Judge Sawan interrogates Fatah al-Islam detainees

BEIRUT: Military Examining Magistrate Fadi Sawwan on Tuesday interrogated five Fatah al-Islam militants accused of planning terrorist activities and manufacturing explosives in south Lebanon, the National News Agency (NNA) reported on Tuesday. Sawwan formally arrested the five, the report added. NNA said the five terrorists were seized in south Lebanon for belonging to an armed organization and planning to carry out terrorist activities and making bombs. Sawan also issued arrest warrants against Palestinian national Ali al-Far and Wissam Thaybish for the same crimes. Authorities will question Thaybish on Wednesday about his possible involvement in the 1999 assassination of four Lebanese judges at Sidon’s Justice Palace.