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Guerrillas fight Lebanese Army

Z Press Association—Copyrtgh

BEIRUT, December 10.

Sporadic fighting broke out for the second consecutive day between Palestinian guerrillas and /Xrmy troops in the Arkoub section of south Lebanon yesterday, a guerrilla spokesman said, United Press International reported.

One guerrilla was killed in the fighting, which came after an eight-hour battle the previous day between the two sides, the spokesman said.

The fighting came soon after newspaper reports said the Palestinian guerrillas had pulled out of southern Lebanon at the request of military commanders in the region.

In Israel security forces in a pre-dawn swoop today arrested three Arabs suspec-

ted of belonging to a Syriansponsored spy and sabotage ring which worked out of a Haifa bookshop before being smashed last week. A spokesman for the northern district police said the three were all Arabs from villages in the Galilee area, but did not release their names.

Today’s arrests bring to 21 the total number of people under detention in the case, at least four of whom are Jews.

They were drawn to the spy ring out of a belief in the revolutionary overthrow of the present system of Government in Israel, police sources said. All the others were Arabs.

Three Arabs detained last week on suspicion of belong-

ling to the network have since: been released because of lack of evidence against them, but more arrests are expec-i ted.

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Press, Volume CXII, Issue 33096, 11 December 1972, Page 17

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Guerrillas fight Lebanese Army Press, Volume CXII, Issue 33096, 11 December 1972, Page 17

Guerrillas fight Lebanese Army Press, Volume CXII, Issue 33096, 11 December 1972, Page 17