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The so-called leaders of the Fatah Islam radical Islamic terrorist group was based out of the Nahr al-Bared Palestinian camp outside Tripoli in Lebanon. On Sunday, September 2, 2007 -- after more than 3 months fighting the radical Islamists -- the Lebanese Army succeeded in routing Fatah al-Islam from the U.N. camp.

• Shaker al-Abssi a/k/a Shaker al-Absi, Leader
• Shehab al-Qadour a/k/a Abu Hureira, Military Commander
• Nasser Ismail, Senior Military Commander
• Shahine Shahine a/k/a Abu Salma is responsible for linking Fatah al-Islam to al Qaeda
• Abu Madyan, dead former second-in-command
• Abu Salim Taha, Spokesman
• Abu al-Hassan, Communications Adviser
• Bilal Drakish a/k/a Abu Jandal, dead senior terrorist
• Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, al-Abbsi’s dead associate and the founder of al Qaeda in Iraq