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Sunday, May 20, 2007
TONIGHT WE’RE GONNA PARTY LIKE IT’S 1999 - Lebanese security forces clash with Palestinian Islamic fundamentalists in northern Lebanon in fighting reminiscent of Islamist uprising on eve of millennium
SUNNI FOREIGN LEGION Palestinian (and other) radical groups have been armed and financed by the March 14th/Friday 13th Movement for years as a counterweight to the Shiites (a la the Sunnis and the Palestinians ganging up on the Maronites during the civil war). I used to simplistically blame the Palestinians for all our problems but now realise that those who use them are to blame.The perpetrators of the last similar uprising (Al Qaeda affiliated extremists who rose up in the north on the eve of the new millennium killing scores of soldiers and civilians) were all released by the new regime in the run-up to the 2005 parliamentary elections for political reasons.
The Hajji spent all day calling relatives who live in the neighbourhood of Tripoli where the fighting began (before it moved on to the actual refugee camp). She was still at it at 10.00pm when it was time for my ‘’lunch’’. So I asked the hajji ‘’have your relatives had lunch yet?’’ She replied in the affirmative. ‘’Well I haven’t’’. Life is all about priorities.
8:00 pm
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