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“Lebanese September 11” Foiled
June 3, 2007 · Mustapha Hamoui
More details have emerged from investigating the captured Fateh Al Islam members. This from Annahar today:
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Translation (mine):
As the rounding up of suspects in Tripoli intensified, Annahar obtained insider information from the investigations. “The Fateh Al Islam scheme was comparable to a ‘Lebanese September 11’ in its scope. It involves destroying a large hotel in Beirut in addition to bombing Shikka tunnels.”
But the most significant bit was this last sentence:
The explosives they were planning to use arrived to Lebanon via Syria. They were found in a warehouse in Tripoli.