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Not to be confused with Fatah or Fatah Revolutionary Council. Fatah (فتح literally opening, is a reverse Acronym from the Arabic name Harakat al-Tahrir al-Watani al-Filastini (حركة التحرير Abu Nidal (أبو نضال (May 1937&ndashAugust 16 2002 born Sabri Khalil al-Banna, (Arabic صبري خليل البنا was a Palestinian political leader
Fatah al-Islam
Arabic: ‎فتح الإسلام
Participant in the Insurgency in Lebanon (2007)
Active 2006-present
Leaders Shaker al-Abssi
Headquarters Gaza
Area of
operations		 Lebanon, Gaza
Strength ~500
Allies Jund al-Sham
al-Qaeda
Opponents Lebanon
Fatah
Battles/wars Insurgency in Lebanon (2007)

Fatah al-Islam, (Arabic: فتح الإسلام, English: Conquest of Islam) is a radical Sunni Islamist group that first formed in November 2006. Arabic (ar الْعَرَبيّة (informally ar عَرَبيْ) in terms of the number of speakers is the largest living member of the Semitic language The 2007 Lebanon conflict began when fighting broke out between Fatah al-Islam, an Islamist militant organization, and the Lebanese Armed Forces Shaker al-Abssi ( 1955) ( is/was a veteran Palestinian guerrilla and Fatah al-Islam 's leader Lebanon (ˈlɛbənɒn Arabic: ar لبنان Lubnān) officially the Republic of Lebanon or Lebanese Republic (ar الجمهورية اللبنانية Jund al-Sham ( Arabic: جند الشام, "Soldiers of Greater Syria " is believed to have first appeared in Afghanistan in 1999 the Al-Qaeda, alternatively spelled al-Qaida, al-Qa`ida or al-Qa`idah, ( Arabic:; ar-Latn ''al-qāʿidah'' Translation: The Lebanon (ˈlɛbənɒn Arabic: ar لبنان Lubnān) officially the Republic of Lebanon or Lebanese Republic (ar الجمهورية اللبنانية Fatah (فتح literally opening, is a reverse Acronym from the Arabic name Harakat al-Tahrir al-Watani al-Filastini (حركة التحرير The 2007 Lebanon conflict began when fighting broke out between Fatah al-Islam, an Islamist militant organization, and the Lebanese Armed Forces Arabic (ar الْعَرَبيّة (informally ar عَرَبيْ) in terms of the number of speakers is the largest living member of the Semitic language English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States Sunni Islam is the largest denomination of Islam. Sunni Islam is also referred to as Ahl as-Sunnah wa’l-Jamā‘h (Arabic Islamism ( Islam + ism; Arabic: al-'islāmiyya) a set of ideologies holding that Islam is not only [1] It has been described as a militant jihadist[2] movement that draws inspiration from al-Qaeda. A Mujahid (Arabic ar مجاهد, literally "struggler" is a Muslim involved in a Jihad, id est fighting in a war or Al-Qaeda, alternatively spelled al-Qaida, al-Qa`ida or al-Qa`idah, ( Arabic:; ar-Latn ''al-qāʿidah'' Translation: The [2][3][4] It became very well known in May 2007 and June 2007 after engaging in combat against the Lebanese Army in the Nahr al-Bared UNRWA Palestinian refugee camp. The Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF' ( Arabic: القوات المسلحة اللبنانية al-Quwa'at al-Musalha al-Lubna'ani Nahr al-Bared ( literally Cold River is a Palestinian Refugee camp in northern Lebanon, 16 km from the city United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East ( UNRWA) is a relief and human development agency providing education health care social services Palestinian people or Palestinians ( الشعب الفلسطيني, ash-sha`b al-filasTīni; الفلسطينيون, al-filasTīnīyyūn A refugee camp is a temporary camp built by a government the United Nations, international organizations (such as the Red Cross) or NGOs to receive The United States Department of State classified the group as a terrorist organization on August 9, 2007[5]

Contents

Origins

Fatah al-Islam was led by a fugitive militant named Shaker al-Abssi,[3][6] A Palestinian refugee who was born in Jericho in 1955,[7] al-Abssi was once a pilot with the rank of colonel. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the " Foreign Terrorist Organization " is a designation of non- United States -based organizations declared terrorist by the United States Secretary of State Events 48 BC - Caesar's civil war: Battle of Pharsalus - Julius Caesar decisively defeats Pompey at Pharsalus Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Shaker al-Abssi ( 1955) ( is/was a veteran Palestinian guerrilla and Fatah al-Islam 's leader Jericho ( Arabic, ʼArīḥā; Hebrew, Standard Yəriḥo Tiberian Yərîḫô [8]

Al-Abssi's first militant activities can be traced to connections he established with a secular Palestinian militant group named Fatah al-Intifada[3] in Libya, after it defected from the umbrella Fateh movement in 1983 . Fatah al-Intifada ( Arabic, Fatah Uprising, فتح الانتفاضة is a Palestinian militant faction founded by Col Libya ( ليبيا ar-Latn Lībiyā; Libyan vernacular: Lībya; Amazigh:) officially the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab [8] From Libya, al-Abssi reportedly moved to Damascus, where he made close ties with Fatah al-Intifada's number two in command, Abu Khaled al-Omla. Damascus ( دمشق,, also commonly known as الشام ash-Shām) is the capital and largest city of Syria. [8]

Syrian authorities arrested al-Abssi in 2000 and sentenced him to three years in prison on charges of smuggling weapons and ammunition between Jordan and Syria. Syria ( سوريّة or) officially the Syrian Arab Republic (Arabic ar الجمهورية العربية السورية Jordan, officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan (الأردنّ al-Urdunn) is an Arab country in Southwest Asia spanning the southern Syria ( سوريّة or) officially the Syrian Arab Republic (Arabic ar الجمهورية العربية السورية [8][9] The government later released him. He went to Iraq following the U. S. -led invasion in 2003 and fought alongside groups affiliated with Al-Qaeda. He is said to have become friends with a number of Al-Qaeda leaders there. [8]

In 2004 Al-Abssi was sentenced to death in absentia by a Jordanian military court for involvement in the assassination of U. Jordan, officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan (الأردنّ al-Urdunn) is an Arab country in Southwest Asia spanning the southern S. diplomat Laurence Foley, after Syrian authorities refused to extradite him for trial. Laurence Michael Foley Sr ( October 5, 1942 &mdash October 28, 2002) was an American Diplomat Assassinated [9] Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was also sentenced to death for the killing of Foley and was thought to have been an associate of Al-Abssi. Abu Musab al-Zarqawi (أبومصعب الزرقاوي, Abu Musab from Zarqa)) (October 30 1966 – June 7 2006 born Ahmad Fadeel al-Nazal [7]

He briefly returned to Syria, where he again hooked up with al-Omla who helped him relocate to Lebanon, where he and a group of youth he met in Iraq set themselves up in the headquarters of Fatah Al-Intifada in the village of Helwa in the Western Beqaa in 2005 . Lebanon (ˈlɛbənɒn Arabic: ar لبنان Lubnān) officially the Republic of Lebanon or Lebanese Republic (ar الجمهورية اللبنانية [8] In May 2006, Al-Abssi and this small group engaged in armed clashes with Lebanese soldiers that led to the killing of one young Syrian wanted by Damascus for fighting in Iraq. [8]

Syrian intelligence services then summoned al-Omla to ask him about al-Abssi and his group. [8] The investigation unmasked the close coordination between al-Omla and al-Abssi that had been kept from the pro-Damascus Secretary General of Fatah Al-Intifada, Abu Moussa, and by extension, from the Syrian authorities. [8]

Al-Omla then reportedly ordered al-Abssi to leave the Western Beqaa, which is close to the borders with Syria, and head for refugee camps in northern Lebanon. [8]

In November 2006 the Palestinian security committee in Al-Badawi refugee camp in Tripoli handed over two members of al-Abssi's group to Lebanese military intelligence. Lebanon (ˈlɛbənɒn Arabic: ar لبنان Lubnān) officially the Republic of Lebanon or Lebanese Republic (ar الجمهورية اللبنانية [8] Al-Abssi was reportedly infuriated and decided to break with Fatah al-Intifada and establish his own group, Fatah al-Islam.

In November 2006 Fatah al-Islam set up a headquarters in the Palestinian refugee camp of Nahr al-Bared in northern Lebanon. Nahr al-Bared ( literally Cold River is a Palestinian Refugee camp in northern Lebanon, 16 km from the city Lebanon (ˈlɛbənɒn Arabic: ar لبنان Lubnān) officially the Republic of Lebanon or Lebanese Republic (ar الجمهورية اللبنانية The group seized three compounds in the camp that had belonged to the secular Palestinian militant group, Fatah al-Intifada. [3] Al-Abssi then issued a declaration saying he was bringing religion back to the Palestinian cause. [3]

In March 2007 Seymour Hersh, investigative reporter for New Yorker magazine, suggested that the Lebanese government was giving support to Fatah al-Islam, in order to defeat Hezbollah. Seymour (Sy Myron Hersh (born April 8, 1937) is an American Pulitzer Prize winning investigative Journalist and Author The New Yorker is an American Magazine that publishes reportage commentary criticism essays fiction satire cartoons and poetry Hezbollah (حزب الله, literally " party of God " is a Shi'a Islamic political and Paramilitary organisation [10] Independently, Dr. Franklin Lamb, a researcher at the American University of Beirut, a Hezbollah expert and the author of "Hezbollah: A Brief Guide for Beginners", located at the time in Lebanon, makes similar allegations, in more detail. The American University of Beirut (AUB الجامعة الأميركية في بيروت is a private independent University in Beirut, Lebanon. He claims that assistant to Secretary of State, David Welch negotiated with the Saudis and Saad Hariri of the American backed Siniora government to funnel aid to Fatah al-Islam, so that the Sunni group could eventually attack Shiite Hezbollah [11]. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, KSA ( المملكة العربية السعودية, al-Mamlaka al-ʻArabiyya as-Suʻūdiyya) or Suudi Saad ed Deen Rafiq al Hariri (سعد الدين رفيق الحريري (born April 18, 1970 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) is a Saudi Fouad Siniora (alternative spellings Fouad Sanyoura Fuad Siniora Fouad Saniora Fouad Seniora ( فؤاد السنيورة, Fu'ād As-Sanyūrah is the Prime Sunni Islam is the largest denomination of Islam. Sunni Islam is also referred to as Ahl as-Sunnah wa’l-Jamā‘h (Arabic

But Michael Young, a writer for Reason Magazine, casts doubts on Seymour Hersh's claims [12]. Reason is a libertarian monthly magazine from the Reason Foundation. Additionally, Professor Barry Rubin, Director of the Global Research in International Affairs Center, has alleged that Al-Abssi is in fact a Syrian operative engaged in destabilizing the government of Lebanon. Lebanon (ˈlɛbənɒn Arabic: ar لبنان Lubnān) officially the Republic of Lebanon or Lebanese Republic (ar الجمهورية اللبنانية [13]

Other indications that Fatah al-Islam, and specifically Fath Al-Islam leader Shaker Al-'Absi, may have Syrian support come from Samir Geagea, executive body chairman of the Lebanese Forces, who asked why

if anyone is found out to be a Muslim Brotherhood activist, he receives a death sentence, and if he is very lucky, he gets hard labor. Samir Farid Geagea ( Arabic: سمير فريد جعجع, also Samir Ja`ja`) born October 25, 1952 is the leader of the right wing So how come Shaker Al-'Absi - who is no ordinary militant but a leader. . . and who committed a crime in Jordan and was sentenced to death there, and was arrested in Syria - has been released [from prison]?[14]

Membership

The official spokesman for Fatah al-Islam is Abu Salim Taha. [9] Fatah al-Islam supposedly has more than 150 armed fighters in the Nahr el-Bared camp[15]. The group allegedly has about more than half a dozen Palestinian members. [2] The bulk of its membership is said to made up of Syrians, Saudis, and other Arab Jihadists who had fought in Iraq, as well as approximately 50 Lebanese extreemist Sunnis. Syria ( سوريّة or) officially the Syrian Arab Republic (Arabic ar الجمهورية العربية السورية The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, KSA ( المملكة العربية السعودية, al-Mamlaka al-ʻArabiyya as-Suʻūdiyya) or Suudi For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iraq topics. Lebanon (ˈlɛbənɒn Arabic: ar لبنان Lubnān) officially the Republic of Lebanon or Lebanese Republic (ar الجمهورية اللبنانية [2]

The Syrian ambassador said the leaders of the group were mostly Palestinians, Jordanians, or Saudis, and that perhaps a "couple of them" were Syrians. Jordan, officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan (الأردنّ al-Urdunn) is an Arab country in Southwest Asia spanning the southern [16]

The pro-Saudi Al Hayat newspaper reports that Fatah al-Islam has close ties to Syria, and that much of the leadership of Fatah al-Islam is made up of Syrian officers. Al-Hayat ("Life"-- الحياة is one of the leading Daily Pan-Arab Newspapers, with a circulation of almost 300000

Fatah al-Islam casualties is mostly made of Saudis. There are also information that there are Chechen and Bangali fighters among this group.

Ideology

According to Reuters, Fatah al-Islam's primary goals are to institute Islamic law in Palestinian refugee camps and to target Israel. This article is primarily about Reuters prior to its 2008 merger with Thomson For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Israel topics. [17]

Several news organizations have suggested that Fatah al-Islam has connections to al-Qaeda. Some reports even claim Fatah al-Islam is part of the al-Qaeda network. Abssi has stated that the group has no organization ties to al-Qaeda, "but agrees with its aim of fighting infidels. "[18] Fatah al-Islam statements have appeared on Islamist Web sites known to publish al-Qaeda statements. [18]

Syria's ambassador Bashar Ja'afari, responding to Lebanese claims that Syria is a sponsor of Fatah al-Islam, told Reuters that several of the organization's members had been jailed for three or four years in Syria for connections to al-Qaeda, and that upon their release they had left the country. Ja'afari also said that, "If they come to Syria, they will be jailed," and that, "They are not fighting on behalf of the Palestinian cause. They are fighting on behalf of al Qaeda. ". [16]

On May 23, 2007 the Arab League issued a statement "strongly condemn[ing] the criminal and terrorist acts carried out by the terrorist group known as Fatah al-Islam," adding that the group has "no relation to the Palestinian question or Islam. Events 1430 - Siege of Compiègne: Joan of Arc is captured by the Burgundians while leading an army to relieve Compiègne Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. The Arab League ( الجامعة العربية) officially called the League of Arab States ( جامعة الدول العربية "[19]

In an interview on CNN International's "Your World Today," Seymour Hersh said that according to an agreement between the United States Vice President Dick Cheney, Deputy National Security Advisor Elliot Abrams, Saudi National Security Adviser Prince Bandar bin Sultan, covert funding for the Sunni Fatah al-Islam would be provided by the Saudi regime to counterweight the influence of the Shiite Hezbollah. CNN International (CNNI is an English language Television network that is commonly referred to as CNN and carries news current affairs and business programming Seymour (Sy Myron Hersh (born April 8, 1937) is an American Pulitzer Prize winning investigative Journalist and Author The Vice President of the United States is the first person in the presidential line of succession, becoming the new President of the United States upon the death Richard Bruce "Dick" Cheney (born January 30 1941 is the forty-sixth and current Vice President of the United States. Prince Bandar bin Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud ( الأمير بندر بن سلطان بن عبدالعزيز آل سعود born 2 March 1949 is a Saudi politician Sunni Islam is the largest denomination of Islam. Sunni Islam is also referred to as Ahl as-Sunnah wa’l-Jamā‘h (Arabic [10]

Hersh said, "This was a covert operation that [Prince] Bandar ran with us. " He also said that when he was in Beirut he "talked to officials who acknowledged the reason they were tolerating the radical jihadist groups was because they were seen as a protection against Hezbollah. "[10]

Hezbollah released a statement saying, "We feel that there is someone out there who wants to drag the [Lebanese] army to this confrontation and bloody struggle . . . to serve well-known projects and aims," and it called for a political solution to the crisis. [20]

Activities

German train bombings

Main article: 2006 German train bombing

The fourth-highest ranking member of Fatah al-Islam, Saddam el-Hajdib, and his brother Khaled Khair-Eddin el-Hajdib, were among the suspects behind failed bombings on German commuter trains on July 31, 2006. On July 31 2006 two people placed two suitcases filled with bombs on regional trains in Germany. The bombs did not explode due to faulty mechanisms. Saddam el-Hajdib was killed by the Lebanese army in the 2007 conflict between Fatah al-Islam and the Lebanese army. [21][22]

Plot to assassinate anti-Syrian Lebanese officials

On December 7, 2006 Le Monde reported that a top UN official had been informed by the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) representative in Lebanon, Abbas Zaki, of a plot by Fatah al-Islam to assassinate 36 anti-Syrian figures in Lebanon. Events 43 BC - Marcus Tullius Cicero assassinated 1696 - Connecticut Route 108, one of the oldest highways Le Monde (The World is a The Palestine Liberation Organization ( PLO) (منظمة التحرير الفلسطينية or Munazzamat al-Tahrir al-Filastiniyyah) is a political and paramilitary [23][24] PLO security agents later confronted the group, arresting six of them. Four were later released while a Syrian and a Saudi Arabian were handed over to the Lebanese military. [24]

Lebanese authorities have accused the organization of being involved in the February 13, 2007 bombing of two minibuses that killed three people, and injured more than 20 others, in Ain Alaq, Lebanon,[4] and identified four of its members as having confessed to the bombing. Events 1258 - Baghdad falls to the Mongols, and the Abbasid Caliphate is destroyed Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. "Microbus" redirects here For the Volkswagen Microbus see Volkswagen Type 2. [17] They have also stated that the group is a front for Syrian intelligence in Lebanon. [4] Both Fatah al-Islam and the Syrian government denied the collaboration charges. [4]

Conflict with the Lebanese army

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Timeline
Combatants

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Main article: 2007 Lebanon conflict

On May 19, 2007 a police search was mounted for suspects in a bank robbery a day earlier in Amyoun, a town southeast of Tripoli. The 2007 Lebanon conflict began when fighting broke out between Fatah al-Islam, an Islamist militant organization, and the Lebanese Armed Forces This is a detailed Timeline of the 2007 Lebanon conflict. Timeline May 20 Start of the fighting in Tripoli and Nahr al-Bared Fighting Jund al-Sham ( Arabic: جند الشام, "Soldiers of Greater Syria " is believed to have first appeared in Afghanistan in 1999 the The Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF' ( Arabic: القوات المسلحة اللبنانية al-Quwa'at al-Musalha al-Lubna'ani Tripoli ( Lebanese Arabic: طرابلس Ṭrāblos or Ṭrēblos locally Ṭrōbles Standard Arabic: Ṭarābulus Τρίπολις Tripolis is the second-largest Nahr al-Bared ( literally Cold River is a Palestinian Refugee camp in northern Lebanon, 16 km from the city Ain al-Hilweh (variously Ayn al-Hilweh Ein al-Hilweh etc the literal meaning is "sweet spring " (عين الحلوة is the largest Palestinian The February 13 2007 Lebanon bombings were two blasts on buses near Bikfaya, Lebanon which killed three and injured 21 The 2007 Lebanon conflict began when fighting broke out between Fatah al-Islam, an Islamist militant organization, and the Lebanese Armed Forces Events 1535 - French explorer Jacques Cartier sets sail on his second voyage to North America with three ships 110 men and Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Amioun in أميون and other scripts of the name are most probably transliterated from the original Amyūn. Tripolis ( Arabic: طرابلس Ṭarābulus - also طرابلس الغرب Ṭarā-bu-lus al-Gharb Libyan vernacular: Gunmen made off with $125,000 in cash in the robbery. [9]

According to Ashraf Rifi, the Lebanese Interior Security Forces chief, the bank robbers were traced to an apartment in Tripoli which turned out to be an office for Fatah al-Islam. [7] The armed militants at the office resisted arrest and a gunbattle ensued. [7] A three-day standoff between security forces and militants at the apartment ended on 23 May, after the last Fatah al-Islam militant at that location blew himself up. Events 1430 - Siege of Compiègne: Joan of Arc is captured by the Burgundians while leading an army to relieve Compiègne [25]

Robert Fisk reported that while some of the group that had robbed the bank were cornered in the apartment block, others had holed up in the Nahr el-Bared camp north of the city. Robert Fisk (born July 12 1946 in Maidstone, Kent) is a British Journalist and is Middle East correspondent [26] Under a 1969 Arab accord, the Lebanese army may not enter the Palestinian refugee camps. [27]

The militants seized Lebanese army positions at the entrance to the Nahr al-Bared camp, capturing two armored personnel carriers. Security officials also reported that the gunmen had opened fire on roads leading out of the camp to Tripoli, and ambushed a military unit, killing two soldiers. [9]

The attacks by Fatah al-Islam killed at least 27 Lebanese soldiers, 15 Fatah al-Islam militants and 15 civilians,[27] injuring another 27 Lebanese soldiers and over 40 civilians. [28] Lebanese forces fired artillery barrages against militants in the camp. [27]

In response, the Lebanese army brought in reinforcements and on May 20 began a steady barrage of artillery and heavy machine gun fire in an attempt to hit militant positions that Fatah al-Islam had occupied inside the Nahr al-Bared camp. Events 325 - The First Council of Nicaea &ndash the first Ecumenical Council of the Christian Church is held [9]

On May 20, a spokesperson for Fatah made an official statement to the WAFA Palestine News Agency affirming that the "so called Fatah al-Islam" is neither part of, nor linked to, the Fatah organization or the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO). Fatah (فتح literally opening, is a reverse Acronym from the Arabic name Harakat al-Tahrir al-Watani al-Filastini (حركة التحرير Wafa is the News agency of the Palestinian National Authority. Fatah (فتح literally opening, is a reverse Acronym from the Arabic name Harakat al-Tahrir al-Watani al-Filastini (حركة التحرير The Palestine Liberation Organization ( PLO) (منظمة التحرير الفلسطينية or Munazzamat al-Tahrir al-Filastiniyyah) is a political and paramilitary He further mentioned that this group had launched several attacks against Palestinian refugees in Lebanon and called upon Palestinian refugees to "isolate this emerging group". [29]

The PLO representative in Lebanon, Abbas Zaki also met with official bodies in Lebanon to officially inform them that the group is made up of "extremists" and is not linked with Palestinian agenda. [29]

On May 21, Zaki and other PLO officials attempted to negotiate a ceasefire to alleviate the humanitarian suffering in the camp. Events 878 - Syracuse Italy is captured by the Muslim sultan of Sicily. [30] While the Lebanese army had been sending tank and mortar fire into the camp in pursuit of Fatah al-Islam, some 30,000 civilians were trapped inside, and conditions had rapidly worsened. [28] A handful of the wounded were taken out but it was impossible to get outside help to many others. [28] At least 8 refugees were killed and 60 others wounded. [30]

Palestinian civilians from the refugee camp were finally able to flee the fighting after Fatah al-Islam declared a unilateral truce on May 22, and the exodus continued on May 23. Events 334 BC - The Greek army of Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of the Granicus. Events 1430 - Siege of Compiègne: Joan of Arc is captured by the Burgundians while leading an army to relieve Compiègne [31] Fatah al-Islam is still inside the camp, and says that if it is attacked, it will fight to the death. [31]

An al Qaeda military official warned the Lebanese government to stop attacks on the Fatah al-Islam cell, or else “we will tear out your hearts with traps and surround your places with explosive canisters, and target all your businesses, beginning with tourism and ending with other rotten industries. Al-Qaeda, alternatively spelled al-Qaida, al-Qa`ida or al-Qa`idah, ( Arabic:; ar-Latn ''al-qāʿidah'' Translation: The . . We warn you for the last time, and after it there will only be rivers of blood. ”[32]

On the June 16, 2007, 68 Lebanese soldiers, 50 Fatah al-Islam supporters and 32 civilian Palestinians had been killed in the fighting according to Dailystar newspaper. [33] Which later has grown to 75 dead Lebanese soldiers.

On Sunday, September 2, 2007, the Lebanese Army took control of the Nahr el-Bared camp, after three months of fighting. Events 44 BC - Pharaoh Cleopatra VII of Egypt declares her son co-ruler as Ptolemy XV Caesarion. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. The Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF' ( Arabic: القوات المسلحة اللبنانية al-Quwa'at al-Musalha al-Lubna'ani Nahr al-Bared ( literally Cold River is a Palestinian Refugee camp in northern Lebanon, 16 km from the city Thirty-nine Fatah al-Islam members were killed while attempting a mass pre-dawn break-out from the camp. At least three Lebanese soldiers also died in Sunday's fighting, taking the number of troops killed in 3 months to 158. At least 222 militants and a number of civilians were also killed in the same period. One day after the Lebanese Army victory unidentified fighters apparently clashed with security forces wounding two. [34] On Monday, September 10, 2007 it was announced that DNA tests on a body thought to be the group's leader Shaker al-Abssi had turned out negative. Shaker al-Abssi ( 1955) ( is/was a veteran Palestinian guerrilla and Fatah al-Islam 's leader Lebanese officials now say that he probably fled the fighting in the camp before the army took control. [35][36]Full]

On Wednesday, December 12, 2007, Lebanese Army Major General Francois el-Hajj and his bodyguard were killed in a car bombing attack in Baabda. General François al-Hajj (الجنرال فرنسوا الحاج July 28, 1953 &ndash December 12, 2007) was born in the southern Baabda (بعبدا is the capital city of Baabda District as well as the capital of Mount Lebanon Governorate, western Lebanon. Several suspects have since been apprehended and investigated, and investigation suggests Fatah al-Islam involvement. [37]

On Wednesday, January 9, 2008, Fatah al-Islam chief Shaker al-Abssi made a public speech in Lebanon, acknowledging his escape and vowing for revenge against the Lebanese army after the group's defeat in the 2007 Lebanon conflict. Shaker al-Abssi ( 1955) ( is/was a veteran Palestinian guerrilla and Fatah al-Islam 's leader [38]

Emirate plot

According to Lebanese and Palestinian sources, Fatah al-Islam had planned to revolt and establish an emirate in the area of Tripoli with the help of al-Qaeda members who had fled Iraq. An emirate is a political territory that is ruled by a dynastic Arab Monarch styled Emir. Al-Qaeda, alternatively spelled al-Qaida, al-Qa`ida or al-Qa`idah, ( Arabic:; ar-Latn ''al-qāʿidah'' Translation: The For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iraq topics. [39] This operation was dubbed "Operation 755". According to Lebanese sources, the plot was uncovered and foiled. Lebanese security forces had found CDs with detailed plans for this plot. Abu-Salim Taha, spokesperson for the Fatah al-Islam denied these charges. [40]

Criminal charges

On June 21, 2007, Lebanese State Prosecutor Saeed Mirza filed criminal charges against 16 Fatah al-Islam members accused of carrying out the February 13, 2007 Lebanon bombings against two civilian buses that killed two people and injured 21 others. Saeed Akhtar Mirza is an a Indian writer and director in Hindi films and television The February 13 2007 Lebanon bombings were two blasts on buses near Bikfaya, Lebanon which killed three and injured 21 The February 13 2007 Lebanon bombings were two blasts on buses near Bikfaya, Lebanon which killed three and injured 21 Those attacks took place in Ain Alaq, a Lebanese mountain village. [41]

Nine of the 16 suspects accused were in custody when the charges were filed; other, including Fatah al-Islam head Shaker al-Abssi and the group's reputed military commander Shehab Abu Qadour a/k/a Abu Hureira before his death were still being sought. Shaker al-Abssi ( 1955) ( is/was a veteran Palestinian guerrilla and Fatah al-Islam 's leader [42] The defendants include ten Syrians, two Lebanese, three Palestinians (including one woman) and a Saudi national. [43]

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