Two weeks ago the Lebanese Army Directorate presented a CD to the Lebanese government displaying a member of Al-Qaeda threatening Prime Minister Fouad Siniora with execution, As-Safir newspaper reported on Thursday. "The CD also includes important details about the relationship between Fatah al-Islam and Al-Qaeda," the report said. According to As-Safir, the army obtained the CD from a hard disk which was confiscated from the Fatah al-Islam group during an escape attempt into the Mediterranean.As-Safir also reported that an international party, probably the United States, is expected to issue a draft statement or resolution in light of a Lebanese memorandum, issued by Prime Minister Siniora's office, sent earlier this week by Siniora to UN chief Ban Ki-moon and Arab League Secretary General Amr Moussa.
In his memorandum, the prime minister outlined the latest updates on Fatah al-Islam's alleged links with Syria as well as the status of Hizbullah's armaments, An-Nahar daily said on Wednesday. Information Minister Ghazi Aridi said at the end of a Cabinet session on Tuesday evening that the memorandums contained "information obtained by Lebanese Army intelligence services and the intelligence unit of the Internal Security Forces about armaments in the country and the situation at the Nahr al-Bared Palestinian refugee camp in North Lebanon."