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Hizbullah agent arrested on way to attack Israeli targets

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Monday, December 4, 2000

LONDON — A Hizbullah agent has been arrested in Paraguay on his way to bomb Israeli targets.

Reports from the capital of Asuncion said Paraguay's counterterrorism agency arrested last week Salah Yassin. Yassin, a Lebanese national, was identified as an agent of the Hizbullah as well as the nephew of Hamas leader Ahmed Yassin.

Yassin was said to have planned attacks against Israeli installations, including the embassy in Asuncion.

The reports said Yassin was arrested on Thursday in the area near the border with Argentina and Brazil. They said Yassin also worked for Hamas and Islamic Jihad.

Earlier this year, another Hizbullah squad was reported to have been arrested in the tri-border area. The squad was linked to the bombings of the Israeli embassy and Jewish community center in Buenos Aires in the early 1990s.

Monday, December 4, 2000


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