DEBKAfile Exclusive: Syria continues to pump armed Palestinians in Lebanon ahead of publication of the UN Hariri murder probe’s findings before Oct 25. Among the 1,300-1,500 fighting men sent from Damascus’ Palestinian refugee camps into Lebanon earlier this month, is a contingent of the radical Popular Front-General Common led by Ahmed Jibril. They have set up an forward operational command base in the Beqaa Valley town of Qusaya. They have also taken charge of combat units in the Palestinian refugee camps of Beirut, Burj al Berajneh, Sabra and Shatila, and placed them on the ready to repulse a possible Lebanese army offensive.
The 600 Palestinians manning Jibril’s longstanding fortified bunker base at Naama south of Beirut are also on alert. Among them are also members of the Abu Mussa breakaway Fatah splinter and Saiqa, the Palestinian terrorist group linked to the Syrian Baath party. The new arrivals were this week sighted practicing combat with live ammo for the first time since the 1980s. | Nice to get them all in one location |
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