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| Middle East |
| Ha'aretz sez al-Qaeda thugs settled in at Ain el-Hilweh... |
| 2002-09-02 |
| Meanwhile, an Israeli daily reported Monday that Damascus has allowed 150-200 al Qaeda fighters to settle in the Palestinian refugee camp Ein al Hilwe near Sidon in Lebanon. The group, including senior commanders, arrived from Afghanistan through Damascus, Iran and directly to Lebanon. Haaretz reported that these operatives are responsible, among other things, for the latest outbreak of fighting inside the refugee camp, as part of their attempt to take over the camp. I'm not sure how credible this report is. It's certainly possible, but the mini-groups there are nutty enough with just a bit of inspiration from the Osamanauts... The newspaper also wrote that Mohammed Atta, the leader of the al Qaeda group that conducted the Sept. 11 airplane attacks in New York visited Syria twice or three times. The Syrians did not give that information to the Americans on their own volition, the report said. That was one well-travelled terrorist... Osama bin Laden's son, Omar, left Syria together with his mother Nagwa, three weeks before the attack on Sept. 11, after receiving anonymous instructions to do so. The son returned to Syria after 9-11, and has since visited twice more, the Israeli report said. Perhaps we should have a talk with Omar? Is he in the family business? |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |