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| Battle to Expel IS from al-Qaa, Ras Baalbek Within 72 Hours |
| 2017-07-30 |
| [An Nahar] The Lebanese Army is gearing for a battle against 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.... group murderous Moslems on the eastern borders in the al-Qaa and Ras Baalbek which will reportedly "begin within 72 hours," al-Mustaqbal ... the Future Movement, political party led by Saad Hariri... daily said on Saturday. Senior military sources told the daily that "military reinforcements taken in al-Qaa and Ras Baalbek come in the context of preparing for "zero hour" that will mark the start of the battle waged by the army to liberate a distinctly Lebanese land. "It falls within the framework of the army's duties and role in the protection of borders and illusory sovereignty," stressed the source on condition of anonymity. On the reasons that made the army refrain from taking part in the battle waged by 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... against al-Nusra ...formally Jabhat an-Nusrah li-Ahli al-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 .. ... Front murderous Moslems in the outskirts of Arsal, the source stressed: "The recent battles against Nusra had been launched mainly from within the Syrian territory, specifically from the outskirts of Flita. Consequently, the Lebanese army had no mission or role except to protect the Lebanese border, Lebanese civilians and displaced Syrians. "However, denial ain't just a river in Egypt... the army is the sole entity that will wage the battle in the outskirts of al-Qaa and Ras Baalbek," stressed the source. He added that the battle is expected to be within a "geographical area free of any civilians or displaced people," which will comfort the military units while facing terrorist groups who will not be able to use the encampments of the displaced or civilians as human shields. The area has witnessed an exchange of shelling in the past 48 hours. The report comes in the wake of a Hizbullah assault in Arsal's outskirts that managed to oust al-Nusra Front's jihadists from the area. |
| Posted by:Fred |