Lebanese Fatah Islam Leader, Abdul-Rahman Awad, dead
Terrorism • August 2010 • Views: 495
BEIRUT — Lebanese security forces killed two suspected Islamist militants Saturday, including the leader of an al-Qaida-inspired group that fought a bloody battle against Lebanon’s army in 2007, two Lebanese military officials said.
A senior army official said one of those killed was Abdul-Rahman Awad, a Palestinian leader of the Fatah Islam group.
Awad’s aide, Ghazi Faysal Abdullah also was killed.