Roumieh prison guards
have thwarted an attempt by two former inmates to help a dangerous Fatah
al-Islam militant flee, the National News Agency reported on Saturday.
Palestinians Wassim
Qumboz and Mahmoud Abdul Qader were meeting with Yemeni Salim Saleh during
visiting hours on Friday when a guard noticed they were carrying a fake
identity card with Saleh’s photograph on it, NNA said.
Saleh, also known as Abu
Turab, was immediately taken to another cell and the two Palestinians were
arrested for questioning, it said.
According to the agency,
Qumboz and Abdul Qader, who were former inmates in the same prison, admitted to
faking an ID to help Saleh escape by claiming he is a visitor.
The security forces are
also questioning them to find out how they were communicating with the prisoner
and whether they were plotting for the escape of other Fatah al-Islam
militants.
The Nahr al-Bared
Palestinian refugee camp in northern Lebanon was almost totally destroyed in
2007 during a months-long conflict between the Lebanese military and the
al-Qaida-inspired Fatah al-Islam.
The fighting killed some
400 people, including 168 soldiers.http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/51228
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