 The general supervisor of the Fatah Movement in Lebanon, Brigadier Munir Maqdah, said that he was "ready to put an end to the armed militants who are causing trouble in the Taamir area by resorting to military options or by peaceful means."
| But... but... Don't you have to negotiate for seven or eight years and then get a UN resolution? What's Amnesia International have to say about all that? |
Speaking on Sunday to The Daily Star, Maqdah, referring to the Jund al-Sham militia, said "we have many options including a military option provided that peaceful methods are not neglected."
| "Being Paleostinians, we prefer the peaceful methods, of course... Mahmoud, that man is snickering. Kill him." |
On Friday, the Lebanese Army was on a high state of alert when clashes almost broke out between the Jund al-Sham militia and the army over rumors that a supporter of the militia, Mohammed Shmandour, a Lebanese national, had been beaten to death by the Lebanese Army. Shmandour was arrested last week on rumors that he possessed weapons and ammunition. That caused some 50 Jund al-Sham militants who were armed and masked and members from Shmandour's family to protest by setting car tires on fire.
| Most places, that would lead to further arrests. Maybe even in La Belle France. |
A Lebanese-Palestinian Follow-Up Committee held an emergency meeting with Sheikh Abu Abeida, an official in Usbat al-Ansar, an outlawed Islamic fundamentalist group.
| Where was the meeting held? The Hole in the Wall? |
During the emergency meeting, Maqdah said that he needed "a written agreement from Sidon MPs Osama Saad and Bahia Hariri as well as approval from the Lebanese Army and Palestinian factions in order to take the steps. But still there is no answer."
| Lemme see, here... An outlawed militant group meets with the gummint side and sez it needs written authorization to take the law into its own hands and wreak carnage on another outlawed militant group in a town that's within Lebanon but not controlled by the Lebs. I think I got that. My head spun around 360 degrees and now my neck hurts, but I got it. |
An Ein el-Hilweh resident said "the Lebanese Army had blocked the roads again on Saturday night for more than six hours preventing cars from going inside the camp." Two hand grenades were thrown on Saturday inside the camp in Hay al-Manshiyye and in Khat al-Sikke areas but no casualties or damage were reported. Roads were later reopened on Sunday morning.
"Are they done throwing hand grenades, sergeant?"
"I think so, sir!"
"Very well. Reopen the road." |
MP Bahia Hariri, after a meeting with a delegation from Taamir, described the situation as a "ticking time bomb." More than seven months ago there were attempts to instigate trouble with the Lebanese Army in Taamir. |