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| Al-Qaeda trying to muscle into Lebanon over the last few months |
| 2006-02-12 |
| Lebanese Interior Minister Ahmed Fatfat said al-Qaeda terror organization has been trying to settle in Lebanon for the last few months. On Saturday, Fatfat told the French paper, Liberation, that they are aware of the Qaeda efforts in this direction; the network infiltrates its fighters or it collects its supporters inside the country. Appointed in replacement of Hassan Sabeh, who was the former youth minister but resigned last week due to the cartoon protests in the capital Beirut, Fatfat said, "A short while ago, we collapsed the two groups suspected for affiliation with al-Qaeda network." Lebanese minister also informed about the arrests of 13 people from different Middle Eastern countries planning to attack Lebanon. And five more, who attacked the military positions, were also detained, he added. The judicial sources reported on the Syrian, Lebanese, Saudi Arabian, Jordanian, and Palestinian citizens among the arrested a month ago. |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |