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| Lebanon:: Two Syrian-Sent Would-Be Assassins Seized |
| 2006-11-29 |
| Beirut, 29 Nov. (AKI) - Lebanese authorities have arrested two Syrian agents who were planning to murder 36 senior Lebanese officials, a Beirut-based daily reported on Wednesday. Al-Mustaqbal, a newspaper owned by the family of slain former Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri (source warning), also said Syria has sent some 200 pro-Damascus militants to the Palestinian refugee camps Al-Badwaii and Borge Al-Baragna in Lebanon. The militants were prepared to carry out instructions sent them from Syria, the report continued. Two of the "terrorists", carrying Syrian passports, were arrested recently and admitted working under orders of Syrian intelligence, al-Mustaqbal said. According to the report, the two said they were working for Abu Khaled El Amalah, the number two man in Fatah Intifada, a pro-Syrian Palestinian armed group. Over recent months several United Nations reports have said that Syria is still active in Lebanon despite its troop withdrawal in April 2005 which formally ended a three-decades-long military presence in the country. Rafiq Hariri was killed along with 22 other people in a bomb attack in Beirut on 14 February 2005. Several top pro-Syrian Lebanese security officials have been arrested in connection with the attack while a United Nations investigation has also pointed the finger at top Syrian officials for allegedly masterminding it. (Rar/Aki) Gearing up on both sides. |
| Posted by:mrp |
| #3 Syria has sent some 200 pro-Damascus militants to the Palestinian refugee camps Al-Badwaii and Borge Al-Baragna in Lebanon. Git 'em, git 'em! |
| Posted by: gromgoru 2006-11-29 13:18 |
| #2 It may be the alcohol talking...... but. Lebanon Vs Syria = I hope you all fk'ng die |
| Posted by: Oztralian 2006-11-29 10:34 |
| #1 If Lebanon declares war on Syria, do we join in? I know it won't happen. But we can kill two birds with one stone. Base our troops close enough to Iraq to help (in Syria). Would that make Murtha happy? |
| Posted by: plainslow 2006-11-29 10:13 |