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Syrian Attorney Arrested As Arms Smuggler

Shafek bey Suleiman, prominent Moslem attorney, was arrested today and sent to Beirut for trial before a French military court on charges of heading an organization smuggling arms for terrorists going to Palestine from Syria and Lebanon.

May 5, 1938
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Shafek bey Suleiman, prominent Moslem attorney, was arrested today and sent to Beirut for trial before a French military court on charges of heading an organization smuggling arms for terrorists going to Palestine from Syria and Lebanon.

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