Adds to yesterday's story...
Abdullah Shreidi died from severe chest wounds sustained in the fighting.
| Ahhh... Pain. Suppuration. Sepsis. An agonizing death... Sounds good. |
Shreidi passed away Wednesday at dawn and his death has created unrest in the camp. A security source within the camp reported high tension between Palestinian factions, saying all armed factions  including the Lebanese Army, which guards the campâs entrances  were on high alert for fear of retaliation by factions loyal to Shreidi.
| Even better: hundreds of turbans, giving each other the hairy eyeball, the while fondling their weapons... |
Meanwhile, Palestinian factions met at the camp to discuss whether Shreidi should be buried at a graveyard within the camp or outside it. They decided it was in everyoneâs interest to bury Shreidi outside the camp, at the New Sidon Graveyard in the Sirop area.
"Yes. It's better for all concerned if we plant him outside the camp."
"How far outside the camp?"
"Someplace in Newfoundland..." |
Sheikh Maher Hammoud, a prominent cleric in the camp, conferred with several political and security leaders to ensure Shreidiâs funeral procession and burial would take place without complications. About 200 Lebanese soldiers were posted on the road from the campâs entrance to the cemetery. At the army checkpoint east of the camp the funeral procession was allowed to pass without army inspections. âThey did not identify the dead nor did they make sure there were any weapons being smuggled out of the camp,â sources at the camp said.
| That means there were four wanted Bad Guys, snuggled in the coffin with Shreidi, and there are land mines and RPGs left behind half the headstones... |
Shreidi was buried at around 5pm Wednesday.
| To general relief and to the applause of many... |
Abu Mehjanâs [head of Usbat al-Ansar, currently on the run] brother, Abu Tarek, contacted members of Usbat al-Nur following the death of Shreidi and worked on avoiding any clashes that could destabilize the camp. However, Fatahâs commander at the Ein el-Hilweh camp, Maher Shabayta, denied the possibility of clashes between any factions, saying: âThe primary reason for the clashes was Abdullah Shreidi. Now that he is gone we no longer have any reason to fight among us.â
| Except for Dire Revengeâ¢... |
About a year ago, the Fatah group, the biggest in the camp, blamed a series of explosions on Shreidi. Fatah strongman Brigadier Sultan Abul-Ainayn then ordered his fighters to âkill Shreidi, wherever he is found.â Shreidi was ambushed and wounded some two months ago by Fatah while returning from a funeral.
| Might as well have stayed â just laid down and saved everybody the trouble... |
In the ensuing fighting Shreidiâs bodyguard, his cousin and four Fatah militiamen were killed. Palestinian Islamic forces commander Sheikh Jamal Khattab said at Shreidiâs burial, âWe have footed the bill beforehand and Shreidiâs death is part of that bill ... logic demands we cross this hurdle because in the end we are all losers.â
| I'm not sure that statement makes any sense, except for the part about them all being lo-o-o-o-sers... |
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