The Lebanese army arrested a male Fatah al Islam terrorist that was disguised as a woman and was trying to run away from the camp. Earlier in the day according to Lebanon National News , the Lebanese army also arrested 3- 5 members of a very strict Islamic faction and confiscated a large quantity of bombs and arms that were intended to be delivered to Fatah al Islam militants in Nahr el BaredAccording to Reuters, the Lebanese security forces arrested three suspected al Qaeda members in possession of weapons and explosives in eastern Lebanon on Wednesday, security sources said. The three men, arrested at a flat in Bar Elias village just west of the border with Syria in the Bekaa Valley, also had forged travel and identity documents, computers, maps of Lebanese cities and night-time binoculars. The explosives were found in suitcases, as well as modern assault rifles and guns. The nationalities of the three could not immediately be confirmed, the sources said. Fatah al-Islam which is an al Qaeda-inspired militant group, is battling the Lebanese army at a Palestinian refugee camp in northern Lebanon.
The group has threatened to expand its fight to other areas of Lebanon and beyond if the army did not stop an 18-day-old attack. More than 114 people have been killed in the fighting.