Hizbullah Forming Militias in Tripoli
Former MP Mustapha Alloush has accused Hizbullah of forming militias in Tripoli and warned that the city might witness "a security explosion," the pan-Arab daily quoted him as saying in an interview published Sunday.
The leading member of Al-Mustaqbal movement said Hizbullah has been trying to "recruit individuals to carry out militia-related activities by paying them sums of money." The Shiite party already has two groups in Tripoli, he claimed.
"We have their names and we have informed the security forces. The rest is up to them," he added.
Asked if a raid a few days ago of an apartment in al-Zahiriyeh, which belongs to an army recruit and where a large weapons cache was found, was linked to Hizbullah, he replied: "It was said that what was found is connected to Hizbullah. But I do not have any confirmations about that."
Meanwhile, a member of the Tripoli municipality, Ahmed al-Marj, told the paper that "the person whose apartment was raided has ties with Hizbullah."
"There are individuals who are being recruited in several regions such as al-Qubba and al-Tabeneh. So far, 200 people have been recruited to create a Sunni-Sunni strife," he added.
He stressed on the need to shun "infighting" by the region”s families.
"Maybe they want to distract us by creating infighting among the Sunnis in case there was a repeat of May 7 (2008 clashes) in Beirut. But we will not allow it," he said.
"This is a weapon being used to create conflict and we have no interest in tensions or infighting," Marj added.