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| Middle East |
| Bomb explodes in Ain el-Hilweh... |
| 2002-11-22 |
| An explosive went off in Lebanon's largest Since it was an electronic games shop, somebody was probably cheesed that somebody else was enjoying themselves... Ein el-Hilweh is run by rival armed Palestinian factions. In recent months, there has been a series of bombings and shootouts in what appears to be a power struggle among the factions. The rivalry appears to be mostly between Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's mainstream Fatah group, which controls most of the camp, and Muslim extremist Palestinian factions led by Asbat al-Ansar, which is on the U.S. State Department's list of terrorist organizations. They're the local mini-Taliban... The camp also is believed to shelter a number of That's because there's a warm Islamic welcome waiting for them. That makes the refugee camps little autonomous enclaves within Lebanon that are beyond the control of the government. They don't seem to find that a bad thing — I'm not sure why. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #2 Lots of nifty electronics in a games shop. I wouldn't be so sure that this wasn't a bombmaker screwup. |
| Posted by: mojo 2002-11-22 10:53:59 |
| #1 Maybe because Lebanon is a Syrian colony? And Syria just loves developing pockets of nihilistic terrorism - especially if it's anywhere near Israel. |
| Posted by: Aracona 2002-11-22 09:52:51 |