30 collaborators tried by military

The trial of 30 people on charges of collaborating with “Israel” during its 22-year occupation of the South opened at a military court on Monday afternoon.
The defendants, all of whom were in custody, were mostly members of “Israel’s” now-defunct proxy militia. Others were civilians who traded with “Israel” or traveled to the Jewish state.
The batch of suspects was the 29th since the trials of collaborators started on June 5, 12 days after “Israel” completed its pullout from the South.
Presided over by Brigadier Maher Safieddine, the court ­ which has ruled in more than 1,100 cases ­ has handed down prison terms of up to 15 years and is due to study around 1,400 other cases.

Independent, 3-10-2000