Thursday, August 23, 2007

Jund Al Sham linked to attacks on UNIFIL contingent

From Reader SALEM, this bit from AnNahar: (Naharnet) What goes around comes around ... directly to Majdalyoun!!
"Lebanese authorities arrested two persons suspected of involvement in the July 16 bombing of a U.N. peacekeeping patrol in south Lebanon, the daily An Nahar reported Thursday.It said their detention came after security forces found and seized a "remote control" that had been used and left behind in the roadside bomb that targeted a UNIFIL patrol on Qassmiyeh Bridge near the southern port city of Tyre.There were no casualties from the attack on the vehicle belonging to the Tanzanian contingent, which was slightly damaged.
A preliminary investigation showed that the two detainees were Palestinians with links to Jund al-Sham, An Nahar said.
It said authorities were still hunting for a third suspect. Information obtained by An Nahar revealed that immediate investigation of a Fatah al-Islam member arrested on Wednesday as he tried to escape the Palestinian refugee camp of Nahr al-Bared by sea was labeled "very important."
The daily identified the captive as Abu Omar al-Attar, a Palestinian.It said Attar made "significant" confessions about Fatah al-Islam, saying they are "near collapse."Attar also uncovered that Fatah al-Islam leader Shaker Abssi was still alive, standing side by side with his comrades."
Beirut, 23 Aug 07, 07:48

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