Tuesday, April 15, 2008

A Palestinian Civil War in Lebanon?

A Lee Butters, in TIME, here
".... Abbas sent Zaki to Lebanon three years ago in order to clean up Sultan’s mess. Conditions inside Palestinian camps in Lebanon are miserable, in large part because of institutionalized discrimination by the Lebanese, but also because of corruption among Palestinian leaders. But Sultan reportedly has allies of his own: notably the intelligence agencies of pro-American Sunni Muslim Arab countries such Saudi Arabia and Egypt, according to Lebanese newspapers. These countries might have an interest in supporting Sunni Palestinian militants as a possible counter-balance to Hizballah,..."

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