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Lebanese Army Deploys in Wadi Khaled
[An Nahar] The Lebanese army deployed on Saturday in the northern village of Wadi Khaled after media outlets reported that members of the Free Syrian Army were present in the area."On Saturday morning the military carried out three airdrops in al-Rami village near Wadi Khaled and searched the area for hours," a military source told LBC. The source noted that these measures were taken depending on the circumstances and "it could end on Saturday." MP Moein al-Merehbi confirmed the incident, slamming the deployment of the army as "Syrian orders to President Michel Suleiman ...before assuming office as President, he held the position of commander of the Leb Armed Forces. That was after the previous commander, the loathesome Emile Lahoud, took office as president in November of 1998. Likely the next president of Leb will be whoever's commander of the armed forces, too... , Prime Minister  Najib Miqati, and Army Commander General Jean Qahwaji.""Media reports saying that there are gunnies infiltrating from Syria into Leb and vice-versa are bizarre and strange," he stated. Al-Akhbar newspaper reported that Wadi Khaled is a military base for the Free Syrian Army. According to the daily the Free Syrian Army officers and troops are moving liberally along the illegal border crossings, smuggling weapons and transporting injured soldiers. Posted by: Fred 2012-02-05 |
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