Arab a publié (avant la confirmation de la mort de Wissam Hassan) un background de ce personnage controversé. Rapide traduction maison. Flash : Wissam Hassan visé par l’explosion de Beyrouth
http://angryarab.blogspot.fr/2012/10/flash-wisam-hasan-targeted-in-beirut.html

Mise à jour : il est mort. Il est confirmé que le chef de la sécurité de Hariri (et coordinateur du renseignement séoudien au Liban), Wissam al-Hassan, a été visé par l’explosion de Beyrouth. Un reporter présent sur place témoigne que Hassan a été sérieusement blessé. Al-Hassan a été chargé par le renseignement séoudien de faciliter l’armement et le financement de l’Armée syrienne libre au Liban. Son nom est lié à un bateau, le Lutfallah II, qui a été intercepté alors qu’il transportait des armes pour les rebelles syriens au Liban. Cet ancien garde du corps de Rafic Hariri est rapidement monté en grade et est devenu le chef d’un appareil sécuritaire principalement sunnite (Shu‘bat Al-Ma‘lumat, ou Services de renseignement) qui a reçu des dizaines de millions de financement américain occulte. Hassan a été initialement suspecté dans l’assassinat de Hariri parce qu’il était absent ce jour-là et parce qu’il avait une longue histoire de liens avec les services de renseignement syriens. Il avait déclaré aux enquêteurs qu’il étudiait pour un examen ce jour-là.

PS. Les médias occidentaux ne rapporteront PAS sous un autre angle que celui-là : que le service de renseignement de Hassan était responsable de l’arrestation de nombreux espions et terroristes au service d’Israël au Liban.

PPS. C’est le troisième assassinat (ou tentative) visant des chefs du Service de renseignement.

Note : il y a beaucoup de mentions de Hassan dans mon flux sur Seenthis sur plusieurs années.

Army Arrests 18 Gunmen, Seizes Weapons in Tripoli
http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/51366-army-arrests-18-gunmen-seizes-weapons-in-tripoli

The army on Sunday arrested 18 gunmen and confiscated quantities of weapons and ammunition in the unrest-hit northern city of Tripoli.

Al-Jadeed television said the army arrested 10 gunmen from al-Mouri family and seized two truckloads of weapons and ammunition from a center belonging to the family in al-Zahriyeh neighborhood.

The army said in a statement that it raided al-Zahriyeh after gunmen opened fire at one of its patrols in the neighborhood.

“Army reinforcements were sent to the area, where they staged a major crackdown on the hideouts of the gunmen. Eighteen gunmen were arrested and quantities of weapons, ammunition and military equipment were seized,” said the statement.

The army also raided some locations in al-Qebbeh neighborhood after gunfire erupted there and seized quantities of weapons and ammunition, according to the statement.

“The detainees and the seized items were handed over to the relevant authorities for further action,” the statement added.

Kuwaiti kidnapped in Lebanon’s Bekaa valley
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5if-g66iCYyRbqvEvJFFKr0UC9LYg?docId=CNG.e927e0ad50eaaacb0f1358297ed2251

Armed men kidnapped a Kuwaiti in eastern Lebanon on Saturday, a security official said, adding that the abduction did not appear to have a political motive.
The man, who lives in Lebanon, was seized from his car in the town of Howsh al-Ghanam in the Bekaa valley, the official told AFP.
“There are no signs that the kidnapping was politically motivated.”

Peut-être pas de motivation politique, mais je remarque que l’enlèvement survient le lendemain même d’une initiative particulièrement humiliante : Apologies Qatar… Forgiveness Lebanon !
http://english.alarabiya.net/views/2012/08/24/233955.html

After these incidents, Lebanese people are expected today to raise the slogan: “Apologies Qatar,” apologies to Saudi Arabia, the Emirates, Kuwait, Turkey and other brotherly states. They should raise the slogan “Forgiveness Lebanon” and implore the pardon of helpless Lebanese families who do not have “military arms” to defend protect them, save their dignity, bring back their abducted ones and make up for their human sorrow and accumulated material losses.

Sniper kills sheikh in latest Tripoli violence
http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/sniper-kills-sheikh-latest-tripoli-violence

A sniper killed a sheikh in the north Lebanon city of Tripoli on Friday, sparking new clashes between rival impoverished neighborhoods that dashed a tenuous truce, a security official told AFP.

One Lebanese girl dead in Tripoli clashes
http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/one-lebanese-girl-dead-tripoli-clashes

Renewed fighting in Lebanon’s second largest city of Tripoli on Monday night has killed one girl and wounded at least 15 others, an Al-Akhbar correspondent and the state National News Agency (NNA) reported.

Exchanges of gunfire erupted on Monday and continued through the night between the mainly Sunni district of Bab al-Tebbaneh and the largely Alawi area of Jabal Mohsen.

A security official told Reuters the number of wounded was as high as 23, while al-Jadeed television, citing medical sources, claimed that seven soldiers were also injured in the clashes, including a lieutenant.

Et attention:

The fighting was sparked when children were playing with fire crackers in the tense area, the correspondent reported.

Quand tu dis une idiotie, essaie de jargonner, des fois ça peut impressionner : « a heightened level of terrorist activity… » (because le Hezbollah a déjà, en temps normal, un niveau d’activité terroriste plutôt élevé ; même quand il dort Nasrallah tient une bonne moyenne d’activité terroriste ; alors que maintenant, tu vois, ça augmente tellement qu’il va te me péter le terroristomètre) :
http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/49667-u-s-hizbullah-could-attack-in-europe-elsewhere-at-any-time

The United States fears Hizbullah may be planning imminent attacks in Europe and around the world, a senior security official in Washington said Friday.

“Our assessment is that Hizbullah and Iran will both continue to maintain a heightened level of terrorist activity and operations in the near future,” said Daniel Benjamin, the U.S. State Department’s counter-terrorism coordinator.

“We are increasingly concerned about Hizbullah’s activities on a number of fronts, including its stepped up terrorist campaign around the world,” he said.

“And we assess that Hizbullah could attack in Europe or elsewhere at any time with little or no warning,” he warned, in a conference call with reporters to announce new U.S. sanctions against Hizbullah, Iran and Syria.

Et admire l’analyse fondée sur du rien :

“Hizbullah maintains a presence in Europe and its recent activities demonstrate that it is not constrained by concerns about collateral damage or political fallout that could result from conducting operations there,” he said.

Exceptionnellement, tu as le droit de lire la revue de la presse libanaise de L’Orient-Le Jour :
http://www.lorientlejour.com/category/%C0+La+Une/article/772771/Affaire+Samaha+%3A+coup+dur+pour+Damas%2C+champ+de+mines+pour+le+8+Ma

Si pour tous les éditorialistes libanais l’arrestation jeudi matin de l’ancien ministre libanais et proche de Bachar el-Assad, Michel Samaha, est un événement majeur, elle ne l’est pas nécessairement pour les mêmes raisons.

Pour la 15e fois (quinze !), quelqu’un en Égypte a fait sauter le pipeline qui livre du gaz à Israël :
http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=506564

An explosion on Sunday rocked the Egyptian pipeline built to carry natural gas to Israel and Jordan, the 15th time it has been attacked since the start of the uprising in early 2011 that toppled President Hosni Mubarak.

Lebanon: Hashish Growers and the Government Face Off
http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/lebanon-hashish-growers-and-government-face

The farmers insist on confronting any such attempt, and the security forces are “determined” to destroy the cannabis crop.

While the security forces continue with their preparations – which include communicating with the owners of agricultural tractors as well as coordinating with the leadership of the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) and the Internal Security Forces (ISF) – hashish growers are adamant that they will “protect their livelihood.”

Fighting the coming invasion is the farmers’ last resort after the state deserted them by “abandoning any attempt to address agricultural problems, support traditional crops, and compensate losses resulting from natural disasters or any downturn in agricultural production in light of the Syrian crisis,” according to one farmer.

Gadhafi-Era Spy Tactics
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304782404577488493816611850.html#articleTabs%3Darticle

Libya’s caretaker government has quietly reactivated some of the interception equipment that fallen dictator Moammar Gadhafi once used to spy on his opponents.

The surveillance equipment has been used in recent months to track the phone calls and online communications of Gadhafi loyalists, according to two government officials and a security official. Two officials say they have seen dozens of phone or Internet-chat transcripts detailing conversations between Gadhafi supporters.

Très intéressant : la Résistance libanaise menacée par la… délinquance
http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/beiruts-dahiyeh-rise-outlaws

Hezbollah officials in Dahiyeh are aware that one of the most important sources of the resistance’s strength is the popular support it enjoys in its milieu. But that milieu has spawned elements that are harming both the public and the party, and neither the state nor the “state within the state” are stopping them. The result is almost daily gunfights, traders forced to pay protection money, and thugs on the loose. This has all started to undermine the resistance’s public standing.

[…]

Today, in some parts of Dahiyeh local “mafias” can be found specializing in everything from electricity generators and satellite TV subscriptions, to water distribution and mini-bus routes. Extortion is openly practiced against store-owners, drivers and people engaged in other trades.

Naharnet; Helicopter Gunships Deployed as More Than 100 Dead in Syria — Naharnet http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/430Helicopter

Tripoli Escalation: New and Improved Weapons
http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/tripoli-escalation-new-and-improved-weapons

In addition to the qualitative development in the nature of the clashes in the area, there is also a shift in the quality of arms. Four years ago and the clashes that followed, mortar shells were never used. This time, they were used abundantly.

This is repeated by many sides in Jabal Mohsen and from outside the area, including several security officials. They are using 82mm rounds. If one of them falls on a house, it could kill everyone inside.

Moreover, Saleh said that “the Dragunov sniper rifle is no longer satisfactory for the other side. This time, they used more modern rifles, equipped with expensive and dangerous night vision.”

Almost all kinds of traditional weapons were used in the clashes in the last two days, with the exception of heavy artillery.

Observers spoke about 12.7mm machineguns, and sometimes 14.5mm. Flare bombs were also used. All of those were not used before.

Et voilà : le correspondant d’Al-Akhbar affirme que les bureaux du Courant du Futur de Saad Hariri servaient à stocker des armes (pas à 100%, mais suffisamment convaincu pour l’écrire dans le journal). Vous pouvez être certain que ça, vous ne le lirez dans aucun journal français.
http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/two-dead-after-overnight-street-battles-beirut-calm-0

Al-Akhbar correspondent Patrick Galey, who was on the scene of the fighting last night, said the local headquarters of the Future Movement may have been used a weapons base for some of the fighters.

“There was a transit route between the municipal stadium – they were getting their arms from there and taking it to a flash point around the back of the university, near a stationary shop,” he said.

“They went up to the corner to the Mustaqbal (Future) Party office and loaded up cartridges before running ran down the street taking fire.”

“I couldn’t get close enough to be 100% sure they were using it (the Future Party office) as a weapons base but lots of people were coming from that area with new weapons.”

Several dead in clashes in Lebanon’s Tripoli
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2012/05/201251383952809563.html

At least four people have been killed, and another 24 injured, after fighting erupted overnight in the Lebanese city of Tripoli between residents loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and those supportive of the Syrian opposition, witnesses and security officials have said.

Rocket-propelled grenades and automatic rifles were used in the fighting in an Alawite enclave and surrounding Sunni neighbourhoods in the port city, 70km north of Beirut, the capital.

Second Jordanian dies after setting himself on fire
http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/244289/news/world/second-jordanian-dies-after-setting-himself-on-fire

A 54-year-old Jordanian man died on Wednesday after setting himself on fire, in the second such death in as many days, a security official said.
 
“Yassin Falah Zubi set himself on fire in the Nazzal neighbourhood, east of Amman. He was rushed to hospital but died there,” the official told AFP. “According to his son, the man suffered from mental problems.”
 
On Tuesday, 52-year-old Ahmad Matarneh died in hospital after setting himself on fire the previous day because of his economic woes, his family said.

Turkish airstrikes kill 30 near Iraqi border | Al Akhbar English
http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/turkish-airstrikes-kill-30-near-iraqi-border

Turkish warplanes killed 30 non-combatants in an airstrike in southeastern Turkey near the Iraqi border overnight, apparently mistaking smugglers for Kurdish militants, a local official told Reuters on Thursday.

AFP : Syria ’nabs suspect’ in Estonian kidnappings
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5g4oYFzdVwb-P5-sshNDzVrYLFSdQ?docId=CNG.b8acfbc8dffcbd340e12dc8e0f2b492

Syria has arrested a top suspect in the kidnapping of seven Estonians, freed four months after their abduction in Lebanon, and handed him over to Beirut, a security official said on Wednesday.

“We are currently holding Wael Abbas for interrogation after Syrian authorities handed him over hours ago and we confirmed his identity,” the official said, declining to give further details on Abbas’ identity.

Lebanon’s police chief Ashraf Rifi has said Abbas was the mastermind behind the kidnapping in March of seven Estonians, who were abducted at gunpoint while cycling in Lebanon’s eastern Bekaa Valley.

Riot erupts in Yemeni prison - Al Jazeera English
http://english.aljazeera.net//news/middleeast/2011/03/201137183115534617.html

Riot police in Yemen have fired warning shots and used batons to disperse prisoners in the capital’s central jail after they called for the toppling of Ali Abdullah Saleh from power, according to a security official.

A number of prisoners gathered in the prison’s interior courtyard on Monday chanting “the people want to overthrow the regime”, the official told the AFP news agency from inside the compound.

Les prisonniers revendiquent pour renverser le régime ? Au #Yémen.