Word: factionalization
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...late 2006, a fighter named Shaker al-Absi broke away from Fatah al-Intifada and called his new faction Fatah al-Islam. This time, the split appeared to be rooted in the growth of al-Qaeda and the terrorism unleashed after the U.S. invasion of Iraq, another indication of extremism's viral spread since Sept. 11, 2001. The original Fatah always espoused a secular Palestinian state, as did 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...
...Palestinians leaving the camp were taking advantage of a cease-fire on Tuesday afternoon in the fighting between the Lebanese army and militants from the Fatah al-Islam faction. The battle had started on Sunday, when militants stormed Lebanese army positions surrounding the camp. Shots rang out there and in Tripoli as Lebanese security forces attempted to arrest suspects who were linked to a bank robbery and were also alleged members of Fatah al-Islam. In the first day's intense gun battles on the streets of Tripoli and in the camp, some 50 people died. The violence spread south...
...Fatah al-Islam, the group battling the army, has dominated much of the news in Lebanon since it first declared its existence late last year, splitting from Fatah al-Intifadeh, a pro-Syrian Palestinian faction that is headquartered in Damascus. Lebanese authorities have accused the group of a bombing in the Christian town of Ain Alaq in February during which three people were killed. They also believe Fatah al-Islam members carried out at least three bank robberies, the latest on Saturday when $120,000 was stolen from a bank in the coastal town of Amioun, south of Tripoli...
There's a new obstacle on Lebanon's difficult road to peace: Fatah al-Islam--a Palestinian faction with links to Syria and alleged ties to al-Qaeda--which is accused of bus bombings, bank robberies and attacks on Lebanese soldiers. In late May security forces seeking to rout the group bombarded the Nahr al-Bared Palestinian refugee camp outside Tripoli. The fighting killed at least 50 soldiers and militants and an unknown number of civilians. It has been the deadliest internal clash since the end of the 15-year civil...
...emergence of Fatah al-Islam six months ago fed fears that al-Qaeda was getting a foothold in Lebanon. But Prime Minister Fouad Siniora's government has accused Syria of sponsoring the group to sow strife. Syria denies the charge, although the faction recently broke away from a Palestinian organization formed by Syrian authorities...