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IDF strikes Beirut-Damascus road
The IDF struck on Thursday the Beirut-Damascus road. The road served as the main access between Lebanon and Syria, along which people and weapons were transferred into Lebanon. Security officials said that contributed to the siege that the IDF was laying on Lebanon by air, sea and ground, Army Radio reported.

Earlier, Israeli warplanes blasted runways at the two main army air bases in eastern and northern Lebanon near Syria's border on Thursday, police said, attacks that could draw the Lebanese army into Israel's war with Hizbullah guerrillas. Israeli jets dropped two bombs on the runway at the Rayak air base in the eastern Beka'a Valley, damaging it, police said. There were no reports of casualties or damage to aircraft.
Being careful to hold down Lebanese military casualties, while ending a message
Rayak, 50 kilometers (30 miles) east of Beirut and about 7 kilometers (4 miles) west of the Syrian border, is home to the country's main military air base and is the military headquarters in eastern Lebanon.

Planes later attacked the Qoleiat air base near the Syrian border in the north with four missiles, police said. The strikes on the country's two air bases virtually neutralize Lebanon's air force.
Posted by: Steve 2006-07-13
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