British Welfare Imam Arrested in Lebanon

Things are going from bad to worse for British welfare imam Omar Bakri:

Security forces have arrested Omar Bakri, the Islamic cleric being investigated in Britain on terror-related charges, officials said Thursday.

The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they weren't authorized to speak about the case, refused to say when or where Bakri was arrested.

The local Future TV channel reported that Bakri was arrested Thursday afternoon as he left its building in the west Beirut district of Raouche after giving an interview.

We've previously documented his welfare status in the UK, and his decision to hit the road after Tony Blair decided to crack down on radicals. The article doesn't say whether or not his four wives will be joining him in the Lebanese gray-bar hotel.