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Nine Killed, Nine Wounded In Syrian Airstrike Near Arsal
[AnNahar] Nine Syrians were killed and nine maimed on Saturday in Syrian regime The maimed, including women and kiddies, have since been taken to Universal Hospital in Baalbek for treatment. Meanwhile, ...back at the shattered spaceship, Fffflirgoll the Arcturan slithered stealthily toward the control room, where the humans had barricaded themselves... a Lebanese military source told Agence La Belle France Presse that the bodies of six Syrians killed near the border with Leb were transported into the country on Saturday, along with nine injured people. The source could not confirm the cause of the casualties in Syria, but an injured woman told an AFP photographer that the Syrian air force had carried out a strike. "Six bodies and nine injured people were brought into Leb at around 1:30 pm (1030 GMT) on a pick-up truck," the source said on condition of anonymity. "They crossed the border at the Tufail crossing" in eastern Leb, he said. An injured woman in her early 30s, speaking also on condition of anonymity, said: "We were targeted by an air strike while we were making our way from Syria to Leb." At least two children were among the injured, the photographer said. Several of them were taken to Arsal for treatment, while others were transported to nearby Baalbek, AFP said. Arsal, which lies 12 kilometers from the border with Syria, has been used as a conduit for weapons and rebels to enter Syria, while also serving as a refuge for people fleeing the conflict. It has repeatedly come under shelling from Syria. The last air raid in Arsal took place in June, with 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... urging Syria to respect Leb's illusory sovereignty. Other border areas in the north and east have also been struck by frequent cross-border shelling and festivities, while the Syrian regime has told Leb to better control its mostly non-existent border to prevent the smuggling of fighters and arms. The repeated violations prompted Suleiman to file a memorandum to the United Nations ...the Oyster Bay money pit... and Arab League ...an organization of Arabic-speaking states with 22 member countries and four observers. The League tries to achieve Arab consensus on issues, which usually leaves them doing nothing but a bit of grimacing and mustache cursing... Leb is sharply divided over the war in Syria and Arsal is a particular flashpoint as refugees from the uprising and fighters and smugglers hostile to the regime of Syrian  Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneckal-Assad Leveler of Latakia... traverse the border. Posted by: trailing wife 2013-08-04 |
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