Al-Qaeda views Bulgaria as ‘Legitimate Target’, report

Bulgaria is a legitimate target of al-Qaeda because it has sent its soldiers to support the US invaders in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Lebanon-based Sunni extremist group Asbat al-Ansar has announced. (more…)

Palestinian refugee admits to spying for Israel

Lebanese Police on Sunday unveiled details of the arrest of an “Israeli spy” from a Palestinian refugee camp in southern Lebanon. (more…)

shooting inside Rashidiya camp between 2 Fatah members

Gunfire was heard Friday evening in Church street inside the Rashidiya Palestinian Refugee camp in south Lebanon. The investigation revealed later that the shooting was due to a dispute between 2 Palestinians Muhammad Ali Aoudeh (25 years) and Mohamed Mahmoud Alqirfly (27 years), both from the Fatah movement. (more…)

Explosion in Palestinian refugee camp injures 1 Syrian

The National News Agency (NNA) reported that Syrian national Haitham Mohammad Rahhal was slightly injured when a hand grenade thrown by anonymous perpetrators at 8 p.m. on Sunday exploded near the UNRWA schools in Tyre’s al-Bass Palestinian refugee camp. (more…)

Syria using the camps as an excuse to return to Lebanon

Syria is reportedly using the security situation at the Palestinian refugee camps as an excuse to return to Lebanon.

Al-Akhbar newspaper , which carried the report, said Syria, Lebanon as well as some Palestinian figures have received several messages from the West warning against the outburst of violence in refugee camps in Lebanon.

The messages , according to Al-Akhbar , have demanded that Syria help contain the situation in Lebanon refugee camps. (more…)

Fatah al-Intifada refuses to disarm in Lebanon

Fatah al-Intifada founder Abou Moussa rejected disarming Palestinian militants outside the Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon and stressed the issue of arms is up to the Palestinians and not the Lebanese .
“Palestinian arms outside refugee camps … are aimed at confronting the Zionist enemy in case there was a new aggression on Lebanon’s south,” Moussa said after a visit to Sidon Municipality head Abdel Rahman al-Bizri.
Abou Moussa said in response to a question: ” Even if Syria sends a signal to Prime Minister Saad Hariri to disarm the militants outside refugee camps, we will not disarm” . He added “we are allies of Syria but we make our own decisions.”
Abou Moussa reportedly led the PLO units that perpetrated the Damour Massacre on 20 January 1976 during the Lebanese Civil War
Originally part of Fatah , Fatah al-Intifada broke away from the organization in 1983. Fatah al-Intifada was formed with Syrian support.
Fatah al-Islam which fought the Lebanese army in 2007 for 106 days reslting in hundreds of deaths was formed by members of Fatah al-Intifada

Fatah to prevent Al-Qaeda from infiltrating Lebanon camps

Sultan Abul Aynain , Fatah’s commander in Lebanon accused external parties of seeking to “export” fundamentalists to Palestinian refugee camps across Lebanon.
“We have taken measures to prevent al-Qaeda from infiltrating Palestinian refugee camps after we received information that external parties were seeking to export extremists, particularly from Iraq,” Abul Aynain said in an interview with AFP.

Fatah: The Lebanese are serious about rebuilding Nahr el Bared camp

During a visit to al Beddawi Palestinian Refugee camp Lebanon’ s Fatah chief Sultan Abu Ainain declared that the Nahr el Bared Palestinian Refugee camp will be rebuilt because the Lebanese authorities are serious about raising funds for rebuilding it and all Palestinians to participate in this project

Experts: Sleeper cells in Lebanon’s Palestinian Refugee camps

Despite the relative calm of Lebanon’s Palestinian refugee camps in recent months, experts warn that Islamist groups are still operating within and could strike at any time.
At Ain al-Helweh, the largest of Lebanon’s 12 camps, which is known to harbour extremists and fugitives, small sleeper cells have kept a low profile but could mobilize quickly depending on developments, they say.
“In theory, this is the sort of environment al-Qaida, for example, generally chooses for its sleeper cells, which could be used at any time,” said Hazem al-Amin, a journalist and expert on regional Islamist groups.
“And that is not a reassuring thought. It might not happen immediately, but it is always a possibility.”
His comments came as Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas discussed the plight of the refugees with Lebanese officials on Monday. Source: Times of India

Uprising by Fatah officers at the Palestinian refugee camps of Tyre

Several Fatah officers have launched an uprising against the movement’s National Security Forces official in Lebanon Brig. Gen. Adib al-Hassan to protest a new shake-up within the military ranks in the Palestinian refugee camps of Tyre.
According to As Safir daily the uprising was triggered by al-Hassan when he assigned leadership responsibilities to a single commander rather than the usual three people in charge of security at each camp.
As Safir reported that that the Fatah officers sent a letter of protest to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, the Central Committee and the movement’s leadership urging the Fatah chief to “immediately interfere to solve the situation before it goes out of hand.”
Abbas is expected in Lebanon on Monday for talks with President Michel Suleiman on bilateral relations and the plight of Palestinian refugees.