2007-07-03 Syria-Lebanon-Iran
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Lebanon deploys 300- strong police force along borders with Syria
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A 300-strong police force deployed along Lebanon's northern borders with Syria Monday in what appears to be an attempt to prevent the alleged smuggling of weapons and fighters. The state-run National News Agency (NNA) said the force set up "observation posts" along the northern border stretch from the seaside Arida crossing in the west to the village of Hnaider towards the east. The posts were erected along the southern bank of the Grand River, the natural barrier separating Lebanon from Syria in the Northern Province.
The Lebanese Army also had set up observation posts in the region following reports of stepped up smuggling of weapons from Syria to Lebanon and the trafficking of terrorists engaged in clashes with government troops.
The United Nations also has referred to reports about alleged smuggling of weapons from Syria to Lebanon. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged Syria and Iran last Friday to do more to prevent arms smuggling to Lebanon, citing "disturbing reports" from the Lebanese and Israeli governments of alleged violations of the U.N. arms embargo.
U.N. Security Council Resolution 1701, which ended the Hezbollah-Israel war last summer, was supposed to end the smuggling of weapons into Lebanon from neighboring Syria.
Fatah al Islam
The pro-government parliament majority has accused Syria of creating, arming and funding Fatah al Islam militants that are currently engaged in a fight with the Lebanese army in north Lebanon. They say the militants who are of different nationalities, from Bangladesh to Morocco , have entered Lebanon with their weapons illegally from Syria . They accuse Syria of using the Palestinian militants to destabilize Lebanon.
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