The Lebanese government has assured the United Nations that it has no mass destruction weapons or any factories that could produce chemical or biological weaponry, An Nahar daily reported Wednesday.
Additionally, Lebanon conveyed that Osama bin Laden's Al Qaeda network has no assets or bases, training or otherwise, on Lebanese territory. The only attempt to set up an Al Qaeda cell was smashed earlier in the year with 21 suspected culprits still in Lebanese jails.
These assertions were delivered in response to 26 questions addressed by the Committee for the Combat of Terrorism, which was formed to oversee the implementation of Security Council resolution 1373 taken after the 9/11 attacks.
The Lebanese government has noted in its response that it maintains stringent measures at all land, air and sea border points to guard against any trade in mass destruction weapons.
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