| Boys will be boys... |
Popular Front for the Liberation of Paleostine... Paleostinian Marxist movement, founded in 1967. It is considered a terrorist organization by more than 30 countries including the U.S., European Union, Australia, Canada, and Antarctica. The PFLP's stated goal is the establishment of a socialist State in Paleostine. They pioneered armed aircraft hijackings in the late 60s and early 70s...
- General Command (PFLP-GC), and the adjacent Kfar Zabad area.
Light and medium weapons and rockets were used in the fighting.
The news agency said that the gunnies remain unidentified, adding that battles lasted until 4:30 am.
The Lebanese army heavily deployed in the area to contain the festivities.
The group later confirmed the incident, saying in a statement that gunnies targeted its post in addition to an army position in Ain al-Baida near Kfar Zabad.
The PFLP-GC, the most radical Paleostinian faction whose command is based in Damascus with unlimited support from Syria, has maintained military bases in the eastern Bekaa Valley as well as in the hills of Naameh south of Beirut for the last 23 years.
The PFLP-GC is the only Paleostinian faction that maintains significant military positions outside the 12 Paleostinian camps in Leb.
PFLP-GC bases in Naameh and the Bekaa have long been the target of Israeli air attacks.
| Lebanese complaints about which are no doubt very pro forma, indeed. |