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A judicial source warned that recent arrests of Naim Abbas and other al Qaeda-linked terrorists have not eliminated the "dozens of ... groups created by Al Qaeda and its offshoots, such as the Abdullah Azzam Brigades, the Nusrah Front, and the Jammal Jarrah Brigades." Authorities charged Nawaf al-Hussein with involvement in the Haret Hreik suicide attacks and membership in the Abdullah Azzam Brigades and al Qaeda, and issued an arrest warrant for suspected terrorist Mohammad Azzouz. A businessman was kidnapped in the Bekaa valley. Extremist cleric Abu Qatada said he supports the al Qaeda-linked bombings in Beirut.