Post by RedFlag32 on May 28, 2007 9:42:03 GMT
U.S. sends ammo to Lebanon
Sat, 26 May 2007 00:05:53 -0500Summary:
The Bush administration is rushing further arms to the plucky Lebanese army in their courageous obliteration of the women and children of Nahr el-Bared refugee camp. Of course they are trying to root out Fatah al-Islam, although if Seymour Hersh is right, these are the very guys the administration has been conniving with the Saudis to arm and train in the hope that they would take on Hezbollah.
By Sue Pleming
Bush and friends supplying both sides?
The United States delivered plane loads of ammunition to Beirut on Friday as the U.S. Congress agreed on $770 million in new funds for Lebanon, of which more than a third is for military aid.
The U.S. aid boost for Lebanon is part of the Bush administration’s strategy to bolster moderate Prime Minister Fouad Siniora and his security forces, with Friday’s ammunition delivery targeted to fight Islamist militants.
“What the Lebanese are doing right now is trying to bring law and order and establish a rule of law in Lebanon and that is something that is in the interests of everyone,” State Department spokesman Tom Casey said.
The ammunition was delivered following a request from Siniora’s government for urgent help to fight the al-Qaeda affiliated group Fatah al-Islam in a Palestinian refugee camp in northern Lebanon.
At least 33 soldiers and 25 militants have been killed in what is the worst internal violence since the 1975-1990 civil war in Lebanon.
Sat, 26 May 2007 00:05:53 -0500Summary:
The Bush administration is rushing further arms to the plucky Lebanese army in their courageous obliteration of the women and children of Nahr el-Bared refugee camp. Of course they are trying to root out Fatah al-Islam, although if Seymour Hersh is right, these are the very guys the administration has been conniving with the Saudis to arm and train in the hope that they would take on Hezbollah.
By Sue Pleming
Bush and friends supplying both sides?
The United States delivered plane loads of ammunition to Beirut on Friday as the U.S. Congress agreed on $770 million in new funds for Lebanon, of which more than a third is for military aid.
The U.S. aid boost for Lebanon is part of the Bush administration’s strategy to bolster moderate Prime Minister Fouad Siniora and his security forces, with Friday’s ammunition delivery targeted to fight Islamist militants.
“What the Lebanese are doing right now is trying to bring law and order and establish a rule of law in Lebanon and that is something that is in the interests of everyone,” State Department spokesman Tom Casey said.
The ammunition was delivered following a request from Siniora’s government for urgent help to fight the al-Qaeda affiliated group Fatah al-Islam in a Palestinian refugee camp in northern Lebanon.
At least 33 soldiers and 25 militants have been killed in what is the worst internal violence since the 1975-1990 civil war in Lebanon.