A Lebanese man with a suitcase of explosives, possibly to carry out a suicide attack, was arrested outside the U.S. Embassy in Lebanon on Wednesday. A second man, a Palestinian taxi driver, was arrested as a possible accomplice. The Lebanese man was seeking to enter the embassy when he was stopped by soldiers at an army checkpoint about 500 yards from the compound, a senior Lebanese security official said. The U.S. Embassy official confirmed that a man with “a suspicious package” was arrested when he tried to enter the embassy. The man, identified as Abed Mreish, was carrying more than two pounds of explosives in a small suitcase, the Lebanese official told The Associated Press on condition of anonymity. Full Story
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