El Ejército libanés se enfrenta a milicianos de Fatah al Islam

El Líbano es, según algunos, un lugar paradisíaco. Ayer, por lo visto, no lo fue tanto. Fuerzas del Ejército libanés han estado combatiendo, en un campamento de refugiados palestinos cercano a Trípoli, a milicianos de un grupo, apoyado por Siria y cercano a las tesis de Al Qaeda, denominado Fatah al-Islam. Sobre este grupo, el diario londinense The Times comenta lo siguiente:

Fatah al-Islam first emerged in November last year, declaring that it had split from Fatah al-Intifada, a pro-Syrian Palestinian faction based in Beirut. The Lebanese Government claims that the group is run by Syrian military intelligence and that its purpose is to cause instability in Lebanon. It has been accused of a deadly twin minibus bombing in a Christian town in January and of staging several bank robberies, the latest on Saturday in Amioun.

Fatah al-Islam, led by Chaker Absi, a veteran Palestinian fighter originally trained by the Syrian Air Force, says that it is devoted to fighting Israel. Sources close to the group said that it is using donations from Sunni Islamist supporters in Tripoli to build its base of support in Nahr al-Bared camp and is beginning to make a presence in Palestinian refugee camps in Beirut and south Lebanon. Its goal, they said, is to become the dominant Palestinian faction in Lebanon.

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