"America's intervention forced a deal. They told the commander, 'If you want the presidency, then you must present the head of Nahr al-Bared,'" he said, meaning Suleiman was pressured to destroy the camp.
The more than three-month siege at the camp destroyed large parts of the shantytown. The government has said about 220 militants and 168 Lebanese soldiers were killed, while Palestinian officials have said 47 Palestinian civilians died.
"This was only the beginning ... By God you will not live safely," Abssi said. "The mill of war has started to grind ... between the infidels and the believers."
Man jailed for plotting revenge terror mission
Sohail Qureshi, 29, a dental assistant, was stopped at Heathrow airport with military equipment, thousands of pounds in cash and an autobiographical book called “My father the bomb maker.”
In internet conversations, Qureshi claimed to have been trained by al-Qa’eda and said he was going to Pakistan, Afghanistan or Waziristan, an area which straddles the borders, for two weeks, adding: “Pray that I kill many, brother. Revenge, revenge, revenge.”
Muslim inmates planned jail kidnap
A prison gang of suspected al-Qaida terrorists planned to kidnap and kill a corrections officer at a London prison, it was reported Tuesday.
Officials learned of the alleged plot after finding plans of the alarm system at Belmarsh Prison in possession of an inmate on Christmas Eve, the Daily Mirror reported.
Three Muslim militants on death row for the 2002 bombings on Bali island urged the Indonesian government on Monday to execute them in the "Islamic" style of beheading.
"I am ready for death, but not using the evil law (of the Indonesian government)," Ali Ghufron said during a visit of about 50 members of his family and friends at Batu prison on the Indonesian island of Nusakambangan.
"They should behead me because that is God's law, and God willing, I will die as a martyr," he said.
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “I will die as a martyr”
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OPINION:
Actually he will be going to Hell, so it really doesn’t matter if his head is on or not.