Posted on 05/19/2003 9:35:31 AM PDT by knighthawk
Lebanon has charged six more people with belonging to a group blamed for a string of bomb attacks against Western fast-food outlets, judicial and security sources said Saturday.
Lebanese officials have blamed the network for a bomb spree targeting fast-food restaurants including McDonald’s and Pizza Hut, and say some members also plotted to kill US Ambassador Vincent Battle.
The six men, including one handed over to Lebanon by Syria, are charged with “belonging to a terrorist group.”
Lebanon said on Thursday it had foiled a separate plot to attack the US Embassy and kidnap officials to bargain for the release of militants jailed for an Islamist uprising in 2000.
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