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March 4, 2011

The Daily Star - Dentist, brother charged with spying for Israel - March 4, 2011

BEIRUT: The government commissioner at the Military Tribunal issued formal charges Thursday against a dentist and his brother for collaborating with Israel. Judge Saqr Saqr charged Farouq Choucair, who is currently in custody, with collaborating with Israel in return for money from 2004, in agreement with his brother Zuheir. Zuheir, who was charged in absentia, was a member of the disbanded South Lebanon Army militia, which fought alongside Israel in south Lebanon before its withdrawal in May 2000, and currently resides in Israel. Choucair was accused of providing Israel with information about the locations and houses of Hezbollah, Amal and Lebanese Army officials, some of which were bombarded during Israel’s summer 2006 war against Lebanon. The charges were made based on penal code articles that could carry the death penalty. Saqr transferred Choucair to First Military Investigative Judge Riad Abu Ghaida, who will interrogate him. –The Daily Star
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