Sunday, June 10, 2007

I stand in complete awe...

at the complete ineffectualness of the Lebanese Army. Twenty-one days and the fight isn’t close to ending. Reuters:
NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon (Reuters) - Five Lebanese soldiers were killed on Saturday in the latest bout of heavy fighting against al Qaeda-inspired militants entrenched in a Palestinian refugee camp, a military source said.

At least 125 people, including 53 soldiers and 42 militants, have been killed since the fighting began on May 20 -- almost three weeks ago -- making it Lebanon's worst internal violence since the 1975-1990 civil war.

It is a rare group of soldiers who can shell a refugee camp from entrenched postions and still lose more soldiers than terrorists.

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