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Lebanon nabs three al-Qaeda...
Police have detained three suspected members of Osama bin Laden's al-Qaida terror network who allegedly planned to set up a training camp in Lebanon, an official said Tuesday. The three - two Lebanese and a Saudi - were detained Sept. 28 after authorities were tipped off about the plans. Two locals and a Soddy. Guess which one's the controller? The official said the camp would have trained al-Qaida fighters and members of a Lebanese extremist Muslim group known as Dinniyah. Investigators have evidence that several al-Qaida operatives may have arrived in Lebanon to help train recruits at the camp, the official said. If the three are confirmed to be members of al-Qaida, it will be the first such arrest in Lebanon. The Dinniyah group is named for a region in northern Lebanon where it is thought to have originated. Dozens of suspected members were arrested after bloody fighting in the region in January 2000. More members are thought to be hiding in the Palestinian refugee camp of Ein el-Hilweh near the southern city of Sidon. I think that Ein el-Hilweh is Arabic for "festering sore." Posted by: Fred Pruitt 2002-10-01 |
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