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Lebanon’s elite army forces

August 15th, 2010 Arab News No comments


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Lebanon opens fund to equip army

August 14th, 2010 Arab News No comments

Lebanon’s defence minister says the country has opened a bank account to receive donations to supply its poorly-equipped army.
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Who are Lebanon’s ‘friends’?

August 8th, 2010 Arab News No comments

DPA/ here


“… Suleiman said the cabinet will put forward a plan at its next session to arm the Lebanese military “with all that is necessary. …. Lebanon will work with friendly countries to provide it with more advanced equipment,Suleiman said. Arming the military is aimed at “protecting the dignity of the nation,” he added…”

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Categories: Arab Blogs Tags: arming, dignity, DPA, Lebanon, plan

Israel’s threat

August 6th, 2010 Arab News No comments

Here is a full account of how Israel threatened to bomb Lebanon if Israel does not cut the trees. Lebanon, typically, humiliatingly obliged. (thanks Farah)

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UN

August 5th, 2010 Arab News No comments

Only in Lebanon, people fall under the lie that the UN has a say in determining where borders are between countries.

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Categories: Arab Blogs Tags: Borders, Lebanon, lie, say, Source

UN urges Israel-Lebanon restraint

August 4th, 2010 Arab News No comments

The UN tells Israel and Lebanon to show restraint, after a clash between troops on the border leaves five people dead.
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Categories: Arab News Tags: clash, Israel, Lebanon, restraint, Source

Lebanon-Israel clash near border

August 3rd, 2010 Arab News No comments

Lebanese and Israeli soldiers exchange fire along the border between the two countries, Lebanese and Israeli sources say.
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Natural gas could lead to new Lebanon-Israel war (AP)

July 27th, 2010 Arab News No comments

In this photo taken Friday, July 23, 2010, a buoy placed but Israel near the Lebanon-Israel water border, that wasn't recognized by lebanon and the U.N., seen in front of a center for Lebanese general security in the southern coastal town of Naqoura, Lebanon. The discovery of large natural gas reserves under the waters of the eastern Mediterranean could potentially mean a huge economic windfall for Israel and Lebanon, both resource-poor nations — if it doesn't spark new war between them. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)AP – The discovery of large natural gas reserves under the waters of the eastern Mediterranean could potentially mean a huge economic windfall for Israel and Lebanon, both resource-poor nations — if it doesn’t spark new war between them.

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Lebanon sentenced to death as Israel ‘spy’ (AFP)

July 21st, 2010 Arab News No comments

A masked Lebanese secret service officer shows a map found with arrested Lebanese nationals accused of spying for Israel in 2009. A Lebanese military court on Wednesday sentenced a former school principal to death on charges of spying for Israel in 2008, a judicial official told AFP.(AFP/File/Joseph Barrak)AFP – A Lebanese military court on Wednesday sentenced a former school principal to death on charges of spying for Israel in 2008, a judicial official told AFP.

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Second Israeli telecom ‘spy’ arrested in Lebanon (AFP)

July 15th, 2010 Arab News No comments

Lebanese Defence Minister Elias Murr speaks to reporters after a cabinet meeting in 2005. Lebanon has arrested a suspected accomplice of a telephone company technician who has been charged with spying for Israel, according to a senior official and a source close to the investigation.(AFP/File/Joseph Barrak)AFP – Lebanon has arrested a suspected accomplice of a telecom technician who stands charged with spying for Israel, a source close to the investigation said on Thursday.

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