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The Story of Fath Al Islam
By Sherif El Housseini
From May to September 2007, Lebanon was suffering because of the clashes between the militant jihadist movement, Fath al Islam, and the Lebanese army. In the Northern part of the country, the Palestinian camp of Nahr al Bared is the main residence... > Full Story |
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Lebanon Palestinians want to keep Al-Qaeda at bay
By Lamia RADI
Palestinian factions in Lebanon’s volatile Ain al-Helweh refugee camp are determined to prevent Al-Qaeda Islamist militants from infiltrating their ranks. Fears of an Islamist takeover of the impoverished shantytown south of Beirut were... > Full Story |
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Lebanese still fear return of fugitive Islamists
By Selim SAHEB ETTABA
Militants at a Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon may have been crushed by the army after 15 weeks of fierce battles but villagers from nearby remain fearful as the militia’s leader is still on the run."As long as Shaker al-Abssi is... > Full Story |
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Fatah al-Islam: shadowy Al-Qaeda-inspired group
Fatah al-Islam, whose militants on Sunday appeared to be fighting the final hours of their three-month standoff with the Lebanese army, is a shadowy Islamist group that shares ideological ties with Osama bin Laden’s Al-Qaeda. > Full Story |
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Lebanon now a front line for radical Islam
By Michel MOUTOT
A call by Al-Qaeda number two Ayman al-Zawahiri to flood Lebanon with foreign Islamic extremists appears to have been heard, according to analysts monitoring jihadist groups here. > Full Story |
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