17/08/2010 A Lebanese military court on Tuesday sentenced two citizens to death on charges of spying for Israel's Mossad, a judicial source said.
"Military court chief General Nizar Khalil sentenced Oussama Mohammed Ali Berri, from the southern town of Tebnin, to death for contacting Israeli intelligence and providing information that facilitated Israeli attacks on Lebanon," the source told AFP.
Khalil also sentenced Antoine Salim Atmeh to death "for entering the occupied territories, working with Israeli intelligence and convincing Berri to collaborate with Israel," the source said.
Berri is in custody, but Atmeh remains at large and was sentenced in absentia.
More than 100 people have been arrested on suspicion of spying for the enemy since April 2009, including members of the security forces and telecom employees.
Tuesday's sentence brings to five the number of men sentenced to death since 2009, including one found guilty of aiding Israel during its devastating 2006 war against Lebanon.
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"Military court chief General Nizar Khalil sentenced Oussama Mohammed Ali Berri, from the southern town of Tebnin, to death for contacting Israeli intelligence and providing information that facilitated Israeli attacks on Lebanon," the source told AFP.
Khalil also sentenced Antoine Salim Atmeh to death "for entering the occupied territories, working with Israeli intelligence and convincing Berri to collaborate with Israel," the source said.
Berri is in custody, but Atmeh remains at large and was sentenced in absentia.
More than 100 people have been arrested on suspicion of spying for the enemy since April 2009, including members of the security forces and telecom employees.
Tuesday's sentence brings to five the number of men sentenced to death since 2009, including one found guilty of aiding Israel during its devastating 2006 war against Lebanon.
River to Sea
Uprooted Palestinian
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