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[alpha] RE-SENDING WITH SOURCE CODE - INSIGHT - PNA - Ideology behind leadership at Ma'an News Agency - PS200

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Date    2011-12-17 19:44:13

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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 **

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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

 

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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

 

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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.

 

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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.

 

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Sean Noonan

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