(UPI) - Lebanese political circles were in an uproar Monday over the arrival of Ramzi al-Najjar, a Palestinian engineering instructor, deported from the United States. The speaker of the Lebanese parliament criticized Lebanese authorities for allowing the plane to land. He suggested the incident was a rehearsal to encourage Israel to deport Yasser Arafat to Lebanon. A corporate jet hired by the U.S. Immigration Service landed at Beirut Airport with al-Najjar aboard after he was first refused entry by Italy, then by Bahrain.
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