Military Source Denies Presence of British Troops in Lebanon
إقرأ هذا الخبر بالعربية
A high-ranking military source denied on Tuesday that British troops are present in Lebanon to monitor the country's border with Syria to prevent fighters from the Islamic State group to infiltrate into the small Christian town of Ras Baalbek in the eastern Bekaa.
The source stressed in comments to al-Joumhouria newspaper that the a report published on Sunday in the British Telegraph is “no secret.”
The Telegraph reported that a British team has secretly saved Ras Baalbek from advancing the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) forces by constructing a network of watchtowers.
The source said that the British team only helped the Lebanese army in building 12 towers to facilitate the monitoring of the border and combat terrorism.
However, the source stressed that “there are no British forces in Lebanon,” pointing out that “only British technical teams are present to aid in constructing the towers.”
The source presumed that the report aims at convincing the British public opinion that their country “is still strong in the Middle East and its army is distributed across the world, but it doesn't mean they are present inside Lebanon.”
The towers were built in 17 days in July and finished less than two weeks ago, the Telegraph said.
The army and security forces had been carrying out in recent months raids in various regions throughout Lebanon in search for wanted fugitives and suspected terrorists.
Jihadists from the IS group and al-Qaida-linked al-Nusra Front briefly overran the northeastern border town of Arsal in August. The Islamists withdrew from the town, abducting a number of troops and security forces.
Three hostages have already been killed by their captors, and the country has been on edge for months over the fate of the remaining soldiers and policemen.
Lebanon is deeply divided over the war in Syria.
H.K.
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02 December 2014, 09:25
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Sounds like bollocks. Just like those go-kart Brits who reportedly kill 100 Salafists a month...
02 December 2014, 09:50
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Welcome to any democratic power who can provide support to Lebanon.
02 December 2014, 11:37
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So we are lebanese or u have second class and fist class citizen..
Hezbos and co are being fueled paid armed by democratic, progresiat and secular islamic republic of iran, they are ruling lebanon (or the least to say is that they are acting with impunity, killing in daylight and assassns are treated like saints, they can topple gov by power, engage in war in syria irak, yemen and god knows where and u exepect the other side to light candle and await a solution from god???
Don t u see when it is leading us? More than 60 years of civil war were not enough???
Go have some chupachups flame, and yes we cheer the west, yes we want this kind of democracy, not it is not perfect(far from it to be honest) but is better than ur illuminated khomaiini and his by proxy millicias.... So untill u do apply for a job in iran, untill u stop learning french english and start perse and rusian go have some chuoachups man..
02 December 2014, 12:07
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Ok here are ur answers from the idiot:
- hashem salman was killed in daylight no? No charged pressed... The guys "fixing" butros harb elevator not daylight? Now a saint...
-7ayyar was not that pacifist flame, u mist be confused with the some catholic scouts gathering...
-christian millicias were armed by israel during the cuvil war, leftist by the est block and libya, baathist from syria, during the civil war, do u want us to go back there??? No really u find it logic that a sectian millicia engaged in irak yemen syria is still armed...
02 December 2014, 12:11
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Of course ISIS mist be fought, it would have been nice if ur friend assad bombed them long ago in place of halan, and instead of freeing them from its jails (how is lokman by the way? Still ISIS damascus area leadder?..
Yes the west is defenitly more democratic than russa/iran, yes indeed..the system has it flaws but it is fore sure better than having senile khomaiini and assad family rulling for decades...
And yes khomaini by controlling hezbos is controling more and more my coutry...
Hope u had ur answers man, now time for some chupachups?...
02 December 2014, 12:16
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I share you thought @Humble, me too, I'd warmly welcome any assistance that would come from a major power, provided that there are no strings attached. However not to deviate from the nature of this thread, I would definitely take this story with a pinch of salt.
02 December 2014, 10:55
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Iran is the one trying to be the new imperialism...long live stone age civilization.
02 December 2014, 11:46
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Accountability, my dear friend..
In the 80s of what LAF where u talking about?...
Liwa2 al sedess with berri?
Jeich lebnen al janoubi?
Jeish lebnen al arabi (ahmad el khatib)?
The part that stayed with aoun?
The one who had special ties with most of the millicias?
All those where parts of LAF...
Then again no getting armed is not the solution, it will bring us back decades ago, political solution for the sake of lebanon, not assad, not iran.... U know.. And please dont get back to the hariri distributing blankets in syria....
A real country not this banna republic we are living in..
Untill then chuoqchups man, chupachups...
02 December 2014, 12:15
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We should go light some candles, chant some labayka ya nosrolah and thanks god for sending us this very progresist, democratic, secular hezbollah who is curently spreadding democracy in irak, yemen, syria....
Flame, u are marvellous....
All hust as retard as ISIS... By the way do u know where ISIS KHORASAN brigades come from?.. It would be good to read a litle man...
Untill then chupachups
02 December 2014, 17:05
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We are all with Great Britain and Russia which is not going to let down Christians in the Middle East!
The Hariri's days are OVER
03 December 2014, 00:53
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I wouId agree that the dates are off..but I would not be surprised if they were in Lebanon...who isn't for God's sake?
