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Lebanese banks decide to stay shuttered, over security fears

Mock "wanted" posters of Lebanese bank owners and executives are plastered on a wall by the activist protest group The Depositors' Outcry, in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. Fadi Khalaf, Secretary-General of the Association of Banks in Lebanon said Lebanon's banks decided to remain closed indefinitely after rejecting a proposed government security plan following a series of bank heists to help people retrieve their trapped savings in this crisis-hit Mideast country. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein) A worker at a money exchange bureau counts Lebanese pounds in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. Fadi Khalaf, Secretary-General of the Association of Banks in Lebanon said Lebanon's banks decided to remain closed indefinitely after rejecting a proposed government security plan following a series of bank heists to help people retrieve their trapped savings in this crisis-hit Mideast country. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein) People stand inside the money transfer offices of Western Union and OMT in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. Fadi Khalaf, Secretary-General of the Association of Banks in Lebanon said Lebanon's banks decided to remain closed indefinitely after rejecting a proposed government security plan following a series of bank heists to help people retrieve their trapped savings in this crisis-hit Mideast country. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein) The facade of a closed Bank of Beirut branch is covered with metal sheets to prevent vandalism or attacks, in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. Fadi Khalaf, Secretary-General of the Association of Banks in Lebanon said Lebanon's banks decided to remain closed indefinitely after rejecting a proposed government security plan following a series of bank heists to help people retrieve their trapped savings in this crisis-hit Mideast country. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein) A woman uses an ATM outside a closed Arab Bank branch, in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. Fadi Khalaf, Secretary-General of the Association of Banks in Lebanon said Lebanon's banks decided to remain closed indefinitely after rejecting a proposed government security plan following a series of bank heists to help people retrieve their trapped savings in this crisis-hit Mideast country. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein) The facade of a closed Bank of Beirut branch is covered with metal sheets to prevent vandalism or attacks, in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. Fadi Khalaf, Secretary-General of the Association of Banks in Lebanon said Lebanon's banks decided to remain closed indefinitely after rejecting a proposed government security plan following a series of bank heists to help people retrieve their trapped savings in this crisis-hit Mideast country. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein) People use an ATM outside a closed Blom Bank branch that is covered with metal sheets to prevent vandalism or attacks, in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. Fadi Khalaf, Secretary-General of the Association of Banks in Lebanon said Lebanon's banks decided to remain closed indefinitely after rejecting a proposed government security plan following a series of bank heists to help people retrieve their trapped savings in this crisis-hit Mideast country. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)