http://www.france24.com/france24Public/en/administration/afp-news.html?id=07 0511092129.0e9y91kw <http://www.france24.com/france24Public/en/administration/afp-news.html?id=0 70511092129.0e9y91kw&cat=null> &cat=null 4 Islamists killed near Syria-Iraq border
Syrian forces have killed four members of Palestinian militant group Fatah al-Islam trying to sneak across the border to join the insurgency in Iraq, the group said Friday. A spokesman for Fatah al-Islam, who gave his name as Abu Salim, told AFP that the incident occurred on the Syrian border with Iraq almost a week ago, and that five Syrian soldiers were killed in the clash. "The Syrian forces killed two military chiefs of Fatah al-Islam, Abu Laith al-Shami and Abu Abdel Rahman al-Shami, as well as two combatants," said the spokesman, who is based in the Nahr al-Bared Palestinian refugee camp in north Lebanon. They were killed, he added, "while trying to get into Iraq to support their Islamic brothers." Syria has not immediately reported the deaths nor confirmed the claimed clash. The United States frequently accuses Syria of allowing insurgents to cross into Iraq through its porous border and of having a hand in insurgent attacks in Iraq. Damascus denies the claims and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Monday dismissed them as little more than scapegoating. The Syrian leader added that in lodging the accusations, US officials "want to absolve themselves from the responsibility," for the continuing violence in Iraq. Spokesman Abu Salim did not give the nationality of those killed but from the nom de guerres of the two military chiefs they could be Syrian -- al-Shami is Arabic for Damascus. He also said the militant group would avenge the killings, but he declined to elaborate. Fatah al-Islam posted an announcement of the killings on an Islamist Internet site, giving similar information to that provided by Abu Salim. Fatah al-Islam, which is ideologically close to the Al-Qaeda network of Osama bin Laden, boasts about 150 militants who have fought in Iraq. The group, along with another Islamist group Jund ash-Sham (Soldiers of Damascus) have boosted their presence in Lebanon's 12 Palestinian refugee camps in recent years. Lebanese authorities have accused Fatah al-Islam of working for the Syrian intelligence services. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -------------------------- 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: osint@yahoogroups.com 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/
