The widow of the fugitive leader of Fatah al-Islam terrorists claims that her husband Shaker al-Abssi is definitely dead and the voice on the last audio recording was not his , according to Saudi Arabian newspaper Okaz. She said her husband always wanted his death to be a source of confusion for his enemies. She added that the corpse at the Tripoli hospital which is marked A16 is his body .Okaz also quoted Palestinian sources saying Wafa, Absi’s daughter ( who is the widow of Abu el Laith who was killed on the Iraqi Syrian borders before Nahr el Bared battle) is also certain that the voice of the recording is not her father‘s. Wafa is still living in the city of Sidon, south Lebanon awaiting emigration documentation.
The Lebanese public prosecutor has said DNA tests proved that Abssi, a Palestinian, was not among the fighters killed by Lebanese troops. Lebanese troops seized control of the camp on September 2. AbssiÂ’s wife who insisted the body was that of her husband was accused of lying to deceive the army and allow Abssi to escape to Syria.
In a 58-minute audio recording posted on a Web site used by al Qaeda and other Islamist groups last Monday, the leader of the Fatah al-Islam group threatened attacks against the Lebanese army after it crushed its militants in battles at a refugee camp in northern Lebanon last year. "Nahr al-Bared camp will stand witness to your shame until the mujahideen tread your (bodies) with their shoes," a speaker who identified himself as Shaker al-Abssi said.
Absi, who served in the Syrian army was sentenced to death in absentia for the killing of a U.S. diplomat in Jordan in 2002. He was later jailed in Syria before setting up Fatah al-Islam in north Lebanon last year.