BEIRUT, July 22 (Xinhua) -- The Lebanese military prosecutor charged Wednesday 17 suspects with plotting to attack the Lebanese army and UN Interim Forces in Lebanon (UNIFIL), local media reported.
"The network is charged with monitoring the Lebanese army and UNIFIL in order to carry out attacks on them," the Lebanese official National News Agency said, adding that the 17 suspects are affiliated to a terrorist organization led by a Syrian.
The Lebanese army said on Tuesday it has arrested a 10-member fundamentalist network that was planning to carry out attacks against UN troops and to smuggle wanted terrorists out of the southern Palestinian refugee camp of Ain El-Helweh for attacks inside and outside Lebanon.
Some of the suspects were employed in private companies in Lebanon and used their jobs to cover operations, said the army.
"This is an issue that the Lebanese army and Lebanese authorities are addressing," said UNIFIL spokeswoman Yasmina Bouziane, adding "it is a matter in the hands of the Lebanese authorities."
Tensions increased between residents in south Lebanon and UNIFIL after a fist fighting occurred between them, resulting in slight injuring of 14 peacekeepers, when they were searching a building suspected of hiding unauthorized arms.
However, Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, an ally of Shiite military and political group Hezbollah, said on Wednesday that the incident was "a misunderstanding which was resolved and forgotten."
Military sources have said that the Lebanese army uncovered since early 2009 six fundamentalist groups linking to al-Qaida.
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