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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Lebanon: Syrian troops pulling back
2005-02-28
Lebanese Defence Minister Abd al-Rahim Murad has told Aljazeera that Syria has started pulling back its troops in Lebanon into the eastern Bakaa Valley of the country. In an interview with Aljazeera on Thursday, Murad said "the sixth stage of the redeployment of Syrian troops in Lebanon has started on Thursday".
"We're going! We're going! No need to get all excited!"
He added that according to the 1989 Taif Accord, all Syrian troops should withdraw to the eastern Bakaa Valley. "The Lebanese and Syrian leadership have met and decided on the sixth redeployment of the Syrian forces in Lebanon," Murad said. "They took the decision to start the redeployment in the next few hours. After this redeployment, all the Syrian forces will be in the Bakaa," he said. Further meetings would take place to "define the number of the troops which will remain in the Bakaa and to define the spots where they will be stationed in that area", he added.
Posted by:Fred

#9  Conid did look like she stepped out of "The Matrix".

Probably scared the hell out of the middle east.
Posted by: OldSpook   2005-02-28 4:52:25 PM  

#8  Conid did look like she stepped out of "The Matrix".

Probably scared the hell out of the middle east.
Posted by: OldSpook   2005-02-28 4:52:25 PM  

#7  OS,

You've been gone a while. Hope everything is alright.
Posted by: Poison Reverse   2005-02-28 9:02:13 PM  

#6  Looking at the photo reminds me of a passage one of BigEric's books:

Three little dinosaurs acting sorta cool...
Supersaurus wore his shades to school...
The teacher yelled, "Why that's against the rules!"
No more Supersaurus acting sorta cool...

from "10 Little Dinosaurs" by Pattie Schnetzler
Posted by: BigEd   2005-02-28 7:09:22 PM  

#5  Conid did look like she stepped out of "The Matrix".

Probably scared the hell out of the middle east.
Posted by: OldSpook   2005-02-28 4:52:25 PM  

#4  I heard that some black woman wearing long boots and pointed heels had something to do with it.
Posted by: Poison Reverse   2005-02-28 2:06:40 PM  

#3  Our cluster bombs cleared out a lot of valleys in Afghanistan in late 2001.
Posted by: Tom   2005-02-28 1:38:09 PM  

#2  ... the Syrians will not leave until they are forced from the place.

That looks like next week's schedule.
Posted by: Steve White   2005-02-28 1:35:30 PM  

#1  For more than two decades the Assad and their Syrian military allies have controlled the traffickng of narcotics in and from the Bakaa Valley. The Bakaa also serves as a site for the training of Hizbollah and other terrorists. Thus, the Syrians will not leave until they are forced from the place.
Posted by: Tancred   2005-02-28 8:52:20 AM  

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