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Lebanese, Military Court Sentences 25 Persons for Trading with Israel

July 20, 1956
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A Lebanese military court yesterday sentenced 25 persons to prison terins ranging up to eight years on charges of trading with Israel or aiding “enemy spies.” All defendants, however, were acquitted of charges of having spied for the Jewish State.

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