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| Syria-Lebanon |
| Suspects in McDonaldâs bombing now number 18 |
| 2003-04-12 |
| State Prosecutor Adnan Addoum said Friday that the number of suspects arrested in connection with last Saturdayâs bomb attempt targeting the McDonaldâs restaurant at Dora had reached 18. In a statement, Addoum said that the 18-member network, which was involved in other bomb attempts against other American restaurants, included two enlisted members in the countryâs compulsory military service. The two belong to the Salafi hard-line Islamic religious group, the statement said. I notice they don't say which one... The state prosecutor said that the group was planning several acts of terrorism âagainst US business interests.â He also said four suspects had worked on placing the bomb in the McDonaldâs restaurant toilet. The bomb had exploded and wounded three people. The same network was also involved in placing explosives in a Renault 18 car in the restaurantâs parking lot. Other suspects had worked on changing the carâs color and wiping off the fingerprints on the carâs engine, the statement said. The car was supposed to explode when the customers ran outside, but it didn't go off... That's probably the way they knew they were Salafists. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |