Residents of Tripoli celebrated on Sunday after the Lebanese Army cleared the streets of Islamic militant fighters, 17 of whom were killed. Adel Karroum/European Pressphoto AgencyFrom The Daily Star:
BEIRUT: The Lebanese army has uncovered 25 cells spying for the Israeli Mossad and arrested since early 2009 six networks belonging to Al-Qaeda, high-ranking military sources told An-Nahar newspaper in comments published on Friday. The sources said that the army arrested in the past few days a three-member network which is seen as playing a very important role in intelligence gathering and cooperating with Israel.
"The spy ring could be the most dangerous of all networks given its use of highly developed security techniques," the source told An-Nahar.
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My Comment: Battles between the Lebanese Army and extremist Islamic groups is well know, but the fact that the the Lebanese Army has been spectacularly successful in destroying Israel's intelligence operations in Lebanon .... now that is a surprise.
My gut tells me that if this story is true, there must be more to this story than what is being reported on. An inside mole? U.S. help? .... I do not know, but there must be more to this story than what is being reported on.