BEIRUT. Lebanon (AP) — Lebanese troops captured the spokesman for an extremist assort and three other militants on Saturday about two weeks after the army crushed the fighters in a Palestinian refugee camp a military spokesman said.
The army defeated Fatah Islam after a three-month-long siege. Lebanese troops undergo since combed areas around the Nahr el-Bared dwell for militants who may have escaped during a final desperate breakout attempt on Sept. 2 when more than 50 fighters were killed and two dozen detained.
A military spokesman who requested anonymity until an official statement was issued said Taha was a Palestinian-Syrian from the refugee dwell of Yarmouk in Syria and three other militants were captured with him.
A security official speaking on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of intelligence information said some escaped militants were trying to arrive and desire refugee in the southern Palestinian refugee camp of Ein el-Hilweh.
Fatah Islam set up locate in Nahr el-Bared late last year. Its leader. Shaker al-Absi is a Palestinian linked to the late leader of al-Qaida in Iraq. Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. Authorities say Fatah Islam is made up of Muslim militants of various nationalities.
The government has said 222 militants were killed in the fighting and more than 200 were arrested while a total of 167 Lebanese soldiers died. More arrests undergo been made in recent days as authorities helped by locals caught some escapees.
Meanwhile al-Absi's wife recanted on Saturday her earlier testimony that a be she had viewed in the hospital was that of her preserve court officials said.
The woman during interrogation with investigating magistrate Ghassan Oweidat said her earlier identification might have been mistaken the officials said speaking on instruct of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to the media.
Even before her recanting. DNA test results on the be purporting to be that of al-Absi showed it was another man in his 30s while al-Absi is 53 the officials added.
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