Posted on 05/28/2007 9:06:57 AM PDT by Fennie
NICOSIA [MENL] -- Syria was said to operate the Al Qaida network in Lebanon and directing the Islamic insurgency in that country. Syrian opposition sources said the regime of President Bashar Assad has developed the Al Qaida network in an effort to undermine Lebanon. The sources said the Al Qaida-aligned Fatah Al Islam, which has been battling the Lebanese Army over the last week, has been led by a former Syrian Air Force officer and contains numerous former Syrian officers. "The head of Fatah Al Islam, Shakir Absi, was in the Syrian Air Force before released from a Syrian jail and sent to Lebanon by the Syrian Military Intelligence," the Washington-based Reform Party of Syria said. RPS, echoing information provided by Lebanese security sources, said 1.800 Fatah Al Islam fighters were deployed in northern Lebanon. The organization said at least 600 of them, supplied by neighboring Syria, were fighting Lebanese troops.
They’re like fleas and deserve the same treatment.
Ping.
“sent to Lebanon by the - Syrian Military Intelligence - “
I file this under “No S**t, Sherlock.”
“CLASSIFIED”
Gee, I thought they just crawled out of the Med and onto the beach...who knew?
Surprise, surprise. Iran sent one of Bin Laden’s sons, who was being sheltered in the Caspian Sea area of Iran in a luxury villa, to Syria - months ago to take over the Al Qaeda operations.
We are now tasting what he cooked with Iran’s Islamic regime help and support via Bashir Assad, the presidential giraffe of Syria.
Maybe operational sooner after Nancy Pelosi went there and gave the a green light that she would prevent Prez. Bush from doing anything about it.
Fighting in Lebanon - Latest Analysis
By Walid Phares
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A second note from May 25, 2007 on Fatah al Islam clashes with the Lebanese Army, posted by W. Thomas Smith Jr.
Fighting in Lebanon - Phares with the Latest Analysis
By W. Thomas Smith Jr.
Walid Phares with more analysis exclusive to The Tank:
The Grand Syro-Iranian spring offensive has begun in Lebanon. The design is to drag the Lebanese Army into side - but costly - fights with group A, while group B is preparing itself for the next stage, possibly a summer offensive.
There is a consensus among terrorism analysts in Lebanon — including those within the Lebanese Government and the Cedars Revolution – that elements within Syrian intelligence have been tasked with instigating or initiating a battle in Tripoli between Fatah al Islam and the Lebanese Army in hopes that Lebanese Army units would falter and Lebanese-Palestinian fighting would widen.
The second stage of this spring offensive is to push elements of Jund al Sham (another al Qaeda affiliate) into the southern Palestinian camp of Miyeh-Miyeh near Sidon. The objective is to open another front for Group A: that is the Salafists against the same Lebanese Armed Forces.
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Ultimately, the Syro-Iranians hope to see the Lebanese armed forces engaged in fighting in multiple enclaves from Tripoli to Sidon, and perhaps to the Bekaa.
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This terror plan is to drain the operational forces of the Lebanese Army by forcing the LA to engage enemy forces in multiple locations.
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Such a situation would quickly deplete the munitions of regular forces and dangerously stretch Lebanese forces.
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Aware that 10,000 soldiers of the Lebanese armed forces are already deployed south of the Litani in order to implement UN resolution 1701 along with UNIFIL forces [United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon], the joint Syrian-Hezbollah war room has in fact pushed the Salafist Jihadists toward the objective of spreading and dividing Lebanese forces across the Lebanese territories. The long-term objective is to "kill" the central force of the Lebanese Army and prevent it from being reinforced by its own reserve forces.
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By early summer, Group B — composed of Hezbollah and all other pro-Syrian militias would join the fray against the Lebanese government and seize ground in Beirut and throughout the remainder of the country.
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Hence, the Lebanese Army confrontation with al Qaeda in Tripoli — and eventually in Sidon — should take into consideration Group B preparing for future action.
Besides, when it comes to Hezbollah, many LA soldiers who are under the influence of (or who fear) the Iranian-backed militia might quit.
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So, what we see right now, is a Lebanese Army engaging the northern front with al Qaeda. The Lebanese soldiers have very little equipment, and the may possibly have to engage the Bin Laden elements in the south, soon.
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In our estimation, the international community (including the U.S.) must have an emergency plan for strategic assistance of the Lebanese government against Group A now. And it must expect attacks from Group B in the very near future.
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Yes, the Lebanese troops, with their M16 rifles, M113 troop transports, and outdated M48 tanks, are showing courage against the most lethal terrorists on the face of the earth. But courage alone is not enough.
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Washington must act fast to enable the Lebanese Government to achieve the following:
1. Contain the terrorists in the Tripoli area.
2. Contain the terrorists in the Miyeh-Miyeh area.
3. Regroup central LA forces to protect the government and the Cedars Revolution from a potential summer offensive by Hezbollah
4. Integrate an international plan under UNSCR 1559 and 1701 to disarm the militias and defend the borders against Syria.
http://tank.nationalreview.com/post/?q=MWQ4Mzc2MDZhNjc5ZjNiZjQ1YjFmOTFmMDM5YzZhNDE=
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There is a book (now available in paperback ):
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Unholy Alliance: Radical Islam and the American Left
(Hardcover)
by David Horowitz
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And reviews:
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Editorial Reviews
Rich Lowry, Editor National Review
David Horowitz is synonymous with pyrotechnics. A historian and polemicist of the first order, he is paid the ultimate compliment --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
Davis Hanson, Author, Ripples of Battle
An original look at those who want us to fail in the Middle East, both at home and abroad. The --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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See all Editorial Reviews
Fascinating Analysis of Leftist Goals, August 13, 2006
Reviewer: N. Sincerity - See all my reviews
A former 1960s radical, Horowitz is well-acquainted with the Leftist mindset. In this book, he strives to explain the modern alliance between left wing progressivists and radical Islamofascists. He argues that this alliance is based on a common desire to destroy Western capitalism. Leftist sympathy with Islamofascist ideas makes no sense from an intellectual point of view, given that countries ruled by radical Islamists are among the most racist, sexist, theocratic states in the world today. However, Leftists have recognized that they can benefit politically from destructive terrorist attacks on the Western world. A West under attack can be made to turn on its leaders in fear and desperation (as they did in Spain after the Madrid train bombings). Only once people reject current government structures can the Left execute its anti-capitalist revolution and build a new reality that mirrors the Leftist view of utopia.
The complete and utter idealogical hypocrisy of the Islamofascist-Leftist alliance is distressing, but as Horowitz reminds us,
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An action indistinguishable from treason.
Dropping this Link on here for completeness:
Friday, May 25, 2007
Fighting in Lebanon - Phares with the Latest Analysis
[W. Thomas Smith Jr.]
I wonder how this is working out for Lebanon a few years later. Do you think these guest workers from Syria are on Lebanons side or Syrias side?
[snip]Furthermore, Lebanon serves as an important outlet for surplus Syrian labor. Currently there are 300,000 permanent Syrian workers in Lebanon, and an estimated 700,000 seasonal laborers. Trade is also an important factor: the Syrian market is the destination of at least 35% of Lebanese exports. The two economies are interdependent on one another, the informal sector, and the vested interests of groups on both sides of the border will ensure that these networks persevere, Yacoubian noted. The challenge is to find a way to transform these opaque networks to transparent free market enterprises that respond to market signals and are accountable to the rule of law, she concluded.
http://www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?topic_id=1426&fuseaction=topics.event_summary&event_id=230804
Lebanese Wait for End to Army Standoff With Militants
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The standoff could take months to resolve. In the Lebanese capital, supporters of Hezbollah, the Shiite group that is both a political party and a militant group, have been camped out in the city center for more than seven months in an attempt to bring down the pro-Western prime minister.
The prime minister has stood firm, but many businesses located around the Hezbollah campsite have collapsed as patrons avoid the area and tourism has dried up as the situation drags on.
Thanks for the heads up
May 28th - Memorial Day - USA
http://terrornewsbriefs.blogspot.com/
Al Qaeda war in Lebanon - fighting for a MYTH
http://alanpetersnewsbriefs.blogspot.com/2007/05/al-qaedas-excuse-for-being-in-lebanon.html
Effects of a 20 Megaton Nuclear Bomb
http://alanpetersnewsbriefs.blogspot.com/2007/05/effect-of-20-megaton-nuclear-bomb.html
Truth About Syria - by Barry Rubin (great book)
http://noiri.blogspot.com/2007/05/truth-about-syria.html
Thank you.
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