A judicial source warned that recent arrests of Naim Abbas and other al Qaeda-linked terrorists have not eliminated the “dozens of … groups created by Al Qaeda and its offshoots, such as the Abdullah Azzam Brigades, the Nusrah Front, and the Jammal Jarrah Brigades.” Authorities charged Nawaf al-Hussein with involvement in the Haret Hreik suicide attacks and membership in the Abdullah Azzam Brigades and al Qaeda, and issued an arrest warrant for suspected terrorist Mohammad Azzouz. A businessman was kidnapped in the Bekaa valley. Extremist cleric Abu Qatada said he supports the al Qaeda-linked bombings in Beirut.
