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Leader of Islamic militant group finally dies in Ein el-Hellhole | |||
2003-07-16 | |||
The leader of an Islamic militant group who was critically wounded in an assassination attempt about two months ago died of his wounds Wednesday.
"He might get better, or not." Shreidi was leader of the al-Noor faction, an Islamic militant group that broke away from the radical Usbat al-Ansar group, which is on the US list of terrorist organizations. The assassination attempt against Shreidi sparked fighting between his supporters and members of Fatah. Eight people were killed and some 30 others wounded in the clashes. Now that he has died, Dire Revenge(tm) will commence. Shreidi had been blamed for several recent bombings and violent acts in Ein el-Hilweh, including the killing of Fatah policeman Nazih Shreidi, a distant cousin. Following that killing, Palestinian activists called for Abdullah Shreidi to be "liquidated," and he had been on the run since then. Abdullah decided to take part in his cousin’s funeral to show that he had nothing to do with his killing. Now he’ll be the honored guest at his own funeral. Abdullah Shreidi is the elder son of Sheikh Hisham Shreidi, the founder of Usbat Al Ansar who was assassinated at Ein El-Hilweh’s Al Noor mosque in 1991. Abu Mohjen, the nom de guerre of Palestinian militant Ahmed Abdul Karim Al Saadi, took over the group’s leadership after Sheikh Shreidi’s death. Abu Mohjen vanished after he was sentenced death by a Beirut court for masterminding the 1994 assassination of Sheikh Nizar Halaby as he was climbing into his car in front of his house in the Lebanese capital. Vanished or liquidated?
They will either form a new group or join somebody else’s.
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Posted by:Steve |
#2 You probably can't turn around in Hell without bumping into a "mastermind". |
Posted by: tu3031 2003-7-16 3:52:27 PM |
#1 If anybody needs me, I'll be outside ululating and firing off my AK into the air for the rest of the day. I'm glad it was very painful. |
Posted by: Fred 2003-7-16 11:33:27 AM |