Fatah Islam Reportedly has Ties with Israel
The al-Qaida inspired Fatah al-Islam group reportedly has ties with Israeli sides, pan-rab Asharq al-Awsat said Friday.
It quoted a high-ranking Lebanese security source as saying that investigation into the Katyusha fired from the southern town of Houla showed that a "suspicious party" seeks to implicate Hizbullah through the penetration of a purely Shiite village.
The source, however, said the investigation was not yet complete.
"Hizbullah does not want to open a battle at this stage and this is made clear through its method of work," the source added, pointing that Fatah Islam has "something to do with" the firing of the Katyusha.
The security source said he was convinced there was a "link between Fatah Islam and Israeli sides."
He said Fatah Islam is inspired by the ideology of al-Qaida and is funded by extremists with the aim to employ its members by sides that want to use Lebanon as an arena for their own interests.
The sources said Fatah al-Islam extremists are currently being brainwashed to hate Shiites as well as the United States and allied countries, "thereby, harming the moderate Islam and moderate Arabs while serving the interests of Israel through inciting sectarian strife."