The Elite of Al-Qaeda in Lebanon - Munir Maqda with cellular phone at right, Ahmad as-Saavi, with Kalashnikov rifle at left, in Ain-al-Hilwe refugees camp. Notice how the “terrorist network” is not named in the original article? Naharnet News Beirut, 12 Oct 08 Lebanese authorities on Sunday arrested a “terrorist network” behind deadly bomb attacks in the northern city of Tripoli, the army said. “Several members of a terrorist cell involved in the recent explosions in Tripoli have been arrested,” the army said in a statement carried by the official news agency NNA. Four soldiers and three civilians were killed as an explosion ripped through a military bus in the port city on September 29. A similar attack in mid-August killed 14 people, including nine soldiers and a child. The army said an explosives belt for use in another...
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