Majdel Anjar detainees speak of prison abuse
5th Sep 2005, 16:56 GMT
Iraq, jihad and Ismail al-Khatib, is the thread that united all ten former detainees of Majdel Anjar. In 2004, 11 residents of the Bekaa town of Majdel Anjar were arrested by Interior Ministry forces, accused of having links to Al-Qaeda, fomenting terrorism in Lebanon and participating in the insurrection against U.S. forces in Iraq.
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