Report: Hezbollah probing al-Qaida actions
The militant Hezbollah group in Lebanon is investigating activities of al-Qaida cells in the country, Beirut's As-Safir newspaper said Thursday.
The report said Hezbollah security officials suspect al-Qaida made a failed assassination attempt last summer against Hezbollah Secretary-General Sheik Hassan Nasrallah and several al-Qaida members arrested said they had fired rockets into Israel.
The Arab-language newspaper said Lebanese security officials identified three al-Qaida cells operating in southern Lebanon and had seized explosives and 150 pounds of cyanide and other chemicals.
Other intelligence said al-Qaida members planned to attack U.N. peacekeepers to make it look like Hezbollah activity, Ynetnews.com said.
Both al-Qaida and Hezbollah are considered terrorist groups by the majority of Western countries. // Copyright 2007 by United Press International
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