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Lebanon Army Arrests Three Fath Al-Islam Activists Who Planned To Strike At Army

The Lebanese army recently arrested three activists from the Fath Al-Islam organization. The three, who are Palestinians, belonged to a cell that was monitoring Lebanese army bases and planning to strike them.

The three were charged with belonging to an armed organization that planned terror operations and sought to harm army bases, and with acquiring explosives without permission.

The cell to which the three belonged included another five activists, among them two Syrians, and was headed by the organization's emir in the 'Ein Al-Hilweh camp, Osama Al-Shihabi.

Source: Al-Mustaqbal, Lebanon, October 13, 2009

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