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WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace at any cost is a Prelude to War! Lebanese Christians charged with contacting Israel By The Associated Press BEIRUT, Lebanon - A military prosecutor today charged three Lebanese Christians with contacting Israel and meeting officials from the Jewish state, crimes punishable by death. Military prosecutor Abdullah al-Haj also charged the men with harming Lebanon's relations with Syria. Those charged were journalist Antoine Bassil; a senior official of the disband Lebanese Forces group, Toufic Hindy; and Ghassan Touma, one of the group's security chiefs during Lebanon's 1975-90 civil war. The Lebanese Forces was banned in 1994 and its leader Samir Geagea has been in jail since for killing political enemies. Bassil and Hindy were arrested in a two-week security crackdown in August that netted about 250 Christian activists opposed to Syria's 25,000 troops in Lebanon. Touma remains at large and is believed to be living in the United States. The three are expected to be referred to a military court. No trial date has been set. Al-Haj said Hindy had resumed contacts with Israel in 1995 and since then met several Israeli officials. Al-Haj said Bassil had arranged the meetings, some of which Touma had attended. Among the Israeli officials who Hindy and Touma met was Uri Lubrani, the Israeli government coordinator for south Lebanon during Israel's 18-year occupation, court documents said. Habib Younis, a senior editor at the Beirut bureau of the London-based and Saudi-owned Al Hayat, is also under detention and was similarly charged in August. Authorities said that Bassil had worked for Middle East Television, which was run by the South Lebanon Army, the pro-Israeli militia that aided Israeli occupation troops in southern Lebanon until they withdrew last year. While Lebanon considers itself at war with Israel and bans any contact with it, it is closely allied with Arab neighbor Syria, the main power-broker in Lebanon. Some Christian opposition leaders strongly oppose Syria's military and political influence in Lebanon. *COPYRIGHT NOTICE** In accordance with Title 17 U. S. C. Section 107, any copyrighted work in this message is distributed under fair use without profit or payment to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for nonprofit research and educational purposes only.[Ref. http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml ] Want to be on our lists? Write at [EMAIL PROTECTED] for a menu of our lists! Write to same address to be off lists! <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
