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US sends more ammunition to Lebanon
2007-05-27
NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon - The United States sent more ammunition on Saturday to Lebanon whose army is struggling to defeat a group of heavily armed Islamist militants holed up inside a Palestinian refugee camp.

Three US Air Force cargo planes landed at BeirutÂ’s airport and unloaded ammunition and other equipment bound for the army, airport sources said. Six planes carrying similar military aid from the US and Arab allies had arrived on Friday. The shipments, promised months ago but rushed after fighting erupted between the army and Fatah al-Islam militants on May 20, arrived as Lebanese soldiers beefed up their positions around Nahr al-Bared camp, the main base for the militants.
Posted by:Steve White

#5  Personally, I'd prefer the "ammo" to be delivered special delivery by multiple B-52s - about 86 750lb unguided bombs per aircraft, aimed at the center of their "refuge" camp. No matter deeply the FatIsts have dug down, it won't have been deep enough. One "mission", delivery by a dozen aircraft, and the rest of the paleostains in Lebanon, paleoland, Egypt, Jordan, and Soddy aRabida will think twenty times before attacking ANYBODY. Won't have to worry about Nahr al-Bared camp, it won't exist. Neither will anyone caught inside it.
Posted by: Old Patriot   2007-05-27 21:53  

#4  Next time make the ammo air-delivery one round at a time (closely spaced), via AC-130 'cargo' plane. And skip the Lebanese Army middle-man and deliver direct to Fatah al-Islam.
Posted by: Glenmore   2007-05-27 17:10  

#3  Haven't you got a prime minister to target?
Posted by: Pappy   2007-05-27 13:20  

#2  Just to be fair, somebody should give ammo to Paleos.
Posted by: gromgoru   2007-05-27 11:02  

#1  Daymn! We ought to send over a C-130 and kick out a MOAB on Hahr al Bared camp. Then see if the Lebs still need more ammo.
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2007-05-27 02:58  

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