The General Security Department detained a Jordanian called
Abdulmalek Mohammed Youssef Othman Abdulsalam, who is linked to al-Qaida, the
pan-Arab daily al-Hayat reported on Monday.
Abdulsalam was extradited by the Iranian authorities to Syria in
the past few months, and then he entered Lebanon and was arrested when he was
on his way to the Rafik Hariri International Airport.
According to the daily, the Jordanian man plays a logistic role in
al-Qaida and admitted that he received money from several figures in Qatar,
Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates.
Abdulsalam said that he had received $20 million from a Qatari
Sheikh from al-Atiyah family, who underwent a kidney transplant in Lebanon a
few weeks ago and was spending his recovery period at a well-known hotel in
Beirut.
The Qatari Sheikh was detained and transferred to al-Hayat
hospital under tight security measures.
Investigations revealed that Abdulsalam had continuous contacts
with al-Qaida-linked figures in Afghanistan.
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