The Palestinian terrorist Naeem Abbas admitted that Choueifat suicide bomber was heading to blow himself up in front of Al-Manar building, and that ISIL is working to Ignite sedition among between Shiites and Sunnis in Lebanon.
Saying that those who plan for suicide attacks are hoping for destabilizing security in Lebanon is not analysis anymore. The prominent radical leader of the so-called 'Islamic State of Iraq and Levant' (ISIL), Naeem Abbas, admitted during interrogation that a plan has been set to carry out a bombing in the Shiah neighborhood of Beirut's southern suburb, with the aim of dragging a reaction against residents of Tarqiq al-Jdideh in western Beirut.
The arrested terrorist confessed to the suicide bombings he supervised, which had been carried out and are planned to be carried out later, including a major operation in the Shiah to ignite sedition with the Sunni-inhabited areas close to it, particularly the Tariq al-Jdideh.
Sources familiar with the investigations said that Abbas was totally slumped in a manner stunned his interrogators and told them: "I will tell you everything but do not hit me."
The Palestinian terrorist revealed that a strategy had been set to expand the circle of bombings without any deterrent or impediment before the suicide bomber or the planner. He also said that they had a «legal cover» to do everything without caring whether the victims would be civilians or not and regardless the sect they belong to.
Abbas noted that the objective behind this project was to provoke Hezbollah to react in a way that would increase intolerance amongst the Sunnis, in order to widen the margin of terrorist groups within such environment and prevent any attempt by the state or political parties to cover the any security action against those groups.
Leading the Sunni clerics and politicians to escalate the campaign against Hezbollah was also among the targets.
Abbas said that he does not work for the so-called al-Nusra Front nor the Abdullah Azzam Brigades, but he worked within the general atmosphere of those two organizations, and he was interested in focusing on members in the tensed areas like Abra neighborhood in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli.
His main focus was on young people who were partisans of the escaped terrorist cleric Ahmad al-Assir, especially those who fled to the Ein al-Helwe Palestinian refugees camp or to other areas.
Choueifat Suicide Bomber Was Heading towards Al-Manar Building
Abbas revealed that he trained the young Syrian who blew himself up in a van in the area of Choueifat south eastern Beirut, and outfitted him with the explosive belt and a Kalashnikov rifle.
He also admitted to investigators that the target of the suicide bomber was not the gendarmerie checkpoint or the gas company in Awzaa'i west of Beirut, but suicide bomber wanted to storm Al-Manar TV building near the golf yard in Bir Hassan-Awzaa'i area, which can be accessed by a taxi car.
"The suicide bomber was deliberately talking about the gas company and the gendarmerie checkpoint knowing that the road to Al-Manar building will become easier," Abbas said.
"The suicide bomber was supposed to reach the entrance of the channel, to open fire of his machine gun on the guard and then try to get into the building."
"It was also supposed that another suicide bomber would accompany him and do the same thing, thus emptying all of their bullets, then blowing themselves up inside the building."
Abbas added that he was preparing a plan that required a third suicide bomber with a booby-trapped car that would wait near the place and hurtle toward the building then blow himself up when crowds would gather.
Shiah Planned Blast
Abbas also admitted that during discussions with his operators about the situation in Dahiyeh in southern suburb of Beirut, the aim was to expand the circle of suicide bombings inside the area in order to force people and Hezbollah to carry out a bloody reaction against Sunnis who live in the same area. But after the first bombings, Hezbollah did not react and did not take the initiative to blow up cars in places with a Sunni majority, and people were under control. Then they (Abbas and operators) decided to study the situation from different view.
Abbas said that the surveillance groups noticed the increases security measures in areas of full control of Hezbollah, and that the measures in Shiah area are less than those in Haret Hreik, Bir al-Abed and Ruwais.
Information revealed that Abbas was preparing for a dual attack targeting one of the Shiah streets, but the ISIL emir in Qalamoun, Abu Abdullah al-Iraqi, who is coordinating with him, advised him to prepare for a tripartite attack where a suicide attack would be carried out for three consecutive batches.
-- Translated by Al-Manar English Website
