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BEIRUT, June 8 (KUNA) -- Lebanese security forces arrested eight people, in
the center of Bekaa valley yesterday, who were preparing to detonate
booby-trapped cars and bombs in different Lebanese towns, an official source
said Friday.
The source, requesting anonymity, told reporters the number of arrestees in
this particular incident rose to 11, three of them have already confessed of
their affiliation to Al-Qaeda terrorist organization.
The eight other arrestees are being interrogated, said the source, and once
the questioning was over all information would be made public.
The state security directorate said yesterday it discovered and arrested a
terrorist cell in the center of Bekaa. The terrorists possessed machineguns,
light weapons, maps of different Lebanese areas, counterfeited identifications
and devices used for counterfeiting, said the official source.
The terrorists confessed they had stuffed cars with explosives to detonate
them in different areas. Three cars were discovered.
Meanwhile, the Lebanese army said it was advancing and gradually
controlling positions of the "terroists" in Nahr Al-Bared camp in northern
Lebanon.
A military source told KUNA the army was "cleansing while advancing and was
pursuing" the wanted people from Fatah Al-Islam faction.
Confrontations in Nahr Al-Bared Palestinian refugee camp erupted on May 20
between militants from Fatah Al-Islam and the Lebanese army killing and
wounding dozens from both sides. (end)
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