Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Saniora vowed in an address to the nation on Thursday his government would His address came a day after the Lebanese defense minister issued an ultimatum to the Fatah Islam militants barricaded in the Nahr el-Bared refugee camp - many of whom are believed to be Arabs from other countries - to surrender or face a military assault.
Saniora said the Fatah Islam militant group holed up in the camp was "a terrorist organization that claims to be Islamic and to defend Palestine" and was "attempting to ride on the suffering and the struggle of the Palestinian people."
Saniora also said that Lebanon would never become the "playground" for international conflicts, a declaration that appeared aimed at Syria.
I wonder what Sarko told him?
Saniora spoke after a senior Lebanese military official disclosed Thursday that troops on Tuesday had sunk two small boats carrying Islamic militants who were trying to flee a besieged Palestinian refugee camp via the Mediterranean sea. The official said all militants on the boats were killed, but did not specify how many died in the incident.
Heh. Boatloads of dead jihadis. Sa-weeeet
He spoke under customary conditions of anonymity because he was not authorized to talk to the media.
I can say no more!
"They were trying to flee from the coast next to the Nahr el-Bared camp," the official said. "They took advantage of a lull in the fighting Tuesday and tried to escape," he said. "There were no survivors."
Sighs contentedly.
The official said soldiers with heavy machine guns blasted the two rubber dinghies on which the militants were attempting to escape.
| Never try to escape from a gunfight in a rubber boat. |
Heavy usually means a .50, one of Brown's sweetest inventions ever.
Fighters from the al-Qaida-inspired Fatah Islam militant group barricaded in the Palestinian refugee camp vowed not to give up and to fight any Lebanese assault. It was not clear what sparked the shooting, as a truce appeared to be still holding since Tuesday afternoon. Half a dozen soldiers followed by an armored car and a light vehicle headed toward a forward army position at the camp's northern entrance.
Lebanon's government appeared to be preparing in case the showdown sparks violence elsewhere in the country. In a sign of the danger, a bomb exploded Wednesday night in the Aley mountain resort overlooking Beirut, a 90-minute drive south of Nahr el-Bared. The blast, which injured 16 people, was the third in the Beirut area since Sunday.
So, the Jihadis have now hit the Druze as well as the Christians and Sunnis earlier, who just happen to all oppose Syria and Iran. Hmmmm
Police said all but two of the wounded had been released from hospital. Fatah Islam has denied
Lebanon now has balls? WTF is going on here?
| Splodydopes is what the Lions of Islam™ do best -- put them in a stand-up fight and they have problems. |