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| Syria-Lebanon |
| Lebanon tells UN: No WMD production, no al Qaeda presence |
| 2003-07-23 |
| The Lebanese government has assured the United Nations that it has no mass destruction weapons or any factories that could produce chemical or biological weaponry, An Nahar daily reported Wednesday. "Nope, not zoned for it. Those are all in Syria." Additionally, Lebanon conveyed that Osama bin Laden’s Al Qaeda network has no assets or bases, training or otherwise, on Lebanese territory. The only attempt to set up an Al Qaeda cell was smashed earlier in the year with 21 suspected culprits still in Lebanese jails. No official bases, at any rate. They draw too much attention. These assertions were delivered in response to 26 questions addressed by the Committee for the Combat of Terrorism, which was formed to oversee the implementation of Security Council resolution 1373 taken after the 9/11 attacks. I’m sure we all feel safer knowing they are on the job. The Lebanese government has noted in its response that it maintains stringent measures at all land, air and sea border points to guard against any trade in mass destruction weapons. Any unauthorized trade, at any rate. |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #1 "Lebanon conveyed that Osama bin Laden’s Al Qaeda network has no assets or bases, training or otherwise, on Lebanese territory" Welllll, I guess that still leaves the Ain-El-Hellhole as a possibility huh? Seems like they deeded over sovereignty to that a long time ago |
| Posted by: Frank G 2003-7-23 10:53:09 AM |