Lebanese militant group issues statement
An al-Qaeda-linked Lebanese group said its fugitive leader may have been detained or killed in Syria, according to a statement posted on an Islamic militant Web site Tuesday.
In the statement purportedly by Fatah Islam, the group said its leader, Shaker al-Absi, fled Lebanon in 2007 and went to Syria, where he was ambushed by Syrian security forces. They say al-Absi is a Palestinian linked to the late leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq. He was sentenced to death in absentia in Jordan for his involvement in the 2002 murder of US diplomat Laurence Foley in Amman. (AP)
