Report: Hezbollah detainees say were surveilling northern area to protect Shiite towns from attack
The five detainees belonging to Hezbollah who were arrested between the highlands of Bsharri and Batroun confessed during interrogation that they were conducting a preemptive reconnaissance -- or something akin to a drill -- to determine how to protect Shiite towns within districts with a non-Shiite majority in the event of any internal confrontation, MTV reported.
The apprehended group had previously conducted similar reconnaissance in other areas, the TV network added.
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