Australian Muslim Detained in Lebanon May Be Terrorist Leader
Charles Johnson
Wed Jun 27, 2007 at 12:03 pm PDT • Views: 594
One of the four Australian Muslims arrested in Lebanon may actually be a leader of the Syria-linked Fatah al-Islam terror group.
A FORMER Sydney taxi driver detained in Lebanon on suspicion of having links to terrorists has been identified as a possible leader of the al-Qa’ida-linked outfit, Fatah al-Islam.
A Tripoli car dealer who rents a shop next to a shed owned by Australian man Omar Hadba - where almost 500kg of military weapons were allegedly found hidden - said security officials had told him his neighbour was a leader of Fatah al-Islam, which has been locked in battle with the Lebanese military for weeks.
Mr Hadba is one of four Australians arrested in Lebanon on allegations of being affiliated with terrorists. No charges have been laid against any of the men.
Neighbour Mohamed Chawk told The Australian there was no way of telling whether Mr Hadba was linked to the terrorist group. He said Mr Hadba, 44, was outraged when Fatah al-Islam members inside the Nahr al-Barad Palestinian refugee camp attacked Lebanese soldiers five weeks ago, sparking fierce battles with the army.
Mr Chawk said his neighbour, who had moved from Sydney eight years ago, was a committed follower of the Salafi strand of Islam who kept a low profile in Tripoli with his wife and five children.
The Salafi “strand” of Islam is also known as Wahhabism—the totalitarian Islamic creed promoted worldwide, with untold billions of oil dollars, by our mortal enemies in Saudi Arabia.
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