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Palestinians in Lebanon Wary of Islamists
[The National-Abu Dhabi] Mitchell Prothero - Last summer's prolonged and bloody siege of Nahr al-Bared by the Lebanese army as it rooted out members of Fatah al-Islam sent more than 20,000 refugees into neighboring Beddawi, where thousands still remain. "All Palestinian people remember Nahr al-Bared," said Abu Mohammed, who works for Fatah's intelligence. "If a terrorist was in this camp, not a single person would help them because we cannot afford to come under attack and lose our homes again." The absence of armed men in Beddawi was particularly striking considering most of Lebanon's refugee camps tend to be littered with armed militants.