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Western intelligence sources worried by jihadist upsurge in Lebanon
By Amos Harel, Haaretz Correspondent

Western intelligence agencies are worried by a growing concentration of terror operatives associated with the global jihad movement in Lebanon.

Recent intelligence indicates that hundreds of Sunni Muslim terrorists from various Arab countries are currently residing around Tyre, mainly in a Palestinian refugee camp near the city. Some of the terrorists are apparently from Sudan and Yemen.

Both Western and Israeli intelligence agencies fear that the jihadists' growing presence in southern Lebanon will lead to more attacks against Israel and a renewed escalation along the northern border. The United Nations forces deployed along the border following last summer's war with Hezbollah are also considered potential targets.
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Global jihad is the term used by intelligence agencies for a wide variety of terror groups that derive inspiration from Al-Qaida and occasionally maintain contact with Osama bin Laden's organization.

In December 2005, members of the Lebanese Al-Ansar group, which is affiliated with global jihad, fired Katyusha rockets at the Galilee panhandle, though no one was hurt. The organization had been in contact with Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, then head of Al-Qaida in Iraq, who was killed by American forces last June.

There is considerable tension between the global jihad groups in Lebanon and Hezbollah - not only because Hezbollah is Shi'ite rather than Sunni, but also because they have been involved in turf wars.

Until its war with Israel last summer, Hezbollah was considered the sole power in southern Lebanon. It demanded that all other organizations obtain permission from it before carrying out any attacks on Israel. Shortly before his death, Zarqawi lambasted Hezbollah for this and accused its leader, Hassan Nasrallah, of "collaborating with Israel," because at that time - prior to its July kidnapping of two Israeli soldiers - Hezbollah was vetoing attacks by other groups.

In his intelligence briefing to the cabinet earlier this week, Military Intelligence head Amos Yadlin spoke of growing activity by the global jihad movement along Israel's borders. In addition to Lebanon, the main worries are attacks against Israelis in Sinai or attacks in Jordan. In late 2005, then MI head Aharon Ze'evi said both Israeli and American intelligence had learned that senior Al-Qaida officials had instructed operatives to focus on "the Near East," meaning Israel and its neighbors
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  1.   And all this is going on under Lebanon`s nose 05:25  |  Dave 02/03/07
  2.   The Sunni Jihadist will just add to the divisiveness in Lebanon 05:29  |  Dave 02/03/07
  3.   Dave: #1 06:16  |  ben 02/03/07
  4.   THE BUFFER ZONE 07:33  |  HOW SWEET IT IS 02/03/07
  5.   Siniora defraud EU from $7B and does nothing 07:35  |  Joseph E . 02/03/07
  6.   SUNNIS full of Shia 07:51  |  bo 02/03/07
  7.   re #1 `And all this is going on...` 08:15  |  Colin Wright 02/03/07
  8.   THEY ARE CREATING THEM 08:29  |  indrajaya 02/03/07
  9.   You think they`re there to fight ISRAEL?! 08:35  |  Ahmed 02/03/07
  10.   Israeli Simpletons 09:08  |  Walid 02/03/07
  11.   dave the joke 09:15  |  fadi 02/03/07
  12.   dave 09:26  |  fadi 02/03/07
  13.   Yes. It was lebabnon who beat you BACK. 09:37  |  Sam 02/03/07
  14.   Yes Dave, a country call Israel 09:42  |  gus 02/03/07
  15.   dave 09:48  |  fadi 02/03/07
  16.   LOOKS LIKS MY TIME IN IDF IS GOING TO BE TOUGH 09:52  |  alonitzafoni 02/03/07
  17.   a good run for their money 11:53  |  René 02/03/07
  18.   Moderation 11:53  |  Kapofy 02/03/07
  19.   Western Intelligence 12:12  |  Alex 02/03/07
  20.   Are you, Walid, one of those Jihadists? How 12:45  |  Elisha 02/03/07
  21.   fadi 13:11  |  ephraim 02/03/07
  22.   1: Isn`t Canada a Part of US 13:12  |  Tupac 02/03/07
  23.   Western Intelligence... the same WI as the WMDs in Iraq? 13:15  |  Tupac 02/03/07
  24.   WORLD TERRORISM 14:51  |  Mario Fiorito 02/03/07
  25.   13 - Hezbollah controls Lebanon 14:54  |  Bruriah Sarah 02/03/07
  26.   9# 14:58  |  alonitzafoni 02/03/07
  27.   9 - Hezbollah is on the US Terrorist List 14:59  |  Bruriah Sarah 02/03/07
  28.   14 - Reading hate sites again? 15:01  |  Bruriah Sarah 02/03/07
  29.   Yes, Walid, we Israelis are simpletons, and Arabs and especially 15:02  |  Nirah Greenberg 02/03/07
  30.   13#SAM 15:07  |  alonitzafoni 02/03/07
  31.   Elisha 15:16  |  Walid 02/03/07
  32.   Tupac 15:21  |  Walid 02/03/07
  33.   No14 Gus 15:44  |  Turfs 02/03/07
  34.   Where was this concern last summer? 15:44  |  Mark Lincoln 02/03/07
  35.   Tupac 15:50  |  Danite 02/03/07
  36.   Lebanon= failed state 15:54  |  Danite 02/03/07
  37.   Is this the same Western Intelligence 16:04  |  Chris Linthwaite 02/03/07
  38.   LIBERATE TYRE,ARREST ALL TRRORISTS,FREE CAPTIVES,ERADCATE JIHAD)) 16:09  |  VOICE of MOSHIACH))) 02/03/07
  39.   @15, fadi, dave is correct, lebanon is most corrupt and pathetic 16:58  |  vladimir 02/03/07
  40.   Poor loathsome Colin anti-semitisim got his tongue 16:40  |  Steve 02/03/07
  41.   Walid 16:25  |  Danite 02/03/07
  42.   mark Lincoln 16:28  |  Danite 02/03/07
  43.   gus - you really don`t know much about the mid east, do you? 16:41  |  Joe 02/03/07
  44.   another israeli lie 16:46  |  mehmet 02/03/07
  45.   Chris Linthwaite - there certainly were WMD in Iraq 16:48  |  Joe 02/03/07
  46.   One more reason for peace with Syria 16:49  |  Tosefta 02/03/07
  47.   René 16:51  |  Walid 02/03/07
  48.   Danite 17:01  |  Walid 02/03/07
  49.   Jihadists in Lebanon 17:03  |  Clickfool 02/03/07
  50.   Toseftaflub what? 17:04  |  Danite 02/03/07
  51.   #45 Joe 17:10  |  Chris Linthwaite 02/03/07
  52.   They are fighting Hez 17:14  |  Fahd 02/03/07
  53.   lebanon 17:27  |  fadi 02/03/07
  54.   Walid 17:35  |  Danite 02/03/07
  55.   tosefta "peace with syria would stop the palestinian terrorists" 17:46  |  flashman 02/03/07
  56.   NY Times today, Tomas Friedman 17:49  |  TOMY 02/03/07
  57.   TO TZAHAL 18:01  |  MLK 02/03/07
  58.   Dear Mehmet from IstanBULLsh- 18:10  |  a proud Jew 02/03/07
  59.   I think this is good news! 18:11  |  Sherman 02/03/07
  60.   so far so good, Lebanon will see no rest in future:) 18:15  |  Tamir Gaza 02/03/07
  61.   Israel should attack lebanon again and again and again 18:18  |  Tamir Gaza 02/03/07
  62.   Walid 18:27  |  Motale 02/03/07
  63.   Tomy #56 18:34  |  tom 02/03/07
  64.   UGY the she-camel`s owner 18:36  |  Tosefta 02/03/07
  65.   SUNNI JIHADIST 18:37  |  Andreas Aristos Kark 02/03/07
  66.   #51 Chris - WMD moved to Syria 18:48  |  Joe 02/03/07
  67.   Ahmed believes Hiz has the genuine interest of Lebanese #9 18:58  |  William 02/03/07
  68.   Danite 19:07  |  Walid 02/03/07
  69.   walid just a message 19:23  |  bev 02/03/07
  70.   there is an article in the current New Yorker about this. 19:31  |  Jack 02/03/07
  71.   Ok, we know where they are, let`s bomb them 19:40  |  BradL 02/03/07
  72.   Chris Linthwaite 20:02  |  rich 02/03/07
  73.   colin wright 20:26  |  bev 02/03/07
  74.   Jihadists? 20:27  |  P. J. Casey 02/03/07
  75.   shameful.. 20:29  |  nibal 02/03/07
  76.   Okay Walid okay 20:31  |  Danite 02/03/07
  77.   Walid - you sound a little jealous... 20:34  |  a proud Jew 02/03/07
  78.   #44 Mehmet 20:52  |  natan 02/03/07
  79.   #63 tom, T. Friedman writes about the silence 20:59  |  TOMY 02/03/07
  80.   mehmet, you are from Turkey, I love the Turks 21:11  |  Tamir Gaza 02/03/07
  81.   nibal in LA 21:12  |  natan 02/03/07
  82.   Walid 21:19  |  ODP 02/03/07
  83.   Danite 21:50  |  Walid 02/03/07
  84.   #72 Rich 21:52  |  Chris Linthwaite 02/03/07
  85.   what, exactly, did you expect? 21:52  |  Pssd Off American 02/03/07
  86.   @ 75 nibal, the conclusion on your posting is... 21:57  |  Karl 02/03/07
  87.   natan in dc 22:01  |  nibal 02/03/07
  88.   #4 Mark Lincoln - A typical western thinker 22:02  |  Giora Sedman 02/03/07
  89.   Bev 22:06  |  Walid 02/03/07
  90.   BradL 22:13  |  Walid 02/03/07
  91.   ODP 22:25  |  Walid 02/03/07
  92.   Nabil in LA 22:47  |  natan 02/03/07
  93.   ODP 22:48  |  Walid 02/03/07
  94.   @ 87 Nibal asks "why are we the ones that always pay?? 22:48  |  Karl 02/03/07
  95.   Jack 23:10  |  Walid 02/03/07
  96.   Nirah Greenberg 23:22  |  Walid 02/03/07
  97.   Global/local 23:24  |  From the Moon 02/03/07
  98.   Anyone Who enter lebanon knows the Rules 23:36  |  Samir Salameh 02/03/07
  99.   chris linthwaite 23:55  |  rich 02/03/07
  100.   in response to Karl 00:25  |  nibal 03/03/07
  101.   natan in dc 00:31  |  nibal 03/03/07
  102.   mehmet: Blanket Statements and Distortions 00:53  |  CHGODMK 03/03/07
  103.   Simpleton Wallid, this is Ms. Nirah Greenberg who 00:54  |  Nirah Greenberg 03/03/07
  104.   Crying Wolf to Work Simultaneously With the US Neocons 01:03  |  Arik 03/03/07
  105.   Okay Walid 01:14  |  Danite 03/03/07
  106.   Okay Walid 01:14  |  Danite 03/03/07
  107.   Gus 01:26  |  Dora 03/03/07
  108.   Nirah Greenberg 01:29  |  Walid 03/03/07
  109.   Samir and his hot chili peppers 01:30  |  Dora 03/03/07
  110.   It might have been easier for Lebanon....... 01:32  |  Deborah 03/03/07
  111.   Walid vs Danite 01:42  |  Miss Reason 03/03/07
  112.   Don`t worry 01:50  |  Ahmad 03/03/07
  113.   #16 It`s Always Been Tough, Little Brother 02:14  |  Yonatan Netser 03/03/07
  114.   To Lebanese Neighbors 02:26  |  Joseph E . 03/03/07
  115.   Giora Sedman - symbolic logic 03:18  |  Mark Lincoln 03/03/07
  116.   to ahmed # 9,its dicks like you that blame everything on the west 03:34  |  terrornator 03/03/07
  117.   to walid # 48,"last summers war was really ordered by the 03:50  |  terrornator 03/03/07
  118.   to fadi # 53,if you are all concerned about these radical extremi 04:02  |  terrornator 03/03/07
  119.   to tamir # 61,"there are no innocent lebanese in lebanon",yea, 04:07  |  terrornator 03/03/07
  120.   to joe # 66 thank you for explaining it so that even chris can 04:10  |  terrornator 03/03/07
  121.   to giora sedman # 88,thanks for clearing that up for us,the arabs 04:31  |  terrornator 03/03/07
  122.   Ahmed in London: ...wild ass of a man... 04:33  |  Ed 03/03/07
  123.   U.S./Israel supporting Jihadists 05:05  |  Samed 03/03/07
  124.   CRUSADERS TROJAN HORSE 05:34  |  Jeff 03/03/07
  125.   #123 Samed 06:19  |  Willy 03/03/07
  126.   terornator or whatever... 06:25  |  Ahmad 03/03/07
  127.   for some reason... 06:30  |  Ahmad 03/03/07
  128.   Jihadis in Lebanon 06:35  |  montrealer 03/03/07
  129.   Tupac 06:46  |  Robert 03/03/07
  130.   Mark Lincoln 06:52  |  Giora Sedman 03/03/07
  131.   #121 terrornator 07:01  |  Giora Sedman 03/03/07
  132.   #121 Weastern = West + East thinkers.. 08:00  |  Giora Sedman 03/03/07
  133.   To a proud Jew: Learn facts first 10:14  |  Fatih 03/03/07
  134.   Ahmad in Canada: "Grow Up!" 13:12  |  CHGODMK 03/03/07
  135.   Ahmad in Canada: One More Thing 13:19  |  CHGODMK 03/03/07
  136.   Giora Sedman - The Crawford Chimp vs Reality 15:32  |  Mark Lincoln 03/03/07
  137.   Montrealer 15:40  |  rich 03/03/07
  138.   Supporting Siniora 15:40  |  Mark Lincoln 03/03/07
  139.   Stabilizing the Situation 15:45  |  Mark Lincoln 03/03/07
  140.   CHGODMK 16:01  |  Walid 03/03/07
  141.   Walid, ya kalb, the supporter of hizballah. 16:20  |  Fawaz 03/03/07
  142.   to giora sedman # 131&132 so you say im in the middle east, 16:31  |  terrornator 03/03/07
  143.   ahmed # 126,were not buying into your islamic lies and bullshit 16:48  |  terrornator 03/03/07
  144.   Fawaz 16:56  |  Walid 03/03/07
  145.   Walid #140 17:43  |  CHGODMK 03/03/07
  146.   Will Bush finally understand "terrorists of global reach"? 17:48  |  Tosefta 03/03/07
  147.   mark lincoln and serial losers 17:51  |  ariel schactman 03/03/07
  148.   To Mark Lincoln 17:52  |  Daniel 03/03/07
  149.   Walid: Since You`re a Supporter of Hezbollah, Do You 17:54  |  CHGODMK 03/03/07
  150.   mark lincoln and his jibes at israel 17:55  |  ariel schactman 03/03/07
  151.   mark lincoln "israel incompetent at waging war" 17:57  |  ariel schactman 03/03/07
  152.   mark lincoln "the big threat to the middle east 17:59  |  ariel schactman 03/03/07
  153.   Fawaz #141: You`re a Smart Boy 18:00  |  CHGODMK 03/03/07
  154.   mark lincoln and seniora 18:03  |  ariel schactman 03/03/07
  155.   so mark lincoln the usa is a fire brigade 18:06  |  ariel schactman 03/03/07
  156.   so mark lincoln the usa is a fire brigade 18:06  |  ariel schactman 03/03/07
  157.   mark lincoln"the usa did NOTHING to help seniora" 18:10  |  ariel schactman 03/03/07
  158.   Walid: Haaretz is being selective today 18:22  |  CHGODMK 03/03/07
  159.   Best way to eliminate terrorism - let Sunni fight Shiia 18:38  |  Ben Gurion 03/03/07
  160.   CHGODMK 18:58  |  Walid 03/03/07
  161.   to tosefta # 146 if hesbullah fight against israel only,how come 19:05  |  terrornator 03/03/07
  162.   this mr lincoln really hates elpresedente 19:08  |  twiggy 03/03/07
  163.   CHGODMK 19:12  |  Danite 03/03/07
  164.   to ariel schactman,what ever you do,dont let mark lincoln 19:12  |  terrornator 03/03/07
  165.   terrornator #121 19:27  |  Giora Sedman 03/03/07
  166.   Mark Lincoln - re, The entire nation of Lebanon 20:02  |  Giora Sedman 03/03/07
  167.   PALESTINIAN REFUGEE CAMPS: GREAT REWRAD FOR LEBANESE HOSPITALITY 20:04  |  JACKAL 03/03/07
  168.   Yes now all we need is 21:03  |  Bitterroot 03/03/07
  169.   Hey Terrornator!!! Golly day, dude, 22:08  |  ballistic 03/03/07
  170.   #70 Hey Jack; saw that story too!! 22:11  |  ballistic 03/03/07
  171.   #147 Hey Ariel; I do agree with you, yessiree, 22:22  |  ballistic 03/03/07
  172.   #151 Israel waging war!!! 22:27  |  ballistic 03/03/07
  173.   #157 Hey Mark Lincoln; keep on pushing 22:30  |  ballistic 03/03/07
  174.   #163 Come on Terrornator 22:36  |  ballistic 03/03/07
  175.   Mark Lincoln please tell us 22:37  |  Danite 03/03/07
  176.   #136 Mark; what are you talking about 22:39  |  ballistic 03/03/07
  177.   #160 Terrornator`s complaints 22:42  |  Tosefta 03/03/07
  178.   Walid #159 22:54  |  CHGODMK 03/03/07
  179.   Danite: If It Helps 22:58  |  CHGODMK 03/03/07
  180.   Walid: Your Convenient Silences 23:26  |  CHGODMK 03/03/07
  181.   CHGODMK 23:48  |  Danite 03/03/07
  182.   Danite 00:29  |  CHGODMK 04/03/07
  183.   #174, Tosefta 00:40  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 04/03/07
  184.   to tosefta # 174 are you saying hesbullah dont have any terrorist 00:47  |  terrornator 04/03/07
  185.   to ballestic,so occupation only counts when israel is involved, 00:49  |  terrornator 04/03/07
  186.   to ballestic # 168 when someone acts like a dick,ill call them a 00:57  |  terrornator 04/03/07
  187.   CHGODMK 01:43  |  Walid 04/03/07
  188.   ARIK.Is this a blanket upfront denial for Islamist terror? 02:56  |  PETER SM 04/03/07
  189.   Walid #181 03:02  |  CHGODMK 04/03/07
  190.   #182 Now, now Terrornator; I do 03:27  |  ballistic 04/03/07
  191.   @185 Occupation 03:40  |  ballistic 04/03/07
  192.   Walid and CHGODMK 04:04  |  Danite 04/03/07
  193.   Terror organizations #183 04:25  |  Tosefta 04/03/07
  194.   Lebanon War 3 05:50  |  RAB 04/03/07
  195.   Tosefta 07:11  |  Ben Gurion 04/03/07
  196.   2 checks while in office = wor 08:20  |  John Isenhower 04/03/07
  197.   LEBANON 13:50  |  NAD 04/03/07
  198.   and how bad is that? 15:47  |  same old story 08/03/07
  199.   #46 Tosefta 19:00  |  Chas. 06/03/08
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