TagsTagsIran has thoughtfully sent a shipment of food to the Nahr al-Bared “refugee camp” in Lebanon (a refugee camp that has existed for decades), a stronghold of militant Islam. But the Palestinians in the camp are refusing to eat the food. Why? Because the Lebanese Army used sniffer dogs to search ...
Lebanon ruthlessly crushed the “militants” of the Nahr al-Bared “refugee camp,” killing (at least) dozens of civilians and hundreds of Islamists and tossing them into mass graves, and wiping out the entire camp. But nobody’s demanding United Nations investigations, nobody’s accusing Lebanon of war crimes, and nobody’s yelling about ...
That Palestinian “refugee camp” in north Lebanon, home to the Al Qaeda-linked Fatah al-Islam and about 40,000 “refugees,” has been completely wiped out by the Lebanese army. NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon (Reuters) - Three Lebanese soldiers were killed in pitched battles with al Qaeda-inspired militants at a Palestinian refugee camp on Sunday ...
In northern Lebanon, we’re seeing a demonstration of what Thomas Friedman named “Hama Rules,” the only rules that matter in the Middle East—i.e. no rules at all, just the brutal exercise of power: Death toll climbs as camp battle heats up in north Lebanon. And if this were Israel attacking a ...
Twenty-three of the jihadis killed by the Lebanese army in that Palestinian “refugee camp” were from Saudi Arabia. Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat- Secretary-General of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) factions and head of Fatah Movement in Lebanon, Brigadier General Sultan Abul Ainain, informed Asharq Al-Awsat that 23 Saudi members of Fatah al ...
LGF, Lebanon, Beirut, Bombing, Palestinians, Refugee Camp, Fatah al-Islam, Saudi Arabia
The horror of racial profiling has even reached the idyllic Middle Eastern paradise of Lebanon. I blame Bush. Lebanon to Stop Issuing Visas-On-Arrival to Arabs. Lebanon on Friday was reportedly considering stopping issuing entry visas to Arab citizens at the airport in a bid to prevent any terrorist infiltrations into the ...
LGF, Lebanon, Beirut, Bombing, Palestinians, Refugee Camp, Jund al-Sham, Fatah al-Islam, Terrorism, Profiling
Fighting has broken out in another Palestinian “refugee camp” in Lebanon, the Ain al-Hilweh camp near Sidon, where residents celebrated on 9/11: Fighting at second Lebanon camp. Fighting has broken out between soldiers and Islamist militants at a second Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon, security officials say. The violence in the Ain ...
LGF, Lebanon, Beirut, Bombing, Palestinians, Refugee Camp, Jund al-Sham
Here’s an excellent piece by Jonathan Kay on the fighting in that Palestinian “refugee camp” in Lebanon, and the world’s reaction to it: Jenin comes to Lebanon. So where is the outcry? Last week, the Lebanese army attacked a squalid Palestinian refugee camp that’s become infested with Islamist suicide terrorists and ...
LGF, Lebanon, Beirut, Bombing, Palestinians, Refugee Camp, Fatah al-Islam
Feel like reading a puff piece about an Al Qaeda terrorist who has formed a gang that aspires to wipe out the Jews? The Associated (with terrorists) Press is always happy to oblige: Family speaks of Fatah Islam leader. AMMAN, Jordan - Shaker Youssef al-Absi, the Palestinian who heads a shadowy ...
LGF, Lebanon, Beirut, Bombing, Palestinians, Refugee Camp, Fatah al-Islam
In a story on the fighting in that Palestinian “refugee camp” in north Lebanon, the BBC reports our line of the day, a statement from the Lebanese cabinet. The Lebanese government has pledged to root out the militants, who it says are being backed by Syria. On Monday evening, the cabinet authorised ...
We have a truce at the Nahr al-Bared “refugee camp” in north Lebanon! Islamists call truce on third day of Lebanon battles. Oh ... wait. No we don’t. NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon (AFP) - Islamist militants declared a ceasefire on Tuesday after three days of fierce battles with Lebanese troops at a Palestinian ...
An editorial in the Lebanon Daily Star decries the violence in North Lebanon, in which more than 55 people have been killed as the Lebanese army shelled a Palestinian “refugee camp:” Don’t let a fringe group reignite tension among Lebanese and Palestinians. But notice: their real objection is that this fringe ...
Lebanese “security forces” are battling Islamic “militants” who just happen to be holed up in a 60-year old Palestinian “refugee camp,” and I’m beginning to worry that I don’t have enough “scare quotes:” Islamic militants, security forces battle in Lebanon. TRIPOLI, Lebanon (AP) — Lebanese tanks pounded shells at a militant ...