I am sorry that I am re-publishing this post again but I just found new information that I think it would be great to share with you to give you more insight
Sure Islam is innocent from them but Fatah, the PLO may not be innocent for them, after all some say that the radical Islamic fundamentalist "and Islamic fundamentals are innocent from them too" militia follows the mother Fatah and it is from its remaining in Lebanon
Of course Fatah the pro-American who denounce those techniques denies any connection what so ever, may be it lost connection after the ideologies differed with the change of time.
"Fatah El-Islam" as I referred is an Islamic Sunni fundamentalist militia , of course again I say again to confirm as a Muslim that Islam , the Sunni and fundamentals of Islam are innocent from just like the wolf from the son of Jacob, in my vocabulary when I hear the words "Islamic Sunni fundamentalist group" immediately I process them as a "Wahabi" group as simple and fast as this , a
"Wahabi" group that doesn't respect or even recognize other sects in Islam to live and by other sects I mean "Shiite" sects and groups like Hezbollah
So logically this group is not a follower to Hezbollah or any Shiite group in Lebanon and thus the accusations of some pro-governments anti-Hezbollah is not real after all the leader of group “El-Abasi” has said that he was inspired by Osama Bin Laden, and didn't say he was inspired by Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah.
The group is said already to be linked to Al-Qaida in Iraq and that they were training fighters to send them to Iraq and carry on operations outside Lebanon and the camp.
The interesting and amazing fact that can make eyes brows to rise is that the majority of that group is not from the Palestinians but rather from the Lebanese and other nationalities ,yesterday some of the members who were arrested turned to be Saudi and Pakistani !!
Already many believe that its Palestinian fighters are from the Palestinian refugee camps in Syria who are no longer welcome in the country and thus left it to Lebanon and that’s why many believe that they are related to the Syrian regime which is hard to believe despite its possibility in the arena of politics and dirty games for the nature of the group as a fundamental Sunni group and the Syrian regime as Secular with Alluaite majority.
The leader of the militia is called “Shaker El-Abasi” who left the mother group “Fatah El-intifada” which is headed by “Abu Mosa”, to form this militia “Fatah El-Islam”, ”El-Abasi” is a Jordanian from a Palestinian origin and in last November 2006, he and his followers occupied the offices of “Fatah El-intifada” in the “El-Badowy” refugee camp which caused some tension in the camp causing them to withdraw to the “El-Nahr El-Bard” in north Lebanon taking it as a headquarter
Some are saying the number of the militia members reached between 200 and 300, a number that I don’t believe because from the clashes that happened in the last three days it appears that they are more than 300 for sure!!
“El-Abasi” claims that he came from Syria to Lebanon to fight the Security Council resolution 1559 which calls for fight the disarm of the non Lebanese militias in Lebanon but from what I see from his militia acts they must not be disarmed but also put in jails I mean look what they had done in Lebanon Since February 2007 and this is what is only announced till now who knows what else they had done and wasn’t declared publicly:
· On the 12th of February 2007, the militia held 3 members from the Lebanese internal security as a hostage in “El-Nahr El-Bard” camp
· On the 13th of February 2007 , two buses were bombed in Christian populated areas ,kill 3 persons and injuring more than 20
· On the 13th of March 2007, the Lebanese authorities 6 persons who belong to the militia admitting that they were involved in the two blasts mentioned above
Another interesting fact that this group is used to rob banks, already the clashes started when the army received a call to catch that group who robbed a bank and conquered the internal security forces in the worst type, already I don't know what kind of country the army interferes!!
By the way some reports coming from Lebanon that already the army accused both the intelligence and the internal security to provide them with false reports regarding the size of the group , already anyone followed what happened to the Lebanese army will be amazed by the early the losses the army had lost and would realize that there was an underestimation from the Lebanese army side to the militia which turned to be robbing bands and has got many locations and centers outside the refugee camp in the north
who behind this group is an important question, of course the government and the famous anti-Syrian leaders like Walid Bek Kamal Jonbalt didn't waste anytime in accusing Syria of supporting the militia and being behind those three bloody days, the rest of the gang followed him from the first hour from the announcement of the clashes between the militia and the army, with statements to here and there to CNN and BBC, come on it is the best season.
Seriously it is another joke ,another silly joke no one laughs on it because the one who really follows the news of Lebanon carefully will know that "Saad El-Hariri" from couple of months ago was accused of funding the militia by the help of Saudi Arabia in order to hit Hezbollah ,strangely it is not only me the Egyptian nobody who remembers that because Robert Fisk himself remembered the short news who raised the eye brows
What will be the best enemy to conquer the Shiite Hezbollah except A Sunni radical group that considers Hezbollah worst than Israel??
Already I remember that Hezbollah accused the militia by name to plan for the murder of its top leaders including Hassan Nasrallah himself, and if I am not mistaken and my memory didn’t betray me, the Lebanese security forces during the time of the war caught some of its members planning for Nasrallah’s assassination yet suddenly their news disappeared from the headlines with no further explanation, despite the claims of El-Abasi himself saying that he came to Lebanon from Syria to
To kill the Jews and those who support them from the Zionist westerns
Well for sure Hassan Nasrallah is not a profile described!!
So it doesn’t make sense to accuse Syria of supporting this militia as how they support Hassan Nasrallah and on the same way they want to get rid of him!!?? It doesn’t make sense at all especially when you know that in November 2006 the Syrian authority had arrested one of the top members “Abu Khalid El-Amalah” in “Fatah El-intifada”, the mother movement of the militia who got released after that, “El-Amalah” in the investigation turned to give facilities and funding to the militia as some sort of creating an ally to him in the Palestinian camps, an act that made the head of “Fatah El-intifada” to dismiss him from his position and to accuse to support radical terrorist group not to mention the theft of the money of Palestinian families
On the first day of the clashes I read some where I guess in the comments of some news website that all what happened is based upon an advice to Saad El-Hariri from an Arab country intelligence "in other circumstances I will say Egypt but I think it is Saudi Arabia" to up-raise things in Lebanon in order to call from western help and military aid to get rid from Hezbollah ,I won't say that this is impossible because from reading the events seriously specially the calls of the 14th of March to the army to enter the refugee camps "till now the army is shelling the camp " to storm down the Palestinians which I other more realistic words to push Lebanon again in to another war from hell, anyone who really cares about Lebanon won't accept this suicidal option and till now despite all the attempts the Lebanese army and its leadership refused to go for it thankfully the militia called for a truce for three days which permits more calls and negotiation between the Palestinian Leadership in Gaza and the militia in Lebanon
Hello from Vancouver. I first came across your blog when I was trying to follow the case of Egyptian-Canadian Mossad spy Mohamed Essam Ghoneimi El-Attar. His story first exploded in the Canadian media, then very quickly disappeared off the scene shortly after some intriguing details were reported about his background, time in Turkey, recruitment by Mossad, remarkably quick acquisition of Canadian citizenship and multiple job transfers across Canada as a bank employee. The last writings I saw in our mainstream press sought to discredit all aspects of Egypt's investigative/judicial/political process, and quoted Israeli officials denying he was a Mossad agent, as well as Canadian security wonks saying he was probably tortured to get his confession. (I hope you find this interesting.) Anyway, I found your comments--and breezy humour--about the whole affair very instructive, both about the information you receive and for the perspective you expressed. So, a long overdue "Thank you" for that.
ReplyDeleteI have never set foot on soil in longitudes between Athens and Punjab, and don't expect to soon. I must rely entirely on what others write (sometimes film) to try to understand something of the Middle East. Your insightful comments about Lebanon and other places are apprciated too.
Peace
Hello David , oh I remember El-Attar and his case ,and what he said in the court from being tortured and so on ,unfortunately the court had a different opinion
ReplyDeleteThanks for sweet words ,it makes me feel great to know that I help in getting the image to the people in the other side of the world faraway from the media