Lebanon Detains 9 for Beirut Bombings

Lebanese security forces have detained nine people, mostly Syrians, suspected of involvement in planning terrorist attacks, including a twin bombing last week, and smuggling extremists into the country.   Interior Minister Nohad Machnouk announced the arrests Sunday, three days after a twin suicide attack in a southern Beirut suburb killed 43 people and wounded more than 200. "So far, the detained include seven Syrians and two Lebanese, one of them a [would-be] suicide bomber...

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