Fatah al-Islam’s God Father Assassinated in Syria

The Reputed Mentor of Fatah al-Islam and other notorious Islamist terrorists operating in Lebanon and Iraq was gunned down in Syria Friday.
Mahmoud Gul Aghasi, a Kurd who goes by the name of Abu al-Qaaqaa, was killed by a gunman who stepped out of a car and opened fire at him from an automatic weapon as he walked out of a mosque in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo after Friday noon prayers, according to an Agence France Presse report attributed to witnesses and medical sources.

Lebanon’s $400 Million war on terrorism

Nahr al Bared, Lebanon – The stench of
death covers the area of the so-called “new camp” at the Nahr al-Bared
Palestinian refugee camp which has witnessed fierce fighting between
the Lebanese army and Islamist militants since May.

In the Spotlight Hariri Denies Differences with Geagea, Jumblat, Assures Problem ‘Rests with Others’

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Movement leader and MP Saad Hariri on Thursday denied there were any
differences between him and his allies –Druze chief Walid Jumblat and
Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea — assuring that ‘diversity of
viewpoints rests with others….

US House votes to ’strongly back’ Siniora Cabinet

WASHINGTON: US Congressman Gary L. Ackerman led
the House of Representatives Wednesday in pass a resolution calling for
strong US support for the government of Lebanon by a vote of 415 to 2.
Ackerman, the chairman of the House Subcommittee on the Middle East and
South Asia, warned the House that “Lebanon is being bullied by Iran,
Syria and their proxies, Hizbullah, Amal and Michel Aoun’s Free
Patriotic Movement.

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Hariri, Geagea and Sfeir promise a strong president for Lebanon

Beirut – Future Movement leader Saad
Hariri met separately with Maronite Patriarch Nasrallah Sfeir and
Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea Thursday and discussed the
“qualities” of a new president.

After
an unscheduled meeting with Sfeir at Bkirki, the seat of the Maronite
church, Hariri assured the Lebanese that they will have a “strong
president” before Nov. 23.

Responding to a question, Hariri said that “we did not go through names. We reviewed qualities of a president for the republic.”

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