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at a military tribunal in Lebanon, Military Investigative Judge Fadi Swan sentenced merchant Bassam Abu Jawdeh to death for spying for the Israeli intelligence and assisting the Israeli Army to defeat the Lebanese Army by providing them with information. He was sentenced under article 274, 278 and 275 of the penal code.

(Sources: Daily Star, 20/06/2011)

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