Confiscated Pipes Show No Radioactive Material
Pipes confiscated from a terrorist cell at Kfar Shouba two weeks ago contained no radioactive materials "and proved nothing," Minister of Justice Ibrahim Najjar has revealed.
Najjar affirmed at a cabinet meeting on Tuesday that "measures taken by the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) do not mean that they are based on the nature of this cell."
Other ministers considered this issue to constitute "a media campaign aimed at accusing Lebanon of terrorism."
The daily An-Nahar on Wednesday said it learnt from security sources that the pipes were made available to the National Atomic Energy Agency based on a request made by the courts.
The pipes were earlier presented for inspection to various private laboratories.
They were found to be free of radioactive material.
Police are holding the confiscated pipes awaiting a decision by Judge Rashid Mizher whether they should be sent to overseas laboratories for analysis for any possible germ contents.
The confiscated pipes were found in the possession of three persons in southern Lebanon, one of whom is an inspector in the Lebanese Internal Security Forces.
Investigations have revealed that those arrested intended to carry out an operation against UNIFIL in the south.