Al-Qaeda Cell Plans to Assassinate Sayyed Nasrallah
An al-Qaeda cell tried to assassinate Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah last summer, the Lebanesedaily As-Safir reported Thursday.
According to the report, the Lebanese security services are currently conducting a vast investigation into al-Qaeda's activities in Lebanon. Several al-Qaeda cell members have been arrested, and have admitted ? among other things ? to firing Katyusha rockets at the Palestinian occupied territories on several occasions.
The cells are also investigated in connection with a conspiracy to attack UNIFIL forces in southern Lebanon. The attack, which failed to materialize, was meant to look link the Hezbollah?s handiwork.
Lebanese security services, said As-Safir, have uncovered three al-Qaeda cells operating in southern Lebanon. Search and seizure operation in the region further uncovered some 150 pounds of cyanide and other chemicals used to make explosive devices; several hundred pounds of explosive, said the report, have already been shipped back to Iraq.
According to the report, the Lebanese security services are currently conducting a vast investigation into al-Qaeda's activities in Lebanon. Several al-Qaeda cell members have been arrested, and have admitted ? among other things ? to firing Katyusha rockets at the Palestinian occupied territories on several occasions.
The cells are also investigated in connection with a conspiracy to attack UNIFIL forces in southern Lebanon. The attack, which failed to materialize, was meant to look link the Hezbollah?s handiwork.
Lebanese security services, said As-Safir, have uncovered three al-Qaeda cells operating in southern Lebanon. Search and seizure operation in the region further uncovered some 150 pounds of cyanide and other chemicals used to make explosive devices; several hundred pounds of explosive, said the report, have already been shipped back to Iraq.


