Kuwaiti Detainee Admits He Was Assigned to Set Up Lebanon Qaida Branch

Kuwaiti Detainee Admits He Was Assigned to Set Up Lebanon Qaida Branch

Kuwaiti detainee Mohammed al-Dousari has confessed to being assigned to set up Qaida branch in Lebanon, the Kuwaiti daily Al Rai reported Monday.

Al Rai, citing well-informed sources, said Dousari, better known by his nickname "Abu Talha," has acknowledged he was seeking to establish Qaida branch in Lebanon with the aim of carrying out logistics work and open supply routes to militants.

It said Lebanese army intelligence referred to the military judiciary four months ago Dousari as well as two other detainees, including a Syrian.

Following weeks of interrogation about their suspicious presence in Lebanon, the three confessed to being tasked with setting up Qaida branch in Lebanon, according to al-Rai.

It said the three made their way into Lebanon via land with forged Arab passports.

Al Rai said Dousari had been sentenced in Kuwait to seven years in prison, but managed to escape to Iran.

Dousari was in charge of providing logistical support for Qaida in Jordan, Syria, Kuwait, Iraq and Saudi Arabia, according to the report by the Kuwaiti paper.