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2007-05-21 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

23 Leb troops, 19 hard boyz killed as Leb army battles militants - update 5

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Posted by Fred 2007-05-21 00:00|| || Front Page|| [12 views ] Top

#1 Twenty-three soldiers and 19 militants died in the clashes

One wonders what Lebanese Army is made of.

As someone suggested in another thread, I would hire a ship to Antarctica and relocate the whole of Paleo camps.

Posted by twobyfour 2007-05-21 00:34|| 2007-05-21 00:34|| Front Page Top

#2 The Leb army is clearly not ready for prime time. If they can't hack it against Fatah, it's clear that Hezbollah would have crushed them.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2007-05-21 04:10|| http://timurileng.blogspot.com]">[http://timurileng.blogspot.com] 2007-05-21 04:10|| Front Page Top

#3 this isnt Fatah. "fatah" means struggle or something in Arabic, and they are Fatah Islam - ths struggle of Islam, or whatever. No more connected to the Abbas/Arafats Fatah then the United States is to the United Kingdom, or the United Colors of Benneton.

Posted by liberalhawk 2007-05-21 09:59|| 2007-05-21 09:59|| Front Page Top

#4 Fatah (Arabic: فتح‎); a reverse acronym from the Arabic name Harakat al-Tahrir al-Watani al-Filastini (literally: "Palestinian National Liberation Movement") is a major secular Palestinian political party and the largest organization in the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), a generally secular multi-party confederation. In Palestinian politics it is on the center-left of the spectrum. It is mainly secular and nationalist although not predominantly socialist.

The reverse acronym was chosen because it is similar to the word fath, "conquest" (after the first Arab-Muslim conquests).

Posted by trailing wife 2007-05-21 13:16|| 2007-05-21 13:16|| Front Page Top

#5 Medical sources in the camp said six civilians, including two children, were killed and 60 wounded.

Waiting for international condemnation of Lebanon. Waiting, waiting, waiting.

Posted by gromgoru 2007-05-21 17:58|| 2007-05-21 17:58|| Front Page Top

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