Comments on: Lebanon in the Mouth of the Dragon: Why Aren’t the Salafis Fighting? https://www.jihadica.com/lebanon-in-the-mouth-of-the-dragon-why-arent-the-salafis-fighting/ documenting the global jihad Sun, 18 May 2008 15:05:59 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.9.19 By: al-Muqanna https://www.jihadica.com/lebanon-in-the-mouth-of-the-dragon-why-arent-the-salafis-fighting/#comment-30 Sun, 18 May 2008 15:05:59 +0000 https://www.jihadica.com/?p=59#comment-30 I think the reason the radical Salafis are not doing anything, is because they are scared. It seems that most of the radical Salafi groups are concentrated in Palestinian refugee camps. They all saw what the army did to Fatah al-Islam in Nahr al-Bared and they do not want a repeat. It also appears that there is popular opposition in the Palestinian camps to the radical Salafis doing anything that would cause another Nahr al-Bared.

I also suspect that if the radical Salafis started a terrorist campaign the Lebanese would rally behind the army again, which would be another blow to the radical Salafists. It is also possible that both the March 14th allies and the March 8th allies would support the army in an operation against any radical Salafist group leaving the radical Salafis with few allies or room to maneuver.

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