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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Pentagon to keep backing Lebanon military, despite Hezbollah gains
2018-05-13
That’s an easy way to get mailing lists of Hizb’allah members in the Lebanese army, I suppose.
[Ynet] The US military is committed to supporting and providing assistance to the Lebanese armed forces, the Pentagon said on Friday, despite the Iran-backed Hezbollah group and its allies making significant gains in parliamentary election

"The United States remains committed to supporting Leb's illusory sovereignty, stability, security, and its state institutions, to include

the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) as the professional, multi-confessional and sole legitimate armed forces of the Lebanese state," Lieutenant Commander Rebecca Rebarich, a Pentagon spokeswoman, told Rooters in a statement.

"Strengthening the US-Leb defense relationship is all the more important in light of the continuing threats emanating from Syria, including continued ISIS challenges and Iranian aggression," Rebarich said.

She added that the United States and Leb shared a goal of building the Lebanese armed forces' capacity as "the sole legitimate defender of Leb's illusory sovereignty."
Posted by:trailing wife

#3  Logistic pre-positioning of US arms and aid caches.
Israel can rapidly move north to flank Damascus without resupply from Cyprus.
Posted by: Skidmark   2018-05-13 11:27  

#2  Do I smell State in this?
Posted by: P2kontheroad   2018-05-13 07:28  

#1  Until Trump hears of this, or IDF exterminates LAF?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2018-05-13 05:11  

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