Security forces arrested three Lebanese and two Palestinians suspected of involvement in the IED attack that wounded six Italian peacekeepers. An al Qaeda-linked Salafist group, presumably Fatah al Islam, is thought to have executed the attack. Italy may reduce its peacekeeping contingent by one-third, from 1,780 to 1,100 troops.
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