Lebanon arrests 10 for plotting attacks on UN troops

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Source: AFP

BEIRUT — The Lebanese army said on Tuesday it had arrested 10 people suspected of belonging to a "terrorist network" plotting attacks abroad and against UN peacekeepers stationed in southern Lebanon.

"Our investigation has shown that this network was planning to smuggle wanted terrorists out of Ain al-Helweh (refugee camp) ... smuggle Fatah al-Islam fighters into Ain al-Helweh, to carry out attacks from Lebanon on targets abroad and create terrorist cells to monitor UNIFIL and the army in order to carry out terrorist attacks on them," an army statement said.

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The arrests come days after 14 UN peacekeepers were injured by stone-throwing protestors while investigating the explosion of an arms cache in southern Lebanon.

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according to French media, French and other UNIFIL forces were attacked with stones when investigating the explosion. 8 French peacekeepers were slightly injured and had to shoot in the air to disperse the crowd.

http://secretdefense.blogs.liberation.fr/.a/6a00e008d663eb883401157129adb5970c-pi

http://secretdefense.blogs.liberation.fr/defense/2009/07/sudliban-des-casques-bleus-français-caillassés-par-le-hezbollah.html

[xultar]

1. Diplomacy...WORKS.

[ohio2007]

2. Must have targeted the Chinese UNIFIL members by accident