Extremist Preacher Denies Al-Qaeda’s Presence in Lebanon - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Haytham Mouzahem (Syria Pulse)

Haytham Mouzahem (Syria Pulse)

Aug 2, 2013

Islamist preacher Omar Bakri attends an interview with Reuters at his home in Tripoli, northern Lebanon May 24, 2013. Bakri praised Michael Adebolajo, one of the suspected killers of a British soldier in Woolwich, but said his actions were spontaneous and that he acted alone. Syrian-born Bakri, who founded the banned Islamist group al-Muhajiroun, was banished from Britain in 2005. REUTERS/Stringer (LEBANON - Tags: CRIME LAW RELIGION CIVIL UNREST) - RTXZYWR — Islamist preacher Omar Bakri Fostock attends an interview with Reuters at his home in Tripoli, northern Lebanon, May 24, 2013. — REUTERS

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Protesters chant slogans against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad as they hold a poster of deceased al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden (top), during a protest in solidarity with Syria's anti-government protesters, in the port-city of Tripoli in north Lebanon October 7, 2011. REUTERS/Omar Ibrahim (LEBANON - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) - RTR2SCOJ

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Nasser Chararah

Nasser Chararah

Syrian refugee children and men gesture, as they hold flags and wear headbands during a protest marking two years since the start of the uprising in the Wadi Khaled area, northern Lebanon March 15, 2013. The headbands and flags read "There is no God but Allah and Mohammad is the messenger of Allah" . REUTERS/Roula Naeimeh (LEBANON - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT) - RTR3F19U

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Nasser Chararah

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Nasser Chararah

Lebanese soldiers carry the coffin of Sergeant Ibranim Zahraman during his funeral in the town of Akkar northern Lebanon February 2, 2013. Four Lebanese soldiers and two gunmen were killed in clashes in the country's Bekaa Valley on Friday after militants attacked a Lebanese army unit, security sources said. REUTERS/Stringer (LEBANON - Tags: CIVIL UNREST MILITARY POLITICS) - RTR3D9I8

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