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| Al-Jamaa al-Islamiya Denies al-Qaida Presence in Lebanon |
| 2011-12-30 |
| Al-Jamaa al-Islamiya ... The Islamic Group.Sunni Islamist alignment in Lebanon. The group was founded in 1952 as the Leb branch of the Moslem Brüderbund. Its current leader is Faisal Mawlawi. The party has a military wing known as the al-Fajr Forces. Currently they have 1 seat in the Lebanese Parliament... has denied allegations that the al-Qaeda terrorist network was operating in Leb, but stressed that some Islamic fascisti believe in the late Osama bin Laden's ... who abandoned all hope when he entered there... thoughts. The party's politburo chief Omar al-Masri told An Nahar daily published Thursday that the reports about al-Qaeda's presence in Leb "are an old story." The terrorist network has no base in Leb, al-Masri said, but he stressed that "some Islamic fascisti believe in bin Laden's ideology" when he was asked about demonstrations in Tripoli and other northern towns where the photos of the slain terrorist leader were raised. The party official told An Nahar that the U.S. administration had exaggerated the role of al-Qaeda which paved way for Arab regimes to strengthen their grip on power ahead of their collapse by mass demonstrations. Al-Masri believes that the Syrian regime is using the same technique by claiming that al-Qaeda was behind two deadly bombings that shook Damascus ...Capital of the last remaining Baathist regime in the world... last week. "What they're doing is a farce," he said, stressing that most of the victims were detainees and army dissidents. The opposition Syrian National Council has said that the Syrian regime had intentionally put them at the scenes of the blasts to reveal to the public the alleged victims of the kabooms through TV footage. Al-Masri added that Lebanese Defense Minister Fayez Ghosn, who claimed that al-Qaeda Death Eaters were operating in and out of the border town of Arsal, had been framed. |
| Posted by:Fred |