Top al-Quaida Operative Caught In Lebanon!

Lebanese officials arrested a top al-Quaida operative and another man linked to Osama bin Laden! Along with them, 8 others were also arrested.
The Lebanese officials uncovered a plot to blow-up embassies in Beirut, assassinate Western diplomats and recruit insurgents to fight against the U.S.-led coalition in Iraq.

Prosecutor-General Adnan Addoum told the same news conference al-Khatib was "the head of al-Qaida organization in Lebanon."

Addoum said the two leaders and their accomplices "cooperated and exchanged information" in planning simultaneous bombings of the Italian and Ukrainian embassies and several Lebanese security and judicial targets.

The suspects planned to pack a car with 660 pounds of TNT and use it to blow up the Italian Embassy in Beirut, an Interior Ministry statement said

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Could it be possible that Osama bin Laden's capture is in sight? Election time is just around the corner.


[edit on 22/9/04 by Intelearthling]