A Sunni Lebanese
militant group linked to al Qaeda has apologized for the civilian
casualties of a suicide bombing last month and said its fight was
against Iran and its ally Hezbollah, not Shi'ites in general.
The Abdullah Azzam
Brigades took credit for a February 19 attack on Shi'ite Iran's cultural
center in Beirut that killed eight people in an area where support for
the Shi'ite political and military movement Hezbollah runs strong.
But
in an unusual statement published on Islamist websites and on the
group's Twitter feed, the group said it had intended the explosions to
go off in an area where shrapnel would not reach the main street, so as
to spare civilian lives.
"The
Abdullah Azzam Brigades' operations do not target Shi'ites in general,
or any other sect, and we always stress to our martyrdom-seekers to be
cautious and abort an operation if they think it could kill others than
those targeted," it said.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/03/08/us-lebanon-blasts-idUSBREA270L120140308
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