Lebanon Hands Over 6 Alleged Terrorists to Saudi Arabia
The Lebanese judiciary handed over to Saudi Arabia six Saudis allegedly involved in terrorist activities in Lebanon, the pan-Arab daily al-Hayat reported Friday.
The newspaper quoted informed sources as saying that the six men belong to the al-Qaida terror network and Fatah al-Islam group which fought bloody gunbattles with the Lebanese army at the northern Palestinian refugee camp of Nahr al-Bared in 2007.
The sources told the newspaper that Saudi authorities have sent a letter to Lebanon requesting it to hand over the alleged terrorists. They said Riyadh pledged to return the men to Lebanon within a period of 15 days.
Al-Hayat said that a private jet took the suspects to the kingdom.
Meanwhile, military examining magistrate Fadi Sawan questioned the 10 Fatah al-Islam suspects who have been charged with belonging to a terrorist group.
Sawan questioned Fatah al-Islam member Fadi Ibrahim, known as Sikamo, for four hours and issued an arrest warrant against him. Sikamo received a second arrest warrant for monitoring UNIFIL activities and Palestinian organizations to shake security inside the Bourj al-Shamali refugee camp and planting a grenade in it.