Re: Army Fans Out Along Border with Syria to Block Smuggling Arms, Palestinian Guerrillas

Good news, It's about time!


"RS" <a0030516@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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http://www.naharnet.com/domino/tn/NewsDesk.nsf/getstory?openform&6E1F6321B03A7EF9C225708C0024CBF3
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> The army has deployed en masse along the border with Syria to stop
smuggling
> arms and Palestinian guerrillas through illegal frontier passes to Lebanon
> in the wake of media reports about an alarming influx in recent weeks.
> The deployment operation stretched from the Hilweh-Yanta-Aita Al Fakhar
axis
> in the north to the hills and valley of Yabseh east of the townships of
> Rashaya, Fakhar, and Ein Atta in the south through Deir Al Ashayer, Kfar
> Qouq and Aiha.
>
> Army units are keeping around-the-clock watch on remote border passageways
> and forests to shut down all potential infiltration trails. Mechanized and
> foot patrols are on the move day and night to pounce on any infiltration
> attempt.
>
> The army has closed down all mountain passes that were carved out by
Syrian
> troops during their presence in Lebanon along with illegal routes that had
> long been used as lifeline supplies to the Bekaa and south Beirut bases of
> Ahmed Jibreel's Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General
> Command.
>
> Bases long maintained by the PFLP-GC, Syria's closest Palestinian ally,
were
> closed upon Syria's departure from Lebanon five months ago, but they were
> reactivated with the influx of sneaking and contraband arms shipments.
>
> Lebanese army units have standing orders to arrest any military,
> paramilitary or civilian attempting to cross the border from Syria to
> Lebanon.
>
> Nine Palestinians and Iraqis were recently arrested and handed over to
> Lebanese judicial authorities.
>
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