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| Report: 3,000 Islamist Fighters Entrenched along Lebanon's Eastern Border |
| 2015-03-07 |
| [AnNahar] As the Lebanese army continues to press an offensive against Islamist gunnies on the outskirts of the northeastern border towns, in cooperation with the Syrian military and Hizbullah ... Party of God, a Leb militia inspired, founded, funded and directed by Iran. Hizbullah refers to itself as The Resistanceand purports to defend Leb against Israel, with whom it has started and lost one disastrous war to date, though it did claim victory... , gunnies are still exerting efforts to infiltrate Leb. As Safir newspaper reported on Friday that the Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and al-Qaeda-affiliate al-Nusra ...the current nom de guerre of al-Qaeda in the Levant, which isn't to be confused with al-Qaeda in Iraq and the Levant... Front are currently controlling around 992 kilometers of the outskirts between Syria and Leb on the country's Eastern Mountain Range, with 450 kilometers inside Leb. The number of gunnies entrenched in the area is around 3,000, including 1,500 fighters that defected the Free Syrian Army ... the more palatable version of the Syrian insurgency, heavily influenced by the Moslem Brüderbund... and joined the two Islamist groups. The report said that 750 pledged allegiance to al-Nusra ...formally Jabhat an-Nusrah li-Ahli sh-Sham (Support Front for the People of the Levant), also known as al-Qaeda in the Levant. They aim to establish a pan-Arab caliphate. Not the same one as the Islamic State, though .. ... and 800 to ISIL. According to the newspaper, ISIL and al-Nusra are controlling the outskirts of Asal al-Wared in the Syrian al-Qalamoun, and the upper outskirts of the northeastern border towns of Arsal, Ras Baalbek and al-Qaa. The bad boys' area of control reportedly oversees Lebanese areas in the Bekaa Valley, including Brital, Baalbek and Nahlet Younnine. The daily said that the illegal crossings in Arsal, in particular the Syrian encampments (14) outside the Lebanese army's area of control, are the main funding source for the gunnies. The two groups reportedly possess a wide range of heavy and light ammunition, in addition to hundreds of rockets, including anti-tank missiles, and a small number of tanks and armored vehicles. The report comes in light of a military operation on the outskirts of Ras Baalbek in line with efforts to secure villages near the eastern border with neighboring Syria. The Lebanese army seized last week two hilltop positions in the area. Three soldiers were maimed in the operation, during which bad boy positions were shelled with artillery and heavy weaponry, the army said in its communique. The statement did not name the bad boys, but most are believed to be from the Islamic State group. They and Nusra Front have been holding around 20 Lebanese soldiers and coppers hostage since August. The army frequently festivities with the gunnies in their hideouts near the Syria border. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #3 Doesn't seem sporting that the hezzies should be forced to fight on so many fronts. Deh Resistance should be allowed to pick and choose. /streeeeeeeeetch! |
| Posted by: Shipman 2015-03-07 07:20 |
| #2 Popcorn. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2015-03-07 03:56 |
| #1 Were is all the usual big talk from Hezbollah? |
| Posted by: chris 2015-03-07 00:18 |