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| 'Israeli Collaborators' Arrested |
| 2005-09-29 |
| Beirut, 29 Sept. (AKI) - Lebanese security forces have arrested 12 people who authorities allege are collaborators with Israel, a Lebanese newspaper reported on Thursday. The as-Safir daily said those detained were suspected of belonging to a network that included militiamen linked to General Antoine Lahad, a former leader of the South Lebanese Army (SLA), allied to Israeli forces during the Jewish state's occupation of southern Lebanon from 1978-2000. Many of the SLA's leaders fearing reprisals in Lebanon went to live in Israel after the Israeli pullout. On Monday International Red Cross officials handed over the body of a former SLA leader, Samir Fares Sakhan who died in Israel, to Lebanese authorities so that he could be buried by his family. |
| Posted by:Steve |