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REPORT: DUROY JIHADISTS ARRIVED FROM ISTANBUL, AL-HASAN GETS $50K FOR EACH SUICIDE BOMBER
NaharNet, Lebanon
June 27 2014
The suicide bomber who blew up an explosive vest at the Duroy Hotel
and his accomplice had arrived in Lebanon from the Turkish city of
Istanbul, a media report said on Friday.
"Abdul Rahman Nasser al-Shenifi, the would-be suicide bomber who
survived (Wednesday's blast), told interrogators that he wanted to
stage a suicide attack because he believes in 'the Sunni state',"
LBCI reported.
Shenifi revealed he and his Saudi compatriot Ali Ibrahim al-Thwaini
were supposed to blow themselves up at al-Saha Restaurant in Dahieh,
a Hizbullah bastion, "within days," before their plot was foiled by
the General Security raid.
"Investigations revealed that al-Monzer al-Hasan, the man who provided
the Duroy bombers with explosives, had visited them around four
days prior to the hotel incident, accompanying them to an unknown
destination for several hours," LBCI said.
A number of employees at the hotel recognized al-Hasan from his
circulated picture, according to the TV network.
"The two Saudi suicide bombers had been at the Duroy Hotel since June
15, after having arrived in Beirut from Riyadh via Istanbul's airport,"
LBCI said.
"Investigators believe that Monzer al-Hasan has an assistant
in Istanbul, who also helped the would-be suicide bombers," the TV
network reported, adding that the Saudi duo had spent around five days
in Istanbul and that al-Hasan himself had traveled several times to
the Turkish city.
The TV network said investigations have highlighted a "key role"
for al-Hasan in several suicide bombings.
"It turned out that Monzer al-Hasan has links to several suicide
bombers and bomb attacks and he acted as an intermediary between
extremist groups and terrorists sent by them," LBCI added.
According to investigators, al-Hasan receives $50,000 for facilitating
the mission of every suicide bomber.
"He provides them with explosives, locates the target and takes care
of their accommodation at hotels or other places," LBCI said.
"He books their rooms through touristic agencies or firms and when
the would-be suicide bomber arrives in Lebanon he would have Monzer
al-Hasan's phone number and nickname and the latter would then guide
him to hotel or specific place of residency," it added.
"Two days before the operation, he would give him the suicide vest
or bomb-laden car and tell him how to get to the target," LBCI said.
On Wednesday, a Saudi suicide bomber detonated his explosives at his
room in the Duroy Hotel in Raouche during a raid by General Security
officers.
Wednesday's suicide attack was the third in Lebanon in less than a
week and sparked fears of renewed violence in a country that has been
deeply affected by the civil war in neighboring Syria.
Al-Hasan's picture was circulated by the General Security agency
on Thursday.
http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/136718-report-duroy-jihadists-arrived-from-istanbul-al-hasan-gets-50k-for-each-suicide-bomber
From: A. Papazian
NaharNet, Lebanon
June 27 2014
The suicide bomber who blew up an explosive vest at the Duroy Hotel
and his accomplice had arrived in Lebanon from the Turkish city of
Istanbul, a media report said on Friday.
"Abdul Rahman Nasser al-Shenifi, the would-be suicide bomber who
survived (Wednesday's blast), told interrogators that he wanted to
stage a suicide attack because he believes in 'the Sunni state',"
LBCI reported.
Shenifi revealed he and his Saudi compatriot Ali Ibrahim al-Thwaini
were supposed to blow themselves up at al-Saha Restaurant in Dahieh,
a Hizbullah bastion, "within days," before their plot was foiled by
the General Security raid.
"Investigations revealed that al-Monzer al-Hasan, the man who provided
the Duroy bombers with explosives, had visited them around four
days prior to the hotel incident, accompanying them to an unknown
destination for several hours," LBCI said.
A number of employees at the hotel recognized al-Hasan from his
circulated picture, according to the TV network.
"The two Saudi suicide bombers had been at the Duroy Hotel since June
15, after having arrived in Beirut from Riyadh via Istanbul's airport,"
LBCI said.
"Investigators believe that Monzer al-Hasan has an assistant
in Istanbul, who also helped the would-be suicide bombers," the TV
network reported, adding that the Saudi duo had spent around five days
in Istanbul and that al-Hasan himself had traveled several times to
the Turkish city.
The TV network said investigations have highlighted a "key role"
for al-Hasan in several suicide bombings.
"It turned out that Monzer al-Hasan has links to several suicide
bombers and bomb attacks and he acted as an intermediary between
extremist groups and terrorists sent by them," LBCI added.
According to investigators, al-Hasan receives $50,000 for facilitating
the mission of every suicide bomber.
"He provides them with explosives, locates the target and takes care
of their accommodation at hotels or other places," LBCI said.
"He books their rooms through touristic agencies or firms and when
the would-be suicide bomber arrives in Lebanon he would have Monzer
al-Hasan's phone number and nickname and the latter would then guide
him to hotel or specific place of residency," it added.
"Two days before the operation, he would give him the suicide vest
or bomb-laden car and tell him how to get to the target," LBCI said.
On Wednesday, a Saudi suicide bomber detonated his explosives at his
room in the Duroy Hotel in Raouche during a raid by General Security
officers.
Wednesday's suicide attack was the third in Lebanon in less than a
week and sparked fears of renewed violence in a country that has been
deeply affected by the civil war in neighboring Syria.
Al-Hasan's picture was circulated by the General Security agency
on Thursday.
http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/136718-report-duroy-jihadists-arrived-from-istanbul-al-hasan-gets-50k-for-each-suicide-bomber
From: A. Papazian