Report: Hezbollah probing al-Qaida actions

Published: Nov. 15, 2007 at 7:47 AM
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BEIRUT, Lebanon, Nov. 15 (UPI) -- The militant Hezbollah group in Lebanon is investigating activities of al-Qaida cells in the country, Beirut's As-Safir newspaper said Thursday.

The report said Hezbollah security officials suspect al-Qaida made a failed assassination attempt last summer against Hezbollah Secretary-General Sheik Hassan Nasrallah and several al-Qaida members arrested said they had fired rockets into Israel.

The Arab-language newspaper said Lebanese security officials identified three al-Qaida cells operating in southern Lebanon and had seized explosives and 150 pounds of cyanide and other chemicals.

Other intelligence said al-Qaida members planned to attack U.N. peacekeepers to make it look like Hezbollah activity, Ynetnews.com said.

Both al-Qaida and Hezbollah are considered terrorist groups by the majority of Western countries.


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