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2006-08-09 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Two Paratroopers killed in gun battle in Bint Jbail

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Posted by Fred 2006-08-09 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 More casualties here. Level this shithole to bare ground.

Posted by SOP35/Rat 2006-08-09 02:15|| 2006-08-09 02:15|| Front Page Top

#2 It seems to me that due to the rise of non-state military forces, the end of asymmetric warfare is coming. When these non-state actors can field larger more formidable fighting forces than states, such as Lebanon, they become the defacto arbiter of organized violence within that state. Pity the civilians, but they are complicit, forced or voluntarily, by their presence and the supposed shield it offers to the provocateurs. Functional states will cease to restrain their militaries since it directly leads to their losing the conflict and failing in their policy goals. A much more brutal century of total warfare is coming.

Posted by Chose Elmeling6425 2006-08-09 12:54|| 2006-08-09 12:54|| Front Page Top

#3 Say, let's sell the Israelis some bunker-busters....

Posted by Captain America 2006-08-09 18:03|| 2006-08-09 18:03|| Front Page Top

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