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Saturday, May 26, 2007
So Shakir Al-`Absi (the gang leader of Fath Al-Islam) appeared in a video released through he internet. He reads Arabic better than the Saudi King but worse than a 5-year old Arab student. His statement (like Al-Qa`idah in Bilad Ash-Sham statement from the other day) spoke of a "third party" in reference to the Lebanese Forces because he talked about Samir Ja`ja`. This fits into the sectarian agenda of Al-Qa`idah which only singled out Ja`ja`, Patriarch Sfayr, and Michel Slayman, as if the Muslim members of the Lebanese government are mere tools of some Christian conspiracy. But Al-Qa`idah's conspiracies are always kooky and sectarian. Al-`Absi tried to deny claims of attacks on the Lebanese Army. The military commander of Fath-Al-Islam, Abu Hurayrah, also appeared in the video. Another video showed training by members of the gang to the awful and depressing songs that often accompany Al-Qa`idah videos. By the way, March 14th people in Lebanon always bring up the fact (suspicious to them) that he fled from Syrian jail; they don't mention that he had also fled from Jordanian jails. Does that mean he is part of a Jordanian conspiracy? No way, according to March 14th Movement. There is only one conspiracy in the world: and it is Syrian--according to Fatfatism.