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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Leb Army Receives New Shipment of U.S. Ammunition
2014-09-27
[AnNahar] The army on Friday received a new shipment of ammunition as part of the U.S. military assistance program to the Lebanese Armed Forces, state-run National News Agency reported.
How much of it will be transshipped immediately to Hezbollah units fighting in Syria?
How far are we drawing down our own stocks, and when are they being topped off?
"The army's Logistics Brigade received at the Rafik Hariri International Airport a quantity of ammunition of various types, in the presence of a number of officers and members of the U.S. defense cooperation bureau in Leb," NNA said.

"This new batch is part of the U.S. assistance program to the Lebanese army and of the commitments and agreements signed between the two sides," NNA added.

The first shipment of arms and ammunition was delivered to the army on August 29 as part of U.S. military aid aimed at supporting the army in its combat of terrorism.

U.S. Ambassador to Leb David Hale has said that "support for the Lebanese army and other security services is a top priority for the U.S."

Deadly festivities broke out between the army and Islamist gunnies in the Bekaa border town of Arsal on August 2 over the arrest of a member of the al-Qaeda-affiliated 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 .. ...
 Front, in one of the most dangerous spillovers of the Syrian conflict to date.

The fighting ended with a ceasefire on August 7 but the turbans kidnapped around 35 troops and coppers.

The development prompted the U.S. to pledge to bolster the army, while Soddy Arabia
...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face...
 unveiled a grant of one billion dollars dedicated to the military.
Posted by:trailing wife

#2  One might consider this a logistics act of pre-provisioning.
Posted by: Skidmark   2014-09-27 12:16  

#1  I hope they gave them some of the .40 HP Homeland Security has been hoarding.
Posted by: Jvalentour   2014-09-27 08:18  

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