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Al-Qaida branch blames Hezbollah for Lebanese bombings
Source: The Guardian
Al-Qaida branch blames Hezbollah for Lebanese bombings
Agencies
theguardian.com, Saturday 24 August 2013 11.26 BST
A branch of al-Qaida has accused the Lebanese group Hezbollah of terrorism, blaming it for two bombs that killed 47 people outside a Sunni mosque in northern Lebanon on Friday.
Al-Qaida's north African branch, al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (Aqim), threatened retribution against the Shia Muslim group, a US-based intelligence monitoring website reported.
Aqim said in tweets that it knew "with certainty" that Hezbollah was responsible. "That vile party … should know that it will meet retribution soon," it said, according to the monitoring service Site.
Although Aqim does not operate in Lebanon, its statement shows growing regional hatred of Hezbollah by radical Sunni Muslim groups and a deepening sectarian divide in the Middle East.
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Agencies
theguardian.com, Saturday 24 August 2013 11.26 BST
A branch of al-Qaida has accused the Lebanese group Hezbollah of terrorism, blaming it for two bombs that killed 47 people outside a Sunni mosque in northern Lebanon on Friday.
Al-Qaida's north African branch, al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (Aqim), threatened retribution against the Shia Muslim group, a US-based intelligence monitoring website reported.
Aqim said in tweets that it knew "with certainty" that Hezbollah was responsible. "That vile party … should know that it will meet retribution soon," it said, according to the monitoring service Site.
Although Aqim does not operate in Lebanon, its statement shows growing regional hatred of Hezbollah by radical Sunni Muslim groups and a deepening sectarian divide in the Middle East.
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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/24/al-qaida-hezbollah-lebanese-bombings