Lebanese Army Denies French Missiles are Malfunctioning
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The Lebanese army denied on Wednesday that Milan anti-tank missiles delivered by France to the Lebanese army under a Saudi grant two months ago are dysfunctional.
The military said in a communique that army experts had thoroughly inspected the missiles during delivery.
“They have no technical or production malfunction,” said the communique.
The army urged the media to be accurate in dealing with any information relating to the military.
The communique was issued after highly-informed sources told As Safir daily that some of the missiles are dysfunctional.
The sources said that the missiles are old and were shipped from French depots to coincide with the ceremony that was held in Beirut during French Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian's visit in April.
They stressed that the Lebanese army has the right to replace the weapons that do not meet the required standards.
Lebanon received in April the first shipment of $3 billion worth of French arms under the Saudi-financed deal aimed at boosting the country's defensive capabilities to combat terror threats.
During the ceremony Le Drian, revealed that around 60 French officers will also arrive in Lebanon to oversee the training of Lebanese troops on the use of the arms.
He said that France will oversee the implementation of the Saudi deal over a 10-year period.
Despite the claim made by As Safir's sources, officials following up the delivery of the arms stressed to the newspaper that the missiles could not be dysfunctional.
The reason behind some problems the army is facing in using them could lie in the launchers and not the rockets themselves, they said.
17 June 2015, 11:06
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Ofcourse this is what I've wrote from the beginning, the Saudi purchased french weapons gets delivered directly from their scrapyards and landfills, yet many Lebanese takes it as if it were pure gold and shiny. Saudi Arabia might aswell feed us from their dumpsters, Saudi-owned Lebanese will continue to eat anything they receive and imagine it is fresh.
17 June 2015, 11:28
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Even soldiers in the Army tells me these weapons are just for show, none of it gets used in the field. Everything are purely for Saudis political interests to bribe their owned politicians in Lebanon.
17 June 2015, 13:27
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The Resistance liberated Lebanese land and continues to do so today. How come your beloved U.S that is supposed to be the main backer of our armed forces, never equips the LAF with more sophisticated weaponry? You should rather blame them. But ofcourse you will never blame the masters of your agenda.
17 June 2015, 13:39
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Otherwise the U.S should stop their arms embargo on Lebanon, and let Iran equip the LAF officially instead of miscalculated Saudi/French deals.
17 June 2015, 12:07
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Assafir said ..enough said..its only for M8 idiots who believe there own propaganda.
17 June 2015, 12:14
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one should wait for the official statement from the army..then i would believe
17 June 2015, 12:24
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Garbage produced and delivered by Assafir Trash and consumed by Mowaten, Southern, Mystic, and friends. Seriously, who writes this filth? And who, in his right mind, believes it?
17 June 2015, 12:54
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Yeah you should know about lies texas, you are the expert. Even denying your own words in the past. Something that is very low and pathetic.
17 June 2015, 13:31
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Texas, your infinite words & comments of garbage never states any facts, you also like to invent your own "truths". You are one of those that lost all credibility, even Naharnet that is on your side banned you several times already. They seem to understand that your statements are false and baseless.
17 June 2015, 13:42
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Army الجيش تذكّر وسائل الإعلام توخّي الدقة في تناول أي معلومات تتعلق بالجيش
صدر عن قيادة الجيش – مديرية التوجيه التوضيح الآتي:
نشرت إحدى الصحف المحلية الصادرة بتاريخ اليوم في افتتاحيتها، معلومات نقلاً عن مصادر غير محدّدة، أشارت فيها إلى أن دفعة الصواريخ نوع "ميلان" التي تسلّمها الجيش من السلطات الفرنسية مؤخراً في إطار الهبة السعودية، هي قديمة العهد، وأن بعضها غير مطابق للمواصفات.
تؤكّد قيادة الجيش أن هذه الصواريخ هي من مخازن الجيش الفرنسي، وقد أجرت الأجهزة المختصة في الجيش اللبناني كشفاً دقيقاً على هذه الصواريخ لدى تسلّمها، وتبيّن عدم وجود أي خلل تقني أو صناعي فيها.
تذكّر قيادة الجيش وسائل الإعلام مجدداً بضرورة توخّي الدقة في تناول أي معلومات تتعلق بالجيش والعودة إلى هذه القيادة للتأكد من صحة هذه المعلومات قبل نشرها.
17 June 2015, 13:46
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KHAMINAI. prostate problem, all fida his "nuts" , hope all the sick Aoun, Khaminai, will be ok soon, vitamin D For Nasroolah, little sun underground.
17 June 2015, 14:02
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(1). Dry sh*t always floats to the surface, right? True to this, now that the Lebanese Army is moving forward, distancing itself from being dragged into Hezbollah's wars, refuses to buckle under Aoun the claoun's pressure, being fully capable of defending the nation, it's perfectly simple to understand, now the Lebanese Army is the focus of of the Hezbollah-led M8 distortion propaganda machine. It will miss no opportunity to castigate the army, it will miss no opportunity to cast doubt over the army's capacity, it will keep casting doubt over whoever comes to help the army and by default the Lebanese State. Well, what is now getting more apparent by the day, is this:
17 June 2015, 14:18
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Phoenix the ones you support, castrated the LAF already with their empty promises. You say you do not wish to be dragged into a war with the takfiris, Arsal is Lebanon phoenix I thought you phalangists took pride in our land, yet you have no problem keeping the army out of action.
Maybe it is those mighty Saudi cash you admire so much that makes you write these insane things.
17 June 2015, 14:25
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Mystic, let not bitterness twist neither your mind nor your tongue. Let not the realities of your lost dreams transpose you into such statements devoid of facts. LF, Kataeb, Mustaqbal and in fact M14 have long since been calling for the state to fulfill its role, thus we're talking of the army. The army has now entered Arsal, now before you keep accusing so randomly reading from a pre-prepared text why not read from the bigger picture? When Hezbollah does not listen to the voices of moderation, don't you think that the radicals will come to try and upstage the moderates? hasn't it happened and thankfully the moderates got back their role again? You keep talking of Saudi cash when Iran was so blatantly flashing its own cash on you people, and the irony was that it was as always, US Dollars. Then if I may ask you, who is the biggest money counterfeiters in the region, and this even surpassing Israel? Iran.
17 June 2015, 14:33
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Hizbollah, thinks Other Shi3a and most m14 are Tekfiris right, proving that he, just like his master,iran Islamic Rep Public, are real tekfiris. In Your beloved Iran, people are being Hanged, if the disagree with Khaminai rule, similar example where Nasroolah rules here in Dahyeh, etc, all tekfiries want to get rid of their opponents, all want to Kill them, all use force, all are lunatics. And hot headed just like you. Hizbo.
17 June 2015, 15:07
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Funny thing Phoenix, you claim to be sole Lebanese and a devoted Christian yet you have no problem taking money and giving support to the same ones that funds the massacres of Christians over the border. You mind your own words dear friend, because you will be the one regretting your support to those people. You believe with Hezb gone and if the takfiris won, you would be in a better position?
17 June 2015, 15:10
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Could jumblat prevent the druze massacre in Syria? No, neither will Geagea and Hariri be able to when it happens to their people here.
18 June 2015, 13:02
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Mystic, when you see me taking money from anyone then say what you wish, otherwise keep your peace and clear your conscience. I have seen you say things that would make a child laugh, yet I never commented on you personally. The money I earn is clean money and this is something neither you, nor your boss Sayed Hassan, nor Aoun or any of the like can claim. I work very hard to provide myself and my loved ones with a life of quality. Some years ago, I branched out my telecoms business into Africa and just like here I make no distinction of race, gender, creed or sect, in fact there are many Shiites in my expat Lebanese staff, two were taken just last week. Next time Mystic, make sure you talk facts instead of gibberish, and if you need a good job, just apply.
17 June 2015, 14:03
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(2). That Hezbollah is weakening and not as it want us to believe, that it is strong, its will is being contested ever more strenuously worldwide, especially in Lebanon and that it is now only a question of time when some inevitable facts will glare at every single Lebanese. Now see how the M8 thumbing brigade will get into crazy action, plus those shameful cowardly deranged multiple trolls, one look at their language confirms this popular sentiment in Lebanon: Thanks God M8 doesn't rule, thanks God.
17 June 2015, 17:04
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The talk about Iran offering to arm the Lebanese army is nonsense, mere media flatulence by a gassy hajj. If Iran was really serious about arming the Lebanese army there is a simple elegant way to do it without Lebanon risking international sanctions, and here it is
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=os0WuxL7U7w
17 June 2015, 17:46
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we don't expect less from M8ers and hezbi lovers to belittle and mock the lebanese army.... they pretend to support it but facts prove the contrary... pityful antilebanese people....
17 June 2015, 19:01
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I can be a close friend with an open minded Iranian but not with Kassim, Qawok or Yezbik in a military gear aiding ASSAD FORCES of Syria claiming all Syrians people fighting The Regime are extreme takfiries. Stop mixing the obvious, no one accent or want these idiots to exist, neither hizbolah and it's way of mixing politics with aiding a dectatorial regims in Syria and their masters in Iran.
17 June 2015, 18:01
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hey ignorant... the army denied all your hezbi BS... now go and play with your doll, the only thing in which you excel...
http://www.lebarmy.gov.lb/ar/news/?44775#.VYGLBHkVicw
17 June 2015, 18:48
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God bless all those who are defending Lebanon Army and security forces from all sources of evil let it be Tekfiris sunni first and chi3a also first, Sectarian people like Aoun ies first and Jraisati second, thieves all, who ever they are ... Lebanon is for all yet is not for everyone to abuse.
17 June 2015, 19:00
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I am be a be a close friend with an open minded Iranian but not with Kassim, Qawok or Yezbik in a military gear aiding ASSAD FORCES of Syria claiming all Syrians people fighting The Regime are extreme takfiries. Stop mixing the obvious, no one accent or want these idiots to exist, neither hizbolah and it's way of mixing politics with aiding a dectatorial regims in Syria and their masters in Iran.
18 June 2015, 08:09
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Miss Tic ?Are you accusing the Lebanese Army of spreading lies? simple answer of YES/No is needed.
18 June 2015, 13:04
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Portuguese Trick, every line of yours says how much you wish misfortune for our beloved army. But that won't happen, so stop pretending you're Portuguese, man, you boring us.
