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2007-10-16 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

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Posted by Fred 2007-10-16 00:00|| || Front Page|| [10 views ] Top
File under: Govt of Syria

#1 via Instapundit link:

Terrorists Snatched South of Here [W. Thomas Smith Jr.]

BEIRUT The AP is reporting Suspected terrorists detained in Lebanon.

What the AP is not reporting is that the network involved includes members of:

* Fatah Al Islam (The Al Qaeda-affiliated bunch that was supposedly wiped out to a man during the recent Battle of Nahr Al Bared).
* Jund Al Sham (a terrorist group of Syrian and Palestinian origins).
* Osbat Al Ansar (a particularly nasty group though all three are training here in Lebanon for suicide-bombing operations in Iraq).

One of my intelligence sources here also tells me, these three groups are receiving direct operational support from Hezbollah.

This morning, I'm seeing and hearing a lot of Lebanese Army helicopters overhead.

Last night, fighters were heard screaming overhead. Since the Lebanese Air Force has no operational combat jets, it had to have been the Israelis on one of their frequent nocturnal look-sees.

10/16 04:20 AM

Posted by trailing wife 2007-10-16 15:02|| 2007-10-16 15:02|| Front Page Top

#2 Is there any way we can give Mr. Smith a pair of high-res binoculars, a sat phone and a long-distance laser pointer plus the band signal to the IAF's nasty boyz removal squadron?

Posted by Jack is Back!">Jack is Back! 2007-10-16 15:58|| 2007-10-16 15:58|| Front Page Top

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