Lebanon arrests Shiite sheikh suspected of spying for Israel
Critic of Hizb'allah, Syria and Iran arrested in southern Lebanese city of Tyre. Head of the Arab-Islamic Resistance, which the sheikh claimed has 1,500 fighters, and which he claimed launched rockets against Israel two years ago. This is the first high-level detention on such charges in months, following the big wave of arrests in April 2009, in which dozens were picked up.
May God watch over him, for certainly the men around him will do their worst. |
Posted by: 2011-05-25 |