BIN LADEN AGENT ESCAPES LEBANESE DRAGNET

NICOSIA [MENL] -- A fugitive aligned with Saudi billionaire fugitive OsamaBin Laden has escaped a Lebanese military dragnet. Lebanese sources said a leader of the Bin Laden-aligned Usbat Al Ansargroup was nearly captured two weeks ago in a security operation ordered byBeirut. But the leader, who was not identified, escaped, apparently when hewas told of the Lebanese operation.