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Coffee Shop Conversation
Well, who are these guys, this Fatah al-Islam?
I heard they robbed a bank in Tripoli.
I thought they were a radical, extremist group from Saudi. You know, like the Salafis.
But I thought they were Muslim Brotherhood—Egyptian? Anyway, they hate Assad.
The one who blew himself up was Syrian.
But what does that really mean? I heard they were Algerian, Tunisian, Saudi, even Lebanese.
No, they’re Palestinian, right? They’re in a Palestinian camp. It’s ‘Fatah—‘
But the real Fatah says they’re not part of Fatah.
See, they’re Syrian, split off from Fatah al-Intifada—
But weren’t they were arrested and tortured in Syria? There’s even a Syrian arrest warrant out on their leader, Abssi, so surely they’re not acting for—
But Syria is trying to stall the international tribunal on Hariri so justice—
What’s the tribunal got to do with it? Anyway, didn’t Hariri grant amnesty to Geagea, who was convicted of assassinating Karami? So what’s all this about justice?
It’s the US who is funding these Sunni groups to challenge the Shites, they said so themselves—
By ambushing the Lebanese Army? I thought the US was sending military aid to Lebanon.
To help the people they just bombed via Israel? The agenda hasn’t changed, they’re—
They’re fond of deal-making with the Saudis, that’s what. Now they’re sending more weapons to fuel the fire—
What about Siniora’s Security Forces? Why didn’t they warn the Lebanese Army about what was happening?
Who is the army and who are the police?
What I want to know is who is protecting Lebanon—
But the Palestinians! What about the civilians, the refugees, caught in the middle of this?
Why didn’t they control these extremists? The Lebanese government can’t go in the camps. Now there’s a state within a state!
But Fatah al-Islam set off bombs in Beirut—
No, they said they did and then they said they didn’t—
But then who?
Well, Fatah al-Islam did do the bus bombings back in February.
And didn’t they arrest Al-Qaedas in Tripoli who were plotting the same sort—
You see? Saudis are playing us—
Why all the manipulation?
This is Lebanon, what can we do.
People are dying. For nothing.
This is Lebanon, what can we do.
But why?
This is Lebanon, what can we do?
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