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...Fatah al-Intifada. But Fatah al-Islam not only preaches a Salafist brand of Islam, but appears to have at least logistical links with al-Qaeda. In 2004, a Jordanian court convicted al-Absi and nine others for an al-Qaeda plot that included the 2002 assassination of U.S. diplomat Laurence Foley in Amman. Although Fatah al-Islam appears to have its origins in conflicts related to Palestine, Iraq and al-Qaeda's global jihad, the group's activities now risk destabilizing Lebanon. The nation is still reeling from last summer's war between Israel and Hizballah and Hizballah...
...thought to have fought American forces in Iraq and was linked to Abu Mousab al-Zarqawi, the head of al-Qaeda in Iraq who was killed a year ago. In 2004, al-Absi was sentenced to death in absentia by a Jordanian court for the 2002 murder of U.S. diplomat Laurence Foley in Amman. His group - thought to comprise 200-500 fighters drawn from several Arab countries - has recently begun establishing a presence in other refugee camps in Beirut and south Lebanon. Islamist sources in Tripoli said that Fatah al-Islam is being funded by Salafist supporters in the city...
...Palestinian state, but Fatah al-Islam not only preaches an ultra, Salafist brand of Islam, but appears to have at least logistical links with al-Qaeda. In 2004, a Jordanian court convicted al-Absi and nine others for an al-Qaeda plot that included the 2002 assassination of U.S. diplomat Laurence Foley. Al-Absi was convicted and sentenced to death in absentia, as was the late Abu Mousab al-Zarqawi, the leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq, who was a Jordanian like al-Absi...
...believed to have fought American forces in Iraq and was linked to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the head of al-Qaeda in Iraq who was killed a year ago. Al-Absi was sentenced to death in absentia by a Jordanian court in 2004 for the murder of American diplomat Laurence Foley in Amman. His fighters reportedly number 200 to 500 and are drawn from several Arab countries...
...nature of his role will differ from previous foreign ministers, likely becoming a more specialized function that will utilize Kouchner's humanitarian background. "The Foreign Minister is now partly a protocol position, partly a humanitarian aid and development role," says Jean-Christophe Rufin, an award-winning author, former diplomat and one-time vice president of the M?decins Sans Fronti?res. "You're not going to see Kouchner riding herd on Franco-German relations, but that's not what he's interested in anyway...