Lebanon Is Pivotal for Syria’s Jihadists
▻http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2013/04/jabhat-al-nusra-lebanese-jihadists-rafik-hariri.html
“Lebanon should be an Islamic state ruled by the teachings of the Quran and the sunna, headed by an emir and a Shura Council, and Christians in this state should be dealt with as people of the Book.” Khaled was arrested once again in 2008 after the Nahr al-Bared clashes between the Lebanese army and Fatah al-Islam. He was released in 2011.
According to security sources, Khaled is fighting alongside the Al-Nusra front in Syria and leading a group of Lebanese and Palestinian fighters he handpicked before going to Syria.
“Those men will continue to fight in Syria until there is a clear order that Lebanon is a land of jihad,” said Abu Baraa, when I asked him about the future of the Lebanese and Palestinian fighters who went to Syria. He added, “This day will have to come sooner or later, I don’t want war, but sometimes you have to do what you don’t like.”