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Middle East
Palestinian policeman's killing sparks tension in Lebanese refugee camp
2003-03-02
A militant Islamic leader is suspected of fatally shooting a Palestinian policeman, who was also his cousin, on Sunday, the latest in a series of violent attacks inside Lebanon's largest Palestinian refugee camp.
The (Islamic) family tht prays together...
Pay attention, Frank. This is gonna be sordid...
Palestinian officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Nazih Shreidi was shot in the head and neck at close range allegedly by his cousin Abdullah Shreidi, the leader of the radical [Usbat] al-Nour group, as he going to his home in the Ein el-Hilweh camp.
Site of future paleo civil war
Usbat al-Nour is a Paleostinian mini-mob that fights it out with Usbat al-Ansar in Ein el-Hilweh. Shreidi, its leader, appears to be a homicidal maniac...
The victim was a member of the Palestinian Armed Struggle, a joint Palestinian police force charged with maintaining law and order in the notoriously violent and lawless camp.
And doin' one hell of a job, we might add...
He died shortly after arriving at a camp hospital, the officials said.
"Nazih, would you sign this organ donor card, just in case?"
"Uh... Sure."
"Thanks." [BANG!]
Before the attack, the policeman had been attending a pep rally organized by Yasser Arafat's mainstream Fatah movement in the camp, located on the outskirts of Sidon and home to 75,000 Palestinian refugees.
Al-Nour and Fatah must have differences?
In Ein el-Hilweh, they hold Hamas in contempt for its moderation. Fatah's beneath contempt. Al-Nour and al-Ansar, the two Usbats, are fighting it out over who's the biggest lover of bin Laden...
Neither the motive for the killing nor the suspected killer's whereabouts were immediately clear.
Motive? In Ein el-Hilweh, you don't need a motive. All you need is ammunition...
It was unclear if Palestinian police would attempt to arrest him. Such an act could trigger a violent confrontation between the police and the suspected killer's al-Nour group.
Better to let him go - I'm sure he feels bad and will be a peacemaker in the future
Palestinian sources in the camp said Abdullah Shreidi had accused his cousin of planting a bomb in a camp area controlled by his 100-strong al-Nour group, a breakaway of the militant Asbat al-Ansar group, which is on the US list of terrorist organizations.
But the motive of his killing was unclear?
Tensions were high following the killing, as Arafat's Fatah gorillas guerrillas and the Palestinian Armed Struggle policemen on one hand, and al-Nour gunmen on the other, fanned out in large numbers into the teeming camp's narrow alleys.
Obviously not arresting him has settled things down
The incident came a day after an Egyptian Islamic activist with purported links to Osama bin Laden's al-Qaida network was killed in a powerful bomb explosion in Ein el-Hilweh. Officials identified the victim as Mohammed Abdel-Hamid Shanouha.
Now known universally as The Late Mohammed Abdel-Hamid Shanouha, or The Decomposer...
On Feb. 24, Palestinian vegetable vendor Abed Hourani, 44, was shot dead at an Ein el-Hilweh market.
That sounded like settling a personal score
Except that Shreidi was named as the killer...
Rival armed Palestinian groups run the Ein el-Hilweh camp, which is believed to shelter numerous fugitive Islamic militants wanted by Lebanese authorities, including members of Asbat al-Ansar. The Lebanese army mans checkpoints outside the camp, but its troops do not enter.
Nice to have given sovereignty over to the UNRWA and the Paleogangs
Posted by:Frank G

#2  Sure. Dead cousin built bomb delivered by dead veggie perveyor inside a "welcome" basket of melons. Boom goes dead bigwig, annoying live cousin, who proceeds to shoot veggie vendor and dead cousin.

All clear?
Posted by: mojo   2003-03-03 00:00:42  

#1  Can I get a flow-chart on that?
Posted by: Frank G   2003-03-02 19:39:46  

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