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| Iran offers support to Lebanese army |
| 2010-08-10 |
| [alarabiya.net] Iran has offered support to Lebanon's army, a week after a deadly cross-border clash between Lebanon and Israel which prompted U.S. lawmakers to block funding to the Lebanese military. The offer from Iran, which supports Lebanon's militant Shiite group Hezbollah, could fuel Western concern that Tehran is increasing its influence near Israel's northern border. Israel said it had complained to Washington and Paris about funds to the Lebanese army after a skirmish left two Lebanese soldiers, a Lebanese journalist and a senior Israeli officer dead in the worst border violence since a 2006 war between Israel and Hezbollah guerrillas. Iran's ambassador to Lebanon met Lebanese army chief Jean Kahwaji on Monday and said Tehran was ready to "cooperate with the Lebanese army in any area that would help the military in performing its national role in defending Lebanon". Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is expected to visit Beirut next month. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 See also TOPIX/WORLD NEWS > IRAN OFFERS TO REPLACE US AID TO LEBANON ARMY. * SAME/MEMRI > [AQAP/AQIY] AL QAEDA INSTRUCTS SYMPATHIZERS IN SAUDI ARMED FORCES TO ASSASSINATE KING ABDULLAH + WESTERN CITIZENS [ + also KSA Royal family members + Govt Pols]. AQAP/AQIY claims to had received "STAY-OR-FIGHT" communiques from KSA mil members on whether to stay in their position within the Saudi Armed Forces, or else run off to join AQ + Jihad. * ALso from MEMRI > [AL-Manar TV] EX-LEBANON MINISTER WIAM WAHHAD: IN THE EVENT OF [Lebanon] CIVIL WAR [or Plan for Partition] SYRIAN TANKS WILL ENTER LEBANON + TAKE UNIFIL + OTHER MAJOR UN ORGANIZATIONS HOSTAGE. UNIFIL IS FULL OF MOSSAD SPIES. Also warns that IHO LEBANON CIVIL WAR MAY EXPAND TO REST TO REST OF ARAB-MUSLIM WORLD. * WORLDNEWS > [Pravda.RU] HEZBOLLAH, HAMAS + ISLAMIC JIHAD TO STAND UP AGZ ISRAEL? Israel-Lebanon "Tree" clash may had meant more than meets the eye. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2010-08-10 23:19 |