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| Tango01 | 26 Oct 2014 9:49 p.m. PST |
…against Islamist groups in the city of Tripoli. "Six Lebanese soldiers were killed during fighting with Islamist gunmen in northern Lebanon for a second day on Saturday, October 25, 2014, using helicopters to fire rockets in the first such air attack since the war in neighboring Syria began. Lebanese Army soldiers clashed with Islamist militants, who reportedly are linked to ISIS, Friday evening after the gunmen fired shots at a military patrol unit. Three soldiers were wounded in a nearby incident when gunmen opened fire on an army vehicle near the northern village of Bahneen, the sources said. One soldier later died from his wounds…"
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 Legion 4  | 27 Oct 2014 10:27 a.m. PST |
The Lebanese Army should fare better than the Iraqis vs. ISIS, et al. |
| Tango01 | 27 Oct 2014 12:16 p.m. PST |
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| zippyfusenet | 28 Oct 2014 4:55 p.m. PST |
Lebanon tries hard to run a multi-confessional army. They're arguably better trained than the Iraqis, but they may or may not stick together in combat. There have already been incidents of Sunni Lebanese soldiers deserting to Daesh. |
| Legion 4 | 29 Oct 2014 9:21 a.m. PST |
Lebanon has an interesting religious breakdown – *Religion in Lebanon (2008)
Islam (54%)
Christianity (41%)
Druze (5%) * Breakdown of sects of Lebanon's religions
Religion Percent
Shia Islam 27%
Sunni Islam 27%
Maronite Catholic 21%
Greek Orthodox 8%
Greek Catholic 5%
Armenian Orthodox 4%
Protestants 1%
other Christian denominations 2%
Druze 5% |
| Tango01 | 29 Oct 2014 11:18 a.m. PST |
A real stew! (smile) Amicalement
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expands his 15mm modern building collection.