Hezbullah commander assassinated in Lebanon
Al-Mouri was gunned down by "masked men on motorbikes," along with a security official and a bystander, according to a security source quoted by the Lebanese Naharnet website.
The 40 year-old leader of a pro-Hezbollah Sunni militia was standing at the entrance to his home along with the two other men when the gunmen drove up and shot them.
Hassan al-Mouri was a controversial figure. Unlike most Sunnis in Tripoli, the al-Mouri family support the Iranian-backed Shia organization and its Syrian and Iranian patrons, as opposed to the Sunni rebels in Syria.
He had previously been the target of a failed assassination attempt in a city which is split between the largely Alawite supporters of the Syrian regime of Bashar el-Assad, and their Sunni neighbors, who support the rebels.
His death will contribute to the increasing political and sectarian divisions within Lebanon, as the civil war in neighboring Syria continues to spill over.If it wasn't this, it would be something else. No, they can't just all get along.
Labels: Hezbullah, Shiites v. Sunnis, Tripoli
posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 4:01 PM
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