BEIRUT, Dec. 29, 2009 (Xinhua News Agency) -- Al-Qaida militants are plotting terrorist attacks against state institutions and foreign missions in Lebanon, local An Nahar daily reported on Tuesday.
The newspaper quoted a well-informed security source as saying that Lebanese security agencies have received information about the infiltration of al-Qaida militants into the country from Pakistan via Turkey, Greece and the Lebanese-Syrian border.
The militants are seeking refuge in Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon, the source said.
The al-Qaida militants are masterminding the attacks in coordination with Fatah al-Islam and wanted Palestinian fighter Abdel Rahman Awad, according to the report.
The al-Qaida members are also training other militants in the refugee camp of Ain el-Hilweh, near southwest Lebanese city of Saida, to carry out attacks against UN Interim Forces in Lebanon stationed in south Lebanon, the source added.
As an al-Qaida-inspired militia, Fatah al-Islam fought fierce battles with the Lebanese army at Nahr al-Bared camp in northern Lebanon in 2007.
