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French MP: Syria has 10 to 15 active terrorist cells in
Lebanon
Ya Libnan,
Lebanon, January 2, 2008
Beirut - Syria
has 10 to 15 terrorists cells throughout Lebanon which are
protected by and given logistical support by Syria’s allies
Hezbollah and Amal according to French parliamentary
sources.
A member of the
French parliament has disclosed this information to Kuwait
newspaper Al Seyassah
The cells
according to the MP are similar to the thirty three member
terrorist cell that was discovered recently in Lebanon and
was charged by Lebanese military magistrate . All the
members of this cell were part of the Syrian intelligence
and were protected by Amal and Hezbollah .
The French MP,
who is a member of the national security and foreign
relations committee of the parliament and who has access to
sensitive intelligence reports said that the terrorist cells
are similar to Fatah al Islam terrorist organization , that
Syria tried but failed in marketing it as part the Al Qaeda
network.
The Lebanese
army fought Fatah al Islam terrorist at the Nahr el Bared
Palestinian refugee camp for 106 days last summer , the
battle ended in the defeat and disbanding of the terrorist
organization. Its leader Shaker al Absi escaped the battle
and fled to Syria where he came from .
The French MP
said the Syrian cells are scattered throughout the areas
dominated by Amal and Hezbollah such as eastern Bekaa region
along the borders with Syria, Southern Beirut suburbs ,
Palestinian refugee camps in south and north Lebanon that
are dominated by radical groups associated with the Syrian
regime .
The French MP
also said that the 4 Syrians arrested in the Bar Elias spy
cell last summer and charged with espionage turned out to be
employees of the Syrian intelligence and report to Rustom
Ghazaleh , the dreaded head of Syria intelligence in Lebanon
during the occupation. The four Syrians are: Mohammed Abd
Al-Rahim Abd Al-Rahim, Ahmad Mohammad Asili, Barakat and
Hassan Abdullah Salah Eddin Mohamed Saleh "
The French MP
also revealed that according to European intelligence
reports Amal, Hezbollah and Syrian Social Nationalist Party
( SSNP) intelligence agents help , arm and train the Syrian
terrorists cells , they also pay them salaries using the
Iranian funds that are channeled directly from Iran to
Hezbollah.
The French MP
believes that "these terrorist cells that have been formed
over the past two years, along with those cells that were
left behind by Syria following its military withdrawal from
Lebanon in 2005 , are behind the assassination of leaders of
March 14 that were hostile to Damascus.” - Sources:
Lebanon files ( In Arabic) |
