http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2006\12\11\story_11-12-2006_pg7_25
Israel sees Al Qaeda hitting Lebanon peacekeepers JERUSALEM: Al Qaeda has recently boosted its presence in Lebanon and could attack foreign peacekeepers who have been stationed there since Israel's war with Hezbollah guerrillas, a top Israeli intelligence analyst said on Sunday. An Israeli official quoted Brigadier Yossi Baidatz, chief of research in Military Intelligence, as telling Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's cabinet that Osama bin Laden's militant network was recruiting mainly in Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon. "There are major signs of a Global Jihad (Al Qaeda) presence in Lebanon, especially the refugee camps, and one of their intentions is to attack the foreign peacekeepers," the official quoted Baidatz as saying in the briefing. "They see the peacekeepers as symbols of the West," he said. The United Nations beefed up its peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon, UNIFIL, as part of an Aug 14 truce ending a war that buoyed Hezbollah's regional status as a force capable of taking on the Jewish state. Lebanese and Western analysts have long identified some sympathy for Al Qaeda among Lebanon's disaffected Sunni Muslims, while pointing out that any spread of popularity would likely be off-set by the large number of Shia in the country. Al Qaeda doctrine is virulently anti-Shia, as well as anti-Western and anti-Zionist. Hezbollah is mainly Shia. Lebanese and UNIFIL officials could not immediately be reached for comment. The Israeli statement came amid a power struggle in Lebanon between the West-leaning government of Prime Minister Fouad Siniora -- still reeling from the 34-day Israeli summer offensive -- and pro-Syrian forces aligned with Hezbollah. reuters +++ -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
