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del.icio.us Digg It!  new Last update - 20:22 11/10/2007 Israeli in Lebanon under investigation in muder case and on espionage charges By Yoav Stern, Haaretz Correspondent and News Agencies A dual citizen of Israel and Germany has been arrested in Lebanon on charges of espionage, a Lebanese judicial source said on Saturday. Security officials said the man, Daniel Sharon, has been handed over to military intelligence for questioning. According to Lebanese publication Al-Akhbar Wa-Sapir, Sharon was arrested on Thursday during an investigation into the murder of a Lebanese citizen. Advertisement During questioning, it emerged that Sharon had visited Lebanon 11 times on his German passport over the last two years. He denied allegations he was on an espionage mission and said he was in Lebanon for leisure purposes, according to the source. Media reports said that police in the Merje area, a hotbed of the Lebanese Shiite Hezbollah movement in Beirut's southern suburbs, were investigating the killing of Moussa al-Shalaani when the probe led them to Sharon. Al-Shalaani had been shot with a gun belonging to a security officer who had been his roommate. The roommate was summoned for questioning, and maintained that he had lost his gun. The roommate also said that during the time of the murder, he had been with his German friend who was residing at the Four Points Sheraton hotel in Beirut's luxurious Verdun neighbourhood. A hotel employee told the police that Sharon had paid him to not write his full name on any documents. "His conflicting testimonies led the authorities to arrest him, and further investigations are underway in a murder case and espionage," the judicial source said. "He is denying charges of espionage and insists that he is gay and he likes to have sexual relations with Lebanese men and that is why his visits to Lebanon were frequent," the source said. "But further investigations into the case showed that Sharon had a friend in the Lebanese security offices who used to facilitate his entries to Lebanon and with the help of a hotel clerk he managed to hide his real name," the source added. A Lebanese security agent was also held for questioning about his relations with the Israeli man after the two maintained contacts through the Internet, said officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to the media. Lebanon forbids any contacts or dealings with Israel. Lebanon's General Prosecutor Saeed Mirza said investigations were underway into how the story was leaked to the press. During questioning, it emerged that Sharon is well-versed regarding Lebanon, speaks Arabic well and knows how to use he language's many idioms. According to reports, Sharon learned Arabic in the United Arab Emirates from a teacher of Bahraini citizenship. The Lebanese media reported that Sharon kept his cool during questioning and denied accusations that he was a spy. The media also reported that Sharon had visited Lebanon 11 times since 2005, once immediately prior to the Second Lebanon War with Israel last summer. His last visit was four days prior to his arrest, and he was scheduled to leave on the day of his arrest. It later emerged that Sharon had sent his security officer friend on trips abroad on several occasions, and in exchange the man helped Sharon within Lebanon Bookmark to del.icio.us Bad publicity Tiv Taam is fighting for public opinion in order to counter a consumer affairs T.V. show. The biggest stage For the first time in its history, Maccabi Tel Aviv will play against the New York Knicks.   1.   Hello, Hello whats this now 12:02  |  MA 22/09/07   2.   Free pass for Jews 12:28  |  Natallie Durson 22/09/07   3.   See if his movements 12:30  |  Chris Linthwaite 22/09/07   4.   innocent until proven guilty? 12:40  |  abuali 22/09/07   5.   Ghanem`s assassination 12:49  |  Dav 22/09/07   6.   FREE HIM AND END THE BAN ON ISRAEL IN LEBANON 12:51  |  s 22/09/07   7.   MA 12:59  |  cia 22/09/07   8.   No peace and quiet around here.... 13:04  |  Esther 22/09/07   9.   He Loves Lebanon 13:20  |  Mary 22/09/07   10.   Loyalto towards whom? 13:22  |  Daniel 22/09/07   11.   S 6 Israel moves freely though Lebanon any time it wants 13:40  |  Michael 22/09/07   12.   Holiday In Beirut ! 13:59  |  nathan 22/09/07   13.   To Natalie 14:04  |  Alex 22/09/07   14.   To Chris 14:11  |  Alex 22/09/07   15.   Nasrallah 14:11  |  Nadim Jeb 22/09/07   16.   daniel 14:15  |  realism 22/09/07   17.   "Natallie Durson", Los Angeles, California 14:19  |  John Stewart 22/09/07   18.   Is Israel behind recent political murders in Lebanon!! 14:42  |  Moise 22/09/07   19.   Here is our suspect... 14:45  |  mich 22/09/07   20.   German-Israeli citizen? 14:45  |  mu 22/09/07   21.   German-Israeli citizen? 14:47  |  Murray of Montreal 22/09/07   22.   Beirut is gorgeous 14:54  |  Israeli 22/09/07   23.   Anti-Semetism 14:56  |  Tony Simmons 22/09/07   24.   He is a Mosad agent with a recruitment mission 15:23  |  Lebanese 22/09/07   25.   IT PROVES ISRAEL BEHIND LEBANON ASSASSINATIONS 15:28  |  ME Observer 22/09/07   26.   maybe he loves life 15:29  |  hmm 22/09/07   27.   Is this a joke? 15:36  |  Ian Robertson 22/09/07   28.   Daniel Sharon 15:39  |  Thank you Mich 22/09/07   29.   ANTI_SIMMONSISM 15:40  |  Brant 22/09/07   30.   spy arrested in beirut 15:41  |  J. B. 22/09/07   31.   #15 nadin web 15:45  |  J. B. 22/09/07   32.   Chris L, now you are a Rabbi!? 15:52  |  Maven 22/09/07   33.   Spy 15:57  |  Matthew 22/09/07   34.   He is not German... his passport is fake 16:02  |  TrippleJump 22/09/07   35.   leb 16:04  |  louis 22/09/07   36.   Sure, because spies have to pay hotel clerks to hide their names! 16:05  |  McQueen 22/09/07   37.   Any Spy named Sharon would be an idiot going to Lebanon!!! 16:10  |  Ronnie Wolman 22/09/07   38.   no doubt woody allen is involved ! 16:14  |  victor hardman 22/09/07   39.   Is this a joke? 16:22  |  Palestinian Brit 22/09/07   40.   Being Jewish is enough....32 16:25  |  Palestinian Brit 22/09/07   41.   To Natallie Durson # 2 16:36  |  Natasha 22/09/07   42.   Matthew...you are the bigot 16:43  |  Riad Elsolh Hamad 22/09/07   43.   #32 Maven 16:55  |  chris Linthwaite 22/09/07   44.   The gay spy 16:56  |  Major R 22/09/07   45.   How did the press get this info? 17:07  |  Mary 22/09/07   46.   To Thank you Mich # 28 - Daniel Sharon 17:09  |  Dagma 22/09/07   47.   Sharon was born in 1975 17:15  |  Karim Haddad 22/09/07   48.   FREE HIM FOR KUNTAR!!!!! 17:16  |  ALEX 22/09/07   49.   FREE HIM FOR KUNTAR!!!!! 17:16  |  ALEX 22/09/07   50.   # 33 Mathew 17:17  |  Lebanese 22/09/07   51.   all the crimes lead to Tel aviv !! 17:28  |  Moise 22/09/07   52.   I feel sorry for this guy 17:32  |  Neddy 22/09/07   53.   #26 hmm "maybe he loves life" 17:44  |  Dav 22/09/07   54.   Murray is Right-Mossad Undercover Don`t Carry Israeli Passports 17:44  |  Michael 22/09/07   55.   Chris Linthwaite 17:54  |  ChanahS 22/09/07   56.   Bad Move 17:58  |  ? 22/09/07   57.   Pity the fool and pardon my sarcasm 18:13  |  Nizo the Palestinian 22/09/07   58.   Lebanon gay capital of the world? 18:25  |  gayman 22/09/07   59.   Michael 18:29  |  Israeli 22/09/07   60.   It needs alot to send a SHARON to a arab country 18:43  |  Arie 22/09/07   61.   Back to Germany 18:44  |  Lebanese 22/09/07   62.   This guy is in trouble 18:52  |  PS 22/09/07   63.   To All You Knuckleheads 19:01  |  Eli 22/09/07   64.   cia 19:21  |  MA 22/09/07   65.   I`m not so sure 19:33  |  Ben Alofs 22/09/07   66.   German JEW! 19:40  |  Kapo 22/09/07   67.   When in Beirut be sure to visit Beit al-Anqabut 19:53  |  Ben Alofs 22/09/07   68.   #63 eli 20:09  |  wh 22/09/07   69.   Nasrallah 20:17  |  S.S. 22/09/07   70.   # 67 Kapo 20:26  |  Lebanese 22/09/07   71.   I`m lebanese and I must admit, my people are animals 21:08  |  True Lebanese 22/09/07   72.   #1, MA 21:13  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 22/09/07   73.   #63 Eli of California 21:31  |  Chris Linthwaite 22/09/07   74.   Definitely a Spy 21:35  |  Dan 22/09/07   75.   Ben Alofs lives in a world of denial 22:08  |  Danite 22/09/07   76.   #61, yeh maybe you need to get a better job 22:18  |  Israeli 22/09/07   77.   #67 they used to have a much better one in Baalbeck 22:24  |  Danny - Israeli one 22/09/07   78.   Moise 22:32  |  Connie 22/09/07   79.   To #71 True Lebanese 22:39  |  Real Lebanese 22/09/07   80.   #11 Michael - They did the right thing 22:45  |  Yonatan 22/09/07   81.   abuali #4 22:47  |  Veritas 22/09/07   82.   True Lebanese/Jew 22:52  |  Walid 22/09/07   83.   17# John Stewart thats the problem 23:00  |  Alon Fisher 22/09/07   84.   ME OBSERVER IS A HEZZBOLLAH PROVACATEUR!!! 23:02  |  Alon Fisher 22/09/07   85.   karim so they arrested him for being ?????? 23:07  |  YMCA 22/09/07   86.   Chris Lintwit 23:14  |  Alon Fisher 22/09/07   87.   Jew 23:16  |  Walid 22/09/07   88.   #42 Arab Lies about Jewish refugees from Arab lands 23:18  |  Laila 22/09/07   89.   Gay and Jewish in an Arab country 23:23  |  Fortunee 22/09/07   90.   Leave the guy alone 23:33  |  Matt 22/09/07   91.   Veritas 23:33  |  Walid 22/09/07   92.   name is : 23:35  |  matt 22/09/07   93.   #79, Alon Fisher, you are correct 23:40  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 22/09/07   94.   Hey Natallie Durson 23:41  |  Jewish State 22/09/07   95.   ME Observer # 25 23:49  |  Philippe 22/09/07   96.   Alex # 48 23:51  |  Philippe 22/09/07   97.   Riad Elsolh Hamad 23:57  |  Philippe 22/09/07   98.   doesn`t look good 00:38  |  khairi janbek 23/09/07   99.   To YMCA: Not because he was Gay 00:43  |  Karim Haddad 23/09/07   100.   Alon Fisher 00:46  |  ChanahS 23/09/07   101.   #77 What the hell are you talking about? 00:49  |  Genuine Loubnani 23/09/07   102.   How to look like a spy 00:57  |  Mark Lincoln 23/09/07   103.   Interesting Surname - `Sharon.` 01:06  |  Maureen Ann 23/09/07   104.   Laila, Its absolutly true! zionists made Arab jews leave 01:17  |  Moise 23/09/07   105.   # 14 Alex..So called Chris`is an erswhile Jew.A HOOT AIN`T IT?.. 01:17  |  KATH` 23/09/07   106.   # 84 Alon Fisher.C.Lintwit,is an erswhile Jew.Just That Simple.. 01:29  |  KATH` 23/09/07   107.   007 - I think not 01:39  |  Alan 23/09/07   108.   Daniel Sharon : A spy or not?? 02:05  |  Joseph (Lebanese) 23/09/07   109.   #105/106 Kath. What is to forgive re Chris Linthwaite? 02:12  |  Maureen Ann 23/09/07   110.   #75 Danite 02:17  |  Ben Alofs 23/09/07   111.   #77 Danny - Israeli one 02:40  |  Ben Alofs 23/09/07   112.   re brant 02:59  |  Billy Jack 23/09/07   113.   Chris Linthwaite #73 _ This Has Nothing To Do With Israel 03:01  |  Eli 23/09/07   114.   Ben Alofs # 111 re Two Headed Anti Tank Weapons 03:19  |  Eli 23/09/07   115.   Maureen Bum, Your sins against Aborigines, much more interesting 03:47  |  Genuine Tosefta 23/09/07   116.   Sharon in Lebanon 03:57  |  Samir 23/09/07   117.   He converted to Islam 11 yrs ago 04:04  |  Nora 23/09/07   118.   Yeah - Lebanese men and woman are gorgeous 04:29  |  Mike 23/09/07   119.   mosad 04:37  |  jp 23/09/07   120.   Ben Alofs 04:39  |  Danite 23/09/07   121.   is osaka exist on another planet ? 04:57  |  gaberial 23/09/07   122.   #109 My correction. 05:02  |  Maureen Ann 23/09/07   123.   #115 Genuine fake Tosefta. 05:09  |  Maureen Ann 23/09/07   124.   for those talking about anti semitism and discrimination 05:12  |  sinalco 23/09/07   125.   to#85 gayland man 05:22  |  sinalco 23/09/07   126.   This guy must be an idiot 05:26  |  Nov 23/09/07   127.   So Mike in Sydney... 05:34  |  David James Vickery 23/09/07   128.   ME Observer#25 - it really proves nothing 05:59  |  William 23/09/07   129.   Maureen Bum is morally bankrupt as well. Long live Aborigistine! 06:10  |  Genuine Tosefta 23/09/07   130.   #114 Eli, visit the Miracle Tree in Bint Jbeil 06:13  |  Ben Alofs 23/09/07   131.   It looks that this is quite a dumb spy. Can this be Mossad work? 06:25  |  Loubnani 23/09/07   132.   This article is another comic Haaretz scam 06:46  |  Jake 23/09/07   133.   Haaretz doesn`t even take a break from its lies on Yom Kippur 06:48  |  Jake 23/09/07   134.   #3 - Chris 10:32  |  JES 23/09/07   135.   #19 - Right Mich 10:36  |  JES 23/09/07   136.   Who are his lovers? 10:59  |  Seniorita 23/09/07   137.   Daniel is an Israeli Moslem 11:34  |  Israeli 23/09/07   138.   Hysterical responses 14:16  |  Slibovitz 23/09/07   139.   Free him for Kuntar , to Alex 20:04  |  Anne 23/09/07   140.   He also converted to Islam! 21:52  |  Someobody 23/09/07

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