Thailand Charges Hizbullah Suspect in Terror Probe
إقرأ هذا الخبر بالعربية
Thai authorities charged on Monday a Lebanese Hizbullah suspect with illegally possessing explosive materials. He faces up to five years in prison.
Atris Hussein was detained by police Thursday at Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi airport, trying to leave the country. Police are still looking for another Lebanese suspect.
Hussein led Thai police Monday to a warehouse filled with materials commonly used to make bombs.
Police confiscated more than 8,800 pounds (4,000 kilograms) of urea fertilizer and several gallons of liquid ammonium nitrate during the early morning raid of the warehouse in Samut Sakhon, on the western outskirts of Bangkok, according to police and media reports.
Hussein told police that he and other accomplices had rented the warehouse a year ago, according to a police official.
The official said that police also found shipping containers, leading them to believe the materials were destined for shipment elsewhere, though he declined to say where.
The raid came after the U.S. Embassy issued an "emergency message" Friday warning of a possible terror threat against Americans in Bangkok, and Israel sent out a similar warning to its citizens. A dozen other embassies have since urged their citizens to exercise caution.
Thai authorities were caught off-guard by the U.S. announcement, hastily revealing they had detained a Swedish national of Lebanese origin with alleged links to Hizbullah on Thursday and that intelligence indicated a plot could be carried out between Jan. 13 and 15.
The defense minister said the news was not released earlier to avoid panic that could hurt Thailand's tourism industry.
Damage control continued Monday, with the prime minister calling for calm.
"I'd like to tell people not to panic. The situation is under control. There is no problem," Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra told reporters, adding that security was increased and intelligence agencies were closely following the situation.
Details of the alleged plot remained hazy Monday due to a variety of conflicting accounts from Thai officials, some of whom said that Thailand appeared to have been a staging ground but not the target of any plot.
"I think Thailand is likely a transit point for other regions of the world," national police chief Gen. Prewpan Dhamapong told reporters after the raid. "It is unlikely that they would have staged terror attacks in Thailand."
But the U.S. Embassy said it stood by its warning of a possible attack in Bangkok.
16 January 2012, 12:56
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May you and all like you rot in jail. 5 years to reflect on your evil actions.
16 January 2012, 13:11
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Once a terrorist, always a terrorist.
Now watch that bearded Miss Piggie appear from his gutter to tell a fantastic story about how the Zionist, Emperialist, Mossad, CIA, etc, are behind the Thailand plot. And watch his zombie followers swallow the hook, line and sinker.
16 January 2012, 13:25
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Add another country to the list where the Lebanese will be less than welcome, because Hassan wants to rule the world. The funny thing is that they send their agents to spread terror, and then he tells us: "Look at what they are doing to the Shia in Bahrain". Thank you for improving Lebanon's image abroad.
16 January 2012, 14:17
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I have been a forever fan of our little friend mowaten's prose and this is one of my all time favorites "murderers and assassins, but always for the good cause!", it's short sweet and straight to the point, priceless!
16 January 2012, 15:25
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As an Israeli would like to convey my condolence to the deceased families and quick recovery to the injured.
In such time of sorrow would suggest to put aside all hostility and to approach to IDF for assistance.
As IDF has special trained squad with dogs who can handle such cases.
Same they did in Turkey during 1999 and recovered injured from the ruins.
I'm sure that if an official request will come from Lebanese government and with assurance to their safety the Lebanese request will not be refused.
As in this case might help saving human lives.
16 January 2012, 15:57
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lost, the name hussein is an arabic name. Common among the muslims, shiites, druze, alawites and up until 70 years ago, also among maronites and other arab christians. Have you never heard of Saddam hussein as an example? He was Muslim, not shiite. There are plenty of lebanese muslims who have the name hussein. Its just that shiites consider hussein and ali two of their 12 holy imams and as such they use these names to the same extent that muslims use the name muhammad or arab christians use the french or english names of certain name such as michel, george etc even though these western names werent used in the region up until colonialization arrived.
16 January 2012, 16:03
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hmmm... seems like another friend of crookie monster went down...
16 January 2012, 16:36
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certain names such as Michel, George etc even though these western names weren't used in the region up until colonizations arrived.. WHAT!!!!!!!!!! Raspberry what are you talking about.
16 January 2012, 16:38
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Thats just great... We already don't have a council nor an embassy in Thailand...They will make our lives a living hell... Thank you party of mighty God...
16 January 2012, 16:40
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With all tht fertilizer, maybe he was just going to grow a big garden!!! Maybe Nassy wants to start sending gardeners everywhere.
16 January 2012, 16:56
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mowaten what were the Syrians that groundhog hassan thanked so warmly on M8 2005 aiming their hundreds of thousands of tons of high explosive at for thirty years in Lebanon, sure wasn't invading/occupying armed forces. Come to think of it they had more tons of high explosives in Lebanon to kill Lebanese with than they had on their occupies Golan to defend Israel with, funny how some people constantly make every intellectually dishonest effort to forget this.
Oh and how did the Islamic Revolution in Lebanon get to become "the Resistance"? Were the members of the Lebanese Resistance, aiming their guns at the Israeli invading/occupying armed forces in the south, murdered by the Islamic revolution in Lebanon themselves invading/occupying armed forces?
How about the Arab Israeli civilians killed by the rockets Hassan threw at the occupied territories in 2006, were they also invading/occupying armed forces.
16 January 2012, 17:47
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@slash: I dont usually reply... i just come here to laugh at ignorant posts from time to time. Im afraid mowaten is right. I think you'd be doing everyone a favor if you do some research before making silly statements like that on forums such as these. You make lebanese ppl look bad.
16 January 2012, 17:58
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A self-proclaimed know-all & expert on everything from military, social, legal, to political matters.
16 January 2012, 18:35
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mowaten, i was referring to the western versions of the name. Hanna has been used for ages, as has botros, boulos etc, we know that, but i am referring to the french and english versions of the names.
16 January 2012, 18:47
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slash, no offence, but your posts portray you as arrogant. Your assuming nobody knows anything and that you have been sent to teach us about wood, names, history, how to write, what we can and can not write etc. Not only in this article but i read your arrogance in the ashrafiyi collapse article as well. Calm down would you. I dont know if you are an arrogant person but your posts portray you as an extremly arrogant person. Oh and by the way, Boulos, Paulus and Paul are all the same name. Paul is the english version and Boulos the arabic version along with boul.
I think you knew what mowaten meant but chose to show off with your not so impressive knowledge about paulus being a roman last name (so what? its still boulos in arabic) and incite unnecassary division.
16 January 2012, 18:51
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sure mowaten. I wasent trying to start a discussion on this. On a diffirent note, i find it strange that your comment has only been up for 14 minutes, yet already has 4 down votes. Seems someone keeps track on you with their multiple profiles, or they have figured out some way to post several times.
16 January 2012, 21:02
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thanks mowaten, yeah i usually stay away from arguing with the ignorants who think they are smart. Truly a waste of time.
17 January 2012, 00:51
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Interesting how the hezbotrolls divert threads and topics. This Article is about HEZBOLLAH ruining the image of Lebanon by violating the laws of nations all over the world
17 January 2012, 09:42
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What was this Hezbolla guy doing in Thailand? For whom these bomb materials are intended? Maybe to resolve a new financial problem in a public parking in Antelias?
First prioirty is to disarm this militia so we become like the remaining 130 countries on earth.
17 January 2012, 14:12
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march 24 losers consider them terrorists simply because the US deems them so! Bunch of sheep! ONE WAY TICKET!
17 January 2012, 15:35
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Dear Mowaten, or should I say Morotten
Your holier than thou attitude is so stinky, that it must be smelling like your bonobo turbanator dress wearing mehdi wannabe hassoun the bassoon. Everyone can see through your ClAouny behavior and we love to hear your clockwork orange dementia as it supports your geriatric aounperor with no clothes.
Yalla please continue to entertain us with your drivel....
Tfeh
With all my genital warmth
Gigi Imbassile
17 January 2012, 16:17
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A wise-man once said: Never argue with an idiot, they drag you down to their level and beat you with experience!
17 January 2012, 16:43
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Enough with the useless arguing folks! I mean our little learned friend mowaten identified the phenomena very accurately, simply and clearly, those modern day saints are "murderers and assassins, but always for the good cause!", after all killing innocent people for the "good cause" has always been the hallmark of a thriving terrorists organization 'nuff said!
17 January 2012, 21:34
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Too bad he were caught, but that is OK. The Enemy Mossad and CIA assasins have been caught in the past. Practice makes perfect.
17 January 2012, 22:06
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It is interesting when HA is mentioned, the Zionist thugs write their comments and give the Zionist hoodlum DANNY B 9 up votes. They think this will influence the Lebanese people who rarely ever participate in writing or reading comments on this English website. The Lebanese people have made up their minds about the Terrorist NAZI state of Israel. As Saad Hariri said, Lebanon will be the last country on earth to make peace with Israel and ONLY when it is renamed Palestine.
18 January 2012, 05:11
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amazing how the hizbalk ara propaganda employees always divert the subject. They must have a quota per day/ You are nothing but criminals. Justice will be served. You will be disarmed. You can always move to Iran, we don't really give a farq. After you are gone, there will peace in Lebanon, and peace with our neighbors. We all just want to live in peace, have a normal life.
18 January 2012, 05:15
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Slash, you're the man, don't waste your time and energy. Propaganda employees are brain washed and paid.....soon they will be selling kaek again....
19 January 2012, 15:51
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The guy denies that he is Hezbollah. He says he is a Leftist though. He is also saying that Mossad might have placed the fertilizer in his warehouse. Mossad is known for false flag attacks and for being liars, terrorists, and bloody murderers.
28 January 2012, 16:08
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Lebanese Nazi/Hizbullah people is heavy sinful and die to go hell by GOD is punishing. they don't believe the "And God spoke all these words, saying: 'I am the LORD your God…
ONE: 'You shall have no other gods before Me.'
TWO: 'You shall not make for yourself a carved image--any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.'
THREE: 'You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain.'
FOUR: 'Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.'
FIVE: 'Honor your father and your mother.'
SIX: 'You shall not murder.'
SEVEN: 'You shall not commit adultery.'
EIGHT: 'You shall not steal.'
NINE: 'You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.'
TEN: 'You shall not covet your neighbor's house; you shall not covet your neighbor's wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant
