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Hezbollah boosting ties to al-Qaida claim
By Martin Sieff Dec 7, 2005, 1:03 GMT
WASHINGTON, DC, United States (UPI) -- Lebanon and Israel may be facing the prospect of massively increased terror attack threats.
New reports claim that al-Qaida has set up an organizing center in Lebanon and that Iran has boosted its ties to West Bank Palestinian militants, especially Islamic Jihad, who have launched a new suicide bomber campaign against Israel.
The Lebanese Shiite weekly Shiraa, which opposes the Iranian-backed Hezbollah, or Party of God, is claiming this week that al-Qaida has already set up an operational command base in the country.
It also claims that Imad Mughniyeh, the prominent Hezbollah leader, is representing al-Qaida in talks with potential sympathetic Palestinian leaders in the south of the country.
Al-Shiraa said Mughniyeh also met with Jemal Suleiman, head of the Palestinian Ansar Allah, and with Abu Mahujayn, Shehada Jawahr and Khaled Safayn, who lead Palestinian militias in the Bureij camp.
The report follows other indications of growing al-Qaida influence in Lebanon.
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Date: 7, December 05, at 9:44 a.m.
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