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Lebanon's Hezbollah says helped in arresting spy
[Al Arabiya Latest] Hezbollah actively coordinated with Lebanon's security services on the arrest of a retired general suspected of spying for Israel, the Shiite movement's deputy chief said on Wednesday. "Security forces monitored the movements of Adib al-Aalam and asked Hezbollah for information on him," Sheikh Naim Qassem told AFP in an interview.Aalam was arrested alongside his wife at his office near Beirut on suspicion of having provided Israel with information for the past decade on Lebanese security services and the Shiite Muslim militant group.
"Preliminary information indicates he had been working as a spy for Israel for over 25 years and retired from his position in national security eight years ago," Qassem said, adding that Aalam's wife was also implicated in the spy operation. "His arrest was a major achievement," Qassem said. He added, however, that this did not mean that Israel's network had been busted in Lebanon. "Israel works vertically, and not horizontally. It collaborates with two or three people, and if one network is caught, it may not point in the direction of the other networks," Qassem said. Posted by: Fred 2009-04-16 |
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