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Lebanon: No Israel collaborators amnesty

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Published: July 28, 2005 at 8:49 AM

BEIRUT, Lebanon, July 28 (UPI) -- Lebanon's Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri said he opposed a possible draft law for granting amnesty to thousands of former collaborators with Israel.

Berri, who also heads the Shiite Amal Movement, was quoted Thursday in the daily As-Safir as saying he received a request for passing such a law from Christian Maronite Patriarch Nasrallah Sfeir.

"This is a very dangerous matter, which we cannot approve at all," Berri said, noting that this could be tantamount to reconciling with Israel.

Thousands of former members of Israel's ex-surrogate militia, the South Lebanon Army fled to Israel when the latter pulled out from Lebanon in May 2000, fearing reprisals from the local population which fought the Israeli occupation.

Topics: Nabih Berri, Nasrallah Sfeir
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