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Lebanese Protesters Block Fuel Shipments To Syria
[Ynet] Protesters in Leb blocked the northern border crossing with Syria on Wednesday to stop fuel shipments they said were being used to resupply  Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneckal-Assad Lord of the Baath... 's military. Around 30 trucks were forced to stop on the Lebanese side of the border. "Today we are seeing that the Syrian regime and Lebanese regime are transferring diesel to Syrian tanks," said a parliamentarian who joined protesters at the border. Facing European Union ...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing... financial sanctions, Syria has relied increasingly on fuel trucked from neighboring Leb to make up for a fall in larger international shipments. Posted by: trailing wife 2013-02-14 |
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