Jibril Warns Lebanon Against Attempts to Disarm his Group
Leader of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command Ahmed Jibril warned the Lebanese government against any attempt to disarm his militant group.
In an interview aired on Iran”s Alalam television late Saturday, Jibril said a demand for the disarmament of his group is an "Israeli and not a national Lebanese request."
Jibril said his weapons "do not constitute a threat to Lebanon since they have not interfered in inter-Lebanese affairs just like no terrorist attack had been launched from the group”s positions in Lebanon."
"Palestinian arms inside the camps should be closely controlled. In the event of continuing chaos in the camps, we should fear a fate similar to that of Nahr al-Bared," Jibril cautioned.
He renewed his call to discuss Palestinian weapons with Lebanese authorities "but not without taking into account Palestinian rights and ways to improve their living conditions."
Jibril pointed a finger at Israeli and U.S. intelligence and even Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas "who may be stirring up security mishaps inside the refugee camps in a bid to raise the issue of Palestinian arms."
He denied his group”s involvement in the latest attack against northern Israel in which militants fired two Katyusha rockets from south Lebanon into Nahariya.