LEBANON: COLONEL GETS DEATH PENALTY FOR SPYING FOR ISRAEL
May 7, 2010: the Beirut Military Tribunal in Lebanon sentenced a Lebanese Army lieutenant colonel to death for collaborating with Israel during the 2006 July war. Military Investigative Magistrate Riyad Abu-Ghayda also found Lieutenant-Colonel Ghazwan Chahine guilty of possessing illegal arms and explosives, and confidential military documents. (Sources: BBC, 08/05/2010)
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