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Source: http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0711/p06s01-wome.html
Militants Stir in Lebanese Outposts
[Christian Science Monitor] Nicholas Blanford - Both Lebanon and the UN say that the 16 militant outposts held by pro-Syrian Palestinian factions, which lie outside the 12 established Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon, are being reinforced with personnel and weapons smuggled in from Syria. Some of the very Fatah al-Islam militants that the Lebanese forces have been battling in Nahr al-Bared are believed to have received training at Palestinian bases in the Bekaa Valley before deploying to north Lebanon. The factions that look to Syria for support include the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command (PFLP-GC), Fatah Intifada, and As-Saiqa - all of which have headquarters in Damascus.