Fatah Al Islam: the new Saudi militia in Lebanon

Fatah Islam Will Stand by Beirut's Sunnis if Threatened

"In a statement published by the pan-Arab daily al-Hayat on Thursday under the headline: "Lies and Excuses to Slaughter Sunnis in Lebanon," Fatah al-Islam warned to confront "anybody who wants to bow the heads of our people in Beirut," an indirect reference to the Hizbullah-led opposition."

Also, see "Radical Sunni Groups Emerge to Confront Hizbullah"


Great. Fatah Islam are probably one of the wort things to happen to Lebanon since the Israeli's. They are an Al Qa'ida off shoot who, like leeches, usurp other causes in order to forward their own agenda.

They embedded themselves inside Nahr al Bared, much to the opposition of local residents, lured the Lebanese army in, and therefore directly contributed to the downfall of that camp. (Saying that does not exempt the army from their responsibility in indiscriminate destruction after the fighting had stopped. On one hand, alot of the damage done to the camp was during street-to-street fighting, so Fatah al Islam are responsible for turning Nahr al Bared into a battle-ground. On the other hand, the army are irredeemably responsible for the racist graffiti, the torched houses and the excrement smeared on walls. they both bear significant responsibility.)

They have been causing trouble with their mates Jund ash Sham in other camps, most recently Ain Hilweh.

Even though their founder was a Palestinian, the group is estimated to have "about half a dozen Palestinian members". Which, for the mathematically challenged like myself, is about 6. Most of the members are Syrian, Saudi and Jihadists from Iraq.

Here's a good idea: how about if Bush, during his visit to Saudi in a few days time, tells the Saudi's to stop funding more militias in Lebanon and cease contributing to the destabilization of the situation... Oh, no, silly me, those words are reserved for the SYRIANS! Bad, bad, bad Syrians! Gooooood we-love-your-oil-hang-as-many-people-as-you-want-for-apostasy-and-homosexuality-just-keep-giving-us-oil Saudis...

Too bad there are no known Iranians in Fatah al Islam, because then it would suit Geargie's robotic rhetoric to a T.