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Lebanon - 13 Fatah Islam Militants Fleeing by Boat Killed, Group’s No. 2 Wounded
an-Nahar (Beirut) ^ | May 23, 2007
Posted on 05/24/2007 1:51:32 AM PDT by HAL9000
Fatah al-Islam’s No. 2 man and son-in-law of the extremist group’s leader Shaker Absi has been reportedly wounded during clashes with Lebanese troops in the northern refugee camp of Nahr al-Bared.
The daily An Nahar did not identify Absi’s relative, but said his foot was blown off in the fighting.
It said 13 other Fatah al-Islam militants were shot and killed by Lebanese army fire as they tried to flee Nahr al-Bared by boat to the southern refugee camp of Ein el-Hilweh.
An Nahar said other Fatah al-Islam fighters were arrested and handed over to the intelligence bureau.
The report could not be independently verified.
An Nahar also said Lebanese troops dragged the bodies of 40 Fatah al-Islam fighters, many of them from different African nationalities.
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May 24, 2007
Alleged Taliban leader promises jihad on West
New Taliban leader promises suicide attacks and jihad — meet the new boss, same as the old boss. By Noor Khan for The Associated Press:
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — A man identified on tape as the Taliban’s new top field commander warned Wednesday that new recruits were volunteering as suicide bombers and that fighters would continue their holy war until Western powers leave Afghanistan.
Violence struck throughout the country with two bomb blasts that killed four people, including a Finnish soldier in the usually quiet north. NATO said it attacked a meeting of Taliban leaders in the south, killing an unspecified number of militants.
Shuhabuddin Athul, a Taliban spokesman, played an audio tape over the telephone to an Associated Press reporter that Athul said was a recording of Dadullah Mansoor, brother and replacement of Mullah Dadullah, the top Taliban commander shot to death in a U.S. operation this month in southern Afghanistan.
The man on the tape said Taliban fighters were ready to avenge his brother’s death and would “pursue holy war until the occupying countries leave.”
“They will pursue their attacks against occupying countries and the (Afghan) government,” he said in a first public statement. “The number of suicide attackers is increasing. ... All of the Taliban, we are ready to carry out suicide attacks, roadside bombs and ambushes against the Americans and the government.”
Posted by Robert at May 24, 2007 05:32 AM