Fatah Al-Islam

Fatah Al-Islam (Arab, Fataḥ Al-Islām) was an islamist movement Salafiste armed based with the Lebanon, primarily in the Palestinian Refugee camp of Nahr el-Bared, and in Syria, appeared in November 2006. It is a secessionist group of the pro-Syrian Fatah-Intifada, who made secession of the Fatah of Yasser Arafat in 1983. Its leader, Chaker Al-Absi, is required in three countries since his release in Syria.

Members of the movement Palestinian salafist Jound Al-Cham would have integrated the Fatah Al-Islam.

Fatah Al-Islam affirmed that its objective was the release of Jerusalem and that could be done only by the Islam. On the basis of consent of four of its members stopped by the Lebanese police force, it is shown to be the author of a made attack the February 13rd 2007 against two minibuses of public transport in the mountain in the North-East of Beirut. They are suspected of fomenting other attacks.

The Bloc of March 14th shows Fatah Al-Islam to be a puppet of the Syrian mode, which denies Damas, which had already imprisoned its leader.

To date, it is proven that the movement includes/understands Palestinians, the Lebanese one, Saoudis, Syrians, of Tchétchenes, Yemenis, of the Pakistani, Iraqis and at least an Algerian and Bengladais. According to Palestinian refugees of the camp of Nahr el Bared, the islamist ones arrived at the end of the summer 2006 while being said to support the Fatah-Intifada. This camp would have been selected because it is in area sunnite and was dominated per none the Palestinian factions, which each one controlled only some districts. In the past, this camp was controlled by PFLP, but this movement was found weakened by the disappearance of its chiefs. At the end of a few months, when they became rather numerous, they were asserted of Fatah Al-Islam. Always according to the Palestinians, they had many money and weapons and were before the combat of May 2007, approximately 700, the group is international but the majority of them would be Lebanese sunnites of Fneidek and Sir Al-Dinniyé in the area of the Akkar, to about fifty kilometers in the North-East of Tripoli.

The Lebanese opposition and of many Palestinians show the Lebanese government and the Running of the Future of Saad Hariri to have supported the development of this group to counter the ambitions of the Hezbollah and to have financed it with Saoudi funds, Hariri being very dependant with the family of the Saoud. The Lebanese government would have started the engagements to put overhanging the Syria and to show it a few days before the Safety advice of UNO meets and to obtain more support of the countries and Western mediums. Neither this thesis of the handling of the government Lebanese pro-Westerner, nor that of the Syrian implication are proven, but the audio-visual mediums retransmettent only the second theory, whereas the media papers are much more careful.

In connection with these charges, a Syrian politician declared " if there were an earthquake in Lebanon, the government would show Syrie". The Hezbollah invites the Lebanese Armée not to intervene against the Fatah Al-Islam, and requires of the Fatah and the Hamas to be used as negotiator so that the militants djihadists deposit the weapons and are translated into justice. The Hezbollah refuses that the Lebanese army serf of armed wing of the the United States in its fight against Al-Qaida. The party considers civil Palestinian red line and fears that the conflict with the terrorists of Fatah Al-Islam is used to install the Palestinian refugees in Lebanon in a permanent way.

Combat are in hand since the summer 2007 between the Lebanese forces and the members of this organization and with August 7th, 2007, more than 200 people were killed, including 134 soldiers Lebanese and Abou Houreira, chief assistant of Fatah Al-Islam. This assessment does not take account of islamist killed whose bodies remained in the camp

During the night of September 2nd, a big number of islamist always in the camp tried to flee, among them being Chaker Al-Absi the leader of Fatah Al-Islam. A little later the Lebanese army year end of the engagements, eradication of the movement and the death of Chaker Al-Absi after its body was indentifié in a hospital of the town of Tripoli.

External bond

Paul Khalifeh, a thick mystery surrounds Fatah Al-Islam, RFI , 5/21/2007

Card of synthesis on Fatah Al-Islam

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