{"id":244249,"date":"2021-10-19T06:53:51","date_gmt":"2021-10-19T06:53:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=244249"},"modified":"2021-10-21T07:03:33","modified_gmt":"2021-10-21T07:03:33","slug":"senior-journalist-identifies-one-of-beirut-snipers-as-employee-of-us-embassy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=244249","title":{"rendered":"Senior journalist identifies one of Beirut snipers as employee of US embassy"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Press TV \u2013 Oct 17, 2021<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><strong>A senior Lebanese journalist has identified a US embassy employee as one of the snipers who opened fire at supporters of Hezbollah and Amal movements who were marching peacefully towards the Palace of Justice in central Beirut.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In a post on his twitter account, Hosein Mortada released a photo of Shukri Abu Saab, a member of the Lebanese security forces and a US embassy employee, and <strong>A senior Lebanese journalist has identified a US embassy employee as one of the snipers who opened fire at supporters of Hezbollah and Amal movements who were marching peacefully towards the Palace of Justice in central Beirut.<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"ar\" dir=\"rtl\">\u0627\u062d\u062f \u0627\u0644\u0642\u0646\u0627\u0635\u064a\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u0630\u064a\u0646 \u0634\u0627\u0631\u0643\u0648\u0627  \u0641\u064a \u0645\u062c\u0632\u0631\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0637\u064a\u0648\u0646\u0629 \u0634\u0643\u0631\u064a \u0627\u0628\u0648 \u0635\u0639\u0628 \u064a\u0639\u0645\u0644 \u0641\u064a \u062c\u0647\u0627\u0632 \u0623\u0645\u0646\u064a \u0648\u0628\u0627\u0644\u0633\u0641\u0627\u0631\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0623\u0645\u064a\u0631\u0643\u064a\u0629 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lEDKIH9ydC\">pic.twitter.com\/lEDKIH9ydC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; hoseinmortada \u062d\u0633\u064a\u0646 \u0645\u0631\u062a\u0636\u0649 (@HoseinMortada) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HoseinMortada\/status\/1449058600299675654?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 15, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, at least seven people were killed and 60 others injured after\u00a0unknown gunmen attacked Hezbollah and Amal supporters as they passed through Beirut\u2019s Teyouneh traffic circle dividing Christian and Shia Muslim neighborhoods.<\/p>\n<p>The demonstrators had taken to the streets of Lebanese capital to protest against the politicization of a judicial investigation into the 2020 port blast that devastated swathes of Beirut and left over 200 people dead.<\/p>\n<p>The violence was the worst in more than a decade and stirred memories of Lebanon&#8217;s ruinous 1975-90 civil war.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, Hezbollah and Amal said armed groups affiliated with Samir Geagea&#8217;s Christian Lebanese Forces (LF) Party fired at the protesters from rooftops, aiming at their heads, in an attempt to drag the country into new sectarian strife.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the funeral of victims of Thursday\u2019s shootings, senior Hezbollah leader Hashem Safieddine said what happened in Beirut &#8220;was part of measures managed by the US embassy in Lebanon and funded by some Arab parties.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Lebanon has been mired since late 2019 in a deep financial crisis, which has pushed more than half the nearly 7 million population into poverty. The dire situation was worsened\u00a0by more than a year without a fully functioning government in the Mediterranean country.<\/p>\n<p>The US exacerbated the crisis by imposing a siege on Lebanon in a bid to force the formation of a Western-friendly administration there.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Source<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last Thursday unknown snipers opened fire on Hezbollah supporters as they marched peacefully through Beirut, killing seven and wounding sixty. 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