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Fighting between Lebanese troops and militants from an Islamist Palestinian faction continued outside Tripoli, Lebanon's second biggest city, for a second day Monday in the country's worst internal violence since the end of the 1975-1990 civil...
...Fatah al-Islam has dominated security news in Lebanon since it first declared its existence late last year. The Sunni extremist group said it had split from Fatah al-Intifada, a pro-Syrian Palestinian faction which is headquartered in Damascus, and that its goal is to fight for the Palestinian cause. But divining the real identity of Fatah al-Islam has become mired in Lebanon's political crisis and the answer to what the group's real agenda is depends on whom you ask. The anti-Syrian March 14 coalition, which forms the backbone of the Lebanese government, believes that...
...Some analysts in Lebanon say that Syrian intelligence has a long history of working with Palestinian Islamist groups in Lebanon, notably Esbat al-Ansar, based in the Ain al-Hilweh refugee camp in south Lebanon. Esbat al-Ansar is included on the U.S. list of international terrorist organizations. "Syrian intelligence has been working with groups like this for 20 years. It's an old practice," says Radwan al-Sayyed, a professor of Islamic studies at the Lebanese University and a speech writer for Prime Minister Fouad Siniora...
...others argue that blaming Syria for all Lebanon's problems is the default position of the March 14 coalition and the government, and that Fatah al-Islam is a genuine Islamist organization dedicated to the Palestinian cause. Tripoli resident Mohsen Mohammed, 35, an adherent of the strict Salafi school of Sunni Islam and a sympathizer of Fatah al-Islam, says that the group's popularity has been steadily increasing in the Nahr al-Bared camp. "They help people by giving them food and aid. They are very disciplined and polite and never carry arms in the camp except at times...
There are four million Palestinians living under Israeli occupation, who do not have freedom; furthermore, twenty percent of Israel’s internal population–the Arabs–is heavily discriminated against, a fact well-documented by numerous Israeli NGOs. Its actions in Lebanon which displaced a third of the population and killed 1200 Lebanese civilians drew censure from all corners. To descend from his own ivory tower, Schor needs to understand that people are able to condemn the human rights abuses of both the Iranian regime, and the Israeli government. No state should be immune to legitimate...