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June 13, 2007       Share:    

Source: http://www.thememriblog.org/blog_personal/en/1831.htm

Revealed: Fatah al-Islam, Al-Qaeda, Syria Links; Bomb Plot Against UNIFIL

[MEMRI] Interrogations of Fatah al-Islam detainees have shown that Ahmad Mar'i served as a link between Syrian intelligence, al-Qaeda, and Fatah al-Islam. Mar'i smuggled fighters from Syria into the Nahr al-Bared refugee camp under the supervision of Syrian intelligence. His brother Muhammad Mar'i acknowledged during questioning that Ahmad had told him of terror operations being planned by Fatah al-Islam, including a bombing against UNIFIL in Lebanon. He also said that Fatah al-Islam's supreme commander who is planning and funding the operations is "Abu Talha," a Saudi who arrives in Lebanon occasionally to convey instructions and funds and then returns to Iraq via Syria.

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