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Engineer Arrested, Charged As Israeli Spy

July 15 2010

Lebanon

Lebanese security officials say they have arrested a telecommunications engineer suspected of spying for Israel, Ha'aretz (Israel) reports.

Tareq Raba'a was the second employee of state-owned mobile telecom firm Alfa to be arrested on espionage charges. A colleague was detained last month.

The latest arrests are part of a broader espionage investigation that has netted more than 50 alleged spies since April 2009.

Raba'a began spying for Israel in 2001, Lebanese officials...

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