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| Palestinians, gunmen clash at Ain al-HellHole | ||
| 2004-07-30 | ||
| SIDON: Islamist gunmen clashed with members of Palestinian factions in the Ain al-Hilweh camp, barely 24 after Fatah chieftains held a closed meeting which resulted in unanimous support for Palestinian President Yasser Arafat. Two passersby and a Fatah member were injured in clashes between Jund-as-Sham, a radical Islamist group that recently emerged in the camp and the Center of Armed Struggle, which acts as camp police.
The Palestinian National Liberation Movement (Fatah) held the meeting to unify ranks and express support for a second term for Arafat . It was the first time in 10 years that Fatah in Lebanon issued a public statement supporting Arafat. Up to 500 Palestinian official and regular members had gathered in a closed hall in order to discuss "in the open" the current events in Gaza and in the Fatah movement, the largest in the Palestinian Liberation Organization. They also discussed the likely impact of those developments on the Fatah movement in Lebanon. A source in the movement told The Daily Star that the gathering was held at the request of Fatah's strong man in this country, colonel Sultan Abul Aynayn, who is wanted by the Lebanese authorities and is the object of an arrest warrant that was issued six years ago.
Abul Aynayn had appointed Refaat Shanaa as his representative at this gathering, which was held in order to sound out the Palestinians in the Sidon area about the security situation in Gaza. | ||
| Posted by:Steve |
| #3 Palestinians, gunmen clash at Ain al-HellHole There's a difference? |
| Posted by: tu3031 2004-07-30 7:32:44 PM |
| #2 nothing sweeter than islamo-canibalism (cockroach killing cockroach)! How many virgins do you get for that?? Allan akhbar!!!!!!!!!! |
| Posted by: anymouse 2004-07-30 7:13:03 PM |
| #1 Tastes great!Less filling! |
| Posted by: Stephen 2004-07-30 4:53:10 PM |