Lebanon says arrested suspect in New York plot

BEIRUT, July 7 (Reuters) Lebanese intelligence authorities have arrested a suspect involved in a plot to bomb a tunnel in New York, government and political sources said today.

''Lebanese security authorities have arrested Amir al-Andalousi who is a suspect in a plot to bomb a tunnel in New York,'' a government source told Reuters.

Another political source said the suspect was part of a group believed to be linked with al Qaeda and was arrested by the intelligence department of the Lebanese Internal Security Forces.

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