|
11 Aoun party activists arrested for carrying illegal weapons
The Voice of Lebanon ( VOL) has reported late last night that the army has arrested 11 activists of the Free Patriotic Movement ( FPM) for possession of illegal weapons . The arrest was made in the village of Jaj , in Jbail district , north of Beirut, Lebanon where the activists were undergoing training on the use of these unlicensed weapons VOL is owned and operated by the Lebanese ministry of information and is the official voice of the government . The Free Patriotic Movement ( FPM) is headed by General Michel Aoun , an ally of Hezbollah . Many reports circulated last week about reorganization of militia by General Aoun and several other pro-Syrian groups . According to these reports Hezbollah has undertaken to train these militias in the Bekaa region, its stronghold in east Lebanon . FPM has denied the report on the arrests Posted by: Fred 2007-10-02 |
| http://www.rantburg.com/poparticle.php?ID=200903 |