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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
PA Takes Over Insurgents In Lebanon
2005-12-21
The Palestinian Authority has been authorized to take control over the Palestinian insurgency in Lebanon. Palestinian sources said Fatah and other insurgency groups have agreed to a proposal that the PA would help form a military infrastructure in Lebanon. The sources said the PA would be responsible for both Palestinian insurgents as well as their weapons, based in refugee camps in Lebanon.

The PA takeover was proposed by Brig. Gen. Sultan Abu Al Einan, commander of Fatah in Lebanon. Abu Al Einan and other PLO factions drafted a program to redefine Palestinian forces in Lebanon . The 25-page plan called for the creation of a military and other committees that would help control the 13 Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon . The insurgents also agreed to form a brigade that would unite factions and weaponry under the PA command.
This doesn't make an awful lot of sense to me, but that might be because of the way my mind works. For a bunch who're as touchy as Arabs are about their sovreignty, they seem to be willing enough to allow the Paleos to wave guns and make faces. But only in Leb, not in Jordan, not in Egypt, and not in Syria except under supervision.
Posted by:Fred

#4  A coup in Lebanon? Would anyone be able to tell the difference? ;-)
Posted by: trailing wife   2005-12-21 15:04  

#3  Sounds to me like the Paleo's are planning a coup in Lebanon.
Posted by: raptor   2005-12-21 06:21  

#2  Also, Lebanon and Israel are the only two countries over there that have Druze populations with political power and influence. Most Muslims consider Druze apostates worthy only of a hideous death.
Posted by: Shieldwolf   2005-12-21 02:55  

#1  That is because Lebanon is the only Arab country with a sizable Christian population. The Paleos have Islamified most of the formerly Christian towns of the West Bank, and the Paleo Christians are emigrating as fast as they can get out. But the kuffirs in Lebanon fight back and refuse to leave. And the Coptics in Egypt are so dhimmified that they have rewritten sections of the Bible to sooth Muslim sensibilities.
Posted by: Shieldwolf   2005-12-21 02:51  

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