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| Report: US transferred $720M to Lebanese army since 2006 |
| 2010-08-07 |
| According to data published in Arab and global media outlets in the aftermath of Tuesday's deadly border skirmish between Israeli and Lebanese soldiers, the US has invested some $720 million in an aid package to the Lebanese army since 2006. In light of the border skirmish, some Israeli officials have called on Washington to stop funneling money to the Lebanese army. The American aid includes training, equipment, humanitarian assistance and special gear used to clear bombs that failed to detonate. In this framework, the US has equipped the Lebanese army with new Engagement Skills Trainer (or EST 2000) marksmanship simulators especially designed for shooting jews which provide soldiers with realistic firearms training on pistols, rifles, and machine guns, offering them unlimited rounds of training on their weapons without the cost of training ammunition. According to reports, the US spends $11 million a year on the training of elite Lebanese army units and $56 million on equipment designated for the Lebanese army. As part of the Comprehensive Training Program (CTP), over the next five years the US will invest over $20 million into developing the training institutions and human resources of the Lebanese army. A few months ago a shipment of US equipment provided to the LAF included 1,000 M16A4 rifles, 10 missile launchers, 1,583 grenade launchers, and 538 sets of day/night binoculars and night-vision devices which were immediately transferred to hezbulla the embassy said. |
| Posted by:Goober Goobelopolous |
| #7 Somehow they'll make it into a sh!+ sandwich in spite of the best efforts of Zero. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2010-08-07 22:16 |
| #6 Seems to be a lot going on (whispering and scheming) right now between the Lebs, Hezbollah, Syria, Iran, the Saudis, and the Turds. |
| Posted by: Goober Goobelopolous 2010-08-07 21:46 |
| #5 Well, at least we can look at the hopeful sign that we're not really getting our money worth out of the money we've sent them for training; they had the advantage of being the ambushing party and still lost 3:1. |
| Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain 2010-08-07 20:57 |
| #4 In 2006, which wasn't that long after the Hariri assassination, things looked different. It wasn't yet obvious that Hezbollah was the real government in Leb -- in fact it seemed at the time as though the Lebs might actually throw off the Persian yoke. That didn't happen. It could have, but they couldn't take the thought of a new civil war, which Hezbollah would have brought them. Instead the Hezbullies brought them the Green Helmet Man War, in which lots of downtown Beirut was bounced. Sometime in the not very far future there will be another roung and this time the Israelis won't hold back because they'll be fighting the entire country and not just Hezbollah. |
| Posted by: Fred 2010-08-07 19:47 |
| #3 I just love how all administrations keep funding the enemies of democracy and freedom. It works so well. Kinda like Rome giving the German tribes "aid". |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2010-08-07 15:07 |
| #2 It's an investment because it has a dividend. You know, like a "peace dividend"... er, um, yeah. |
| Posted by: American Delight 2010-08-07 13:53 |
| #1 invested some $720 million How is 0.7 billion an investment? |
| Posted by: john frum 2010-08-07 12:51 |