Talk:War of the camps

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Pauline Cutting, in her book "Children of The Siege" describes the suffering of Palestinians in the camps as she was a doctor on a humanitarian mission during the deadliest fighting. She points out the psychological impact Iranian volunteer fighters had as they broke the siege with Hezbollah. The war of the camps introduced new players in the region and ended others. Along with them old stale ideologies went and newer ones flourished. Syria remained a major player for years. Hezbollah paved its way as a Lebanese galvanizing force that would liberate south Lebanon in the years to come.

I am not too sure that this paragraph is relevant to the subject, but can the person who added it provide more information? When and where did this take place? They were a lot of camps and a lot of rounds. Also, I doubt that the rise of the Hezbollah has anything to do with the war of the camps, it was mainly due to Syrian-Iranian support, radical rethorics and attacks against Israel/Western forces.--equitor 15:14, 25 September 2005 (UTC)

What Equitor says would probably be true if ideology and rhetoric had nothing to do with politics and power distribution. The reality is to the contrary. The war of the camps had caught the attention of all foreign ministries in the region (and perhaps the world)because Palestinians mattered. Winning the hearts and minds of Palestinians worldwide was (and may still be) a strategic objective for many political organizations. it is unfortunate that Israel had lost that strategic position despite the fact that over 3 million Palestinians comprising 3 generations were under its direct disposal for half a century. Anyway I realize that this page is about history and less about rhetoric. In order to synthesise however one must start out with a theory and be honest about it. There is no research without theory, and no theory without ideology. I promise therefore to providing more specifics in the future.


[edit] PNSF

It says in the article that a cease-fire was struck between the Palestinian National Salvation Front (PNSF) and the Amal, during the WotC. While this may be correct, it strikes me as odd. The PNSF was the pro-Syrian gathering of Palestinians (Abu Musa, Sa'iqa, PFLP-GC etc) which fought alongside Amal during most of this period. If they were fighting, maybe the article should tell us why - also, maybe it should tell us who they are. Arre 20:00, 19 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Islamo-progressist

Is this the 'correct' term? Or should it be something like "Islamo-progressive" (which looks more 'usual'). The simple indicator of using Google counts shows 4+ 'hits' on "Islamo-progressist" (with most of those copies of this article) and 15+ hits on "Islamo-progressive" (I've been hyper lately about misspellings and came across this in my travels) Shenme 16:56, 22 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Conflict or battle?

I'd say conflict (war) inside LCW (like the Israeli-Palestinian in Lebanon). --HanzoHattori 23:10, 22 May 2007 (UTC)