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- [alpha] RE-SENDING WITH SOURCE CODE - INSIGHT - PNA - Ideology behind leadership at Ma'an News Agency - PS200
- Email-ID 209919
- Date 2011-12-17 19:44:13
- From bayless.parsley@stratfor.com
- To alpha@stratfor.com
- List-Name alpha@stratfor.com
- Per Jenn's request.
- On 12/17/11 11:03 AM, Bayless Parsley wrote:
- Sending straight to alpha because no WO on. Replying to this thread
- because it's in reference to the bias we should be aware of from Ma'an
- News Agency, whose story Mikey just pasted in response to the insight on
- what's happening at Pal camps in Lebanon. Source is new, just met him on
- my trip. He's a journalist who works for Ma'an. Insight below is his
- response to my questions about wtf his boss was saying in the article I
- pasted below the insight ('Palestinian editor says Jerusalem will be
- liberated with "military honor"'):
- Nasser [Ma'an editor in chief Nasr al-Lahham] is the man but he's a nut.
- I know him well. Israelis know him too, he used to report from the
- Knesset and interviewed I think their president once at his home.
- His point here, seems to me, is Abbas' strategy of building institutions
- and restoring security, rather than violently resisting, is key to
- liberating Palestine. He's telling the recruits they're just as
- important and valuable as Hezbollah and don't let anyone tell you
- otherwise
- Here's the inside scoop on Nasser and the key to understanding how Maan
- remains the only truly independent news source in Palestine: He's a
- decades long supporter of the Popular Front, was president of the PFLP
- at Bethlehem Univ. and went to jail six years for it.
- As a PFLP supporter, he detests organized religion and its mixing in
- politics (Hamas) just as much as he hates
- materialism/capitalism/corruption (Fatah). (On that second point, he's
- probably the most beloved media personality in the country and has huge
- influence, yet he never thought to move out of the refugee camp where he
- was born. Badass.)
- The other important thing to know about Nasser, more important than
- anything else I just mentioned, is that he is batshit insane. Really do
- love the guy but something is off up there, trust me. He will spout out
- the craziest theories every once in a while **
- ----------------------------------------
- Palestinian editor says Jerusalem will be liberated with "military
- honor"
- Ma'an News Agency reports at 0429 gmt that its editor in chief Nasr
- al-Lahham, delivered a speech to a group of 600 Palestinian security
- personnel at Jericho's Palestinian Academy for Security Sciences, also
- known as Al-Istiqlal University. The event was attended by several
- high-ranking security figures such as Tawfiq al-Tirawi, head of the
- university board of management, and Nayif Jaradat, the academy's acting
- president.
- The report says that Al-Lahham "spoke about the occupation and how most
- of the young Jewish people do not know the meaning of the word
- occupation, because they have been brainwashed by the Israeli military
- and media establishments."
- He praises Palestinian [National] Authority (PNA) President Mahmud
- Abbas, and likens him to Palestinian figures such as Yasir Arafat and
- Khalid Mish'al, explaining that "all of them refused to give up on any
- right."
- Al-Lahham calls for an end to the criticism of Palestinians via
- satellite television and urges the media to respect the "conscience of
- the Palestinian youth," adding that such criticism is tantamount to
- "criticizing a whole generation's will of resistance and defiance." He
- continues: "You are the future. I stand before you, and I see no
- difference between you and Hezbollah fighters in south Lebanon. They
- liberated their homeland and you will liberate Jerusalem, God willing."
- He concludes his speech by saying "I swear in the pure blood of your
- father that we will pray in Jerusalem and you will liberate it with your
- military honour."
- Source: Ma'an News Agency website, Bethlehem, in Arabic 0429 gmt 30 Nov
- 11
- BBC Mon ME1 MEEauosc 011211 sg
- On 12/16/11 2:59 PM, Michael Wilson wrote:
- Fatah figure denies plan to eliminate Salafists in Lebanese refugee camp
- Text of report by independent, non-governmental Palestinian Ma'an News
- Agency website
- ["Exclusive" report: "Al-Maqdah: Fatah not preparing plan to eliminate
- Jund al-Sham and Jaysh al-Islam"]
- Bethlehem, 15 December (Ma'an) - Munir al-Maqdah, commander of the Fatah
- movement's general headquarters in Lebanon, denied that Palestinian
- forces in the Ayn al-Hulwah refugee camp in south Lebanon are planning
- to eliminate operatives from the Jund al-Sham and Jaysh al-Islam
- organizations. These organizations have been accused of being behind the
- assassination of 2nd lieutenant Ashraf al-Qadiri, escort of Mahmud Isa,
- also known as Al-Linu, commander of the Palestinian Armed Struggle.
- Al-Maqdah told Ma'an's radio network that the political leadership in
- Ayn al-Hulwah has set up a committee to investigate the assassination,
- but not to eliminate any particular operative or individual. He said
- that no one is untouchable, no matter what happens, and that anyone
- whose name is called should immediately head to the special committee in
- the camp, and if that person is found guilty, he will be turned over to
- the Lebanese army.
- Al-Maqdah said "there are no operatives from Fatah al-Islam or Jund
- al-Sham in the camp, and this was an isolated incident." He added that
- there are ongoing meetings in the camp "because there are people who
- want to spark clashes in the camps, both internally and with their
- neighbours, and undermine the stability and security in the camps."
- Asked about the reconciliation and the latest meeting between
- Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas and HAMAS Political Bureau chief
- Khalid Mish'al in Cairo, Al-Maqdah said this was a positive step towards
- the future Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital. He said the
- reconciliation is a Palestinian demand and a force to confront Israel
- with, and expressed hope that this demand will be fully and clearly
- realized.
- Source: Ma'an News Agency website, Bethlehem, in Arabic 1851 gmt 15 Dec
- 11
- BBC Mon ME1 MEEauosc 161211 nan
- (c) Copyright British Broadcasting Corporation 2011
- --
- On 12/15/11 7:44 AM, Michael Wilson wrote:
- Fatah Official Says Jund al-Sham Killed al-Lino's Bodyguard
- http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/23367-fatah-official-says-jund-al-sham-killed-al-linos-bodyguard
- by Naharnet Newsdesk 36 minutes ago
- A Fatah official has accused members of the militant group Jund
- al-Sham of assassinating the bodyguard of Palestinian Armed Struggle
- chief Mahmoud Issa, who goes by the nom de guerre of al-Lino.
- The official, who refused to be identified, told al-Liwaa daily
- published Thursday that a Jund al-Sham militant opened fire on
- 28-year-old Ashraf al-Qaderi at the Palestinian refugee camp of Ain
- el-Hilweh on Wednesday, killing him instantly.
- Cautious calm prevailed on Thursday in the camp that lies near the
- southern port city of Sidon.
- But the official said that the remaining members of Jund al-Sham are
- seeking to create tension after several security incidents, bombings
- and shootings at the camp.
- He added that several members of the militant group had been
- arrested by the Palestinian Armed Struggle and handed over to
- Lebanese authorities.
- The official hinted that al-Qaderi's killing was aimed at taking
- vengeance at the arrests.
- Keeping an eye on those cookey Palestinians with their guns and
- their shooting. Oy vey! [nick]
- Palestinian commander's bodyguard killed in Lebanon
- http://www.nowlebanon.com/NewsArticleDetails.aspx?ID=342778
- December 15, 2011
- The bodyguard of a top Palestinian commander was shot dead on
- Wednesday in a refugee camp in southern Lebanon, a local official
- said.
- "At around 10:00 p.m., a masked gunman shot and killed Ashraf Qadiri
- at his shop here in the Ain al-Hilweh camp," said Munir Maqdah, in
- charge of security at the camp near the southern coastal city of
- Saida.
- Qadiri was a bodyguard for Mohammed Abdel Hamid Issa, alias
- "Al-Lino," the head of Palestinian party Fatah's police force in Ain
- al-Hilweh.
- Maqdah said Fatah forces had gone on alert and deployed throughout
- the camp, adding that the shooter had not yet been identified.
- Wednesday's shooting was the second such incident this week
- targeting one of Issa's bodyguards.
- Ain al-Helweh, the largest Palestinian camp in the country, is home
- to about 50,000 refugees and is known to harbor extremists and
- fugitives.
- By long-standing convention, the Lebanese army does not enter the
- country's 12 refugee camps, leaving security inside to the
- Palestinians themselves.
- The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian refugees
- (UNRWA) estimates that some 425,000 Palestinian refugees are living
- in Lebanon, a country with a population of four million.
- Others, however, estimate the number to be closer to 250,000.
- -AFP/NOW Lebanon
- --
- On 11/29/11 12:03 PM, Sean Noonan wrote:
- I don't think al-Saiqa has been very active since at least the
- 1990s. Their militant history has as far as I'm aware always been
- fighting within Lebanon and Syria, not towards Israel (though they
- did claim some int'l terror attacks in the 1980s). That is all
- very different from the rocket attacks the last 24 hours, not to
- mention that Saiqa didn't claim those.
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------
- From: "Marc Lanthemann"
- To: "alpha List"
- Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2011 11:30:13 AM
- Subject: [alpha] INSIGHT - SYRIA/LEBANON - Syrian activity in Pal
- camps - ME1403
- SOURCE: ME1403
- ATTRIBUTION: STRATFOR source
- SOURCE DESCRIPTION: Fatah military source in Lebanon
- PUBLICATION: yes
- SOURCE RELIABILITY: B - good track record in reporting
- ITEM CREDIBILITY: B
- SPECIAL HANDLING: Alpha
- SOURCE HANDLER: Reva
- the PA has damning evidence about the intention of the Syrian
- regime to cause trouble in Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon.
- Dozens of Syrian men have in recent weeks moved into major camps
- such as Ain al-Hilwa, Sabra & Shatila, al-Biddawi and al-Burj
- al-Shimali. The Syrians appear bent of exploding the security
- situation in the camps should the security situation in Syria go
- out of control. This will be part of the Syrian regime's efforts
- to hold Lebanon hostage and to use it in order to negotiate a deal
- with the West.
- The Syrians believe that the French are leading the Western
- efforts to isolate the Syrian regime. They are also aware that the
- French feel they have a moral and historical responsibility
- towards Lebanon. Therefore, the Syrians seem to want to use
- Lebanon to stop the French diplomatic drive against the regime in
- Damascus. The Syrians arriving into camps in Lebanon belong to
- al-Saeqa Palestinian guerrilla movement, which is largely seen as
- an extention of the Syrian army intelligence.
- --
- Sean Noonan
- Tactical Analyst
- STRATFOR
- T: +1 512-279-9479 | M: +1 512-758-5967
- www.STRATFOR.com
- --
- Michael Wilson
- Director of Watch Officer Group
- STRATFOR
- 221 W. 6th Street, Suite 400
- Austin, TX 78701
- T: +1 512 744 4300 ex 4112
- www.STRATFOR.com
- --
- Michael Wilson
- Director of Watch Officer Group
- STRATFOR
- 221 W. 6th Street, Suite 400
- Austin, TX 78701
- T: +1 512 744 4300 ex 4112
- www.STRATFOR.com
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