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Al-Qaida-linked group in Lebanon issues apology for civilian deaths

By REUTERS

MARCH 8, 2014 18:43

BEIRUT - A Sunni Lebanese militant group linked to al-Qaida 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 Feb. 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 live

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