Fears grow in Lebanon as 10,000 Syrian troops arrive on the border

The Times ^ | September 24, 2008 | Nicholas Blanford

[HaplessToad]

Syria has massed thousands of troops along its border with northern Lebanon in what officials in Beirut fear is a prelude to the first incursion since Syrian forces pulled out three years ago.

Although Damascus insists that its forces are conducting an antismuggling operation, the Lebanese Government is eyeing the moves with unease, believing that the unusual scale of the deployment has more to do with tensions between the two countries over recent sectarian clashes in northern Lebanon.

“People around here are worried. We don’t know why the Syrians have arrived like this,” said Ali, 18, a farmer in the tiny hillside hamlet of Hekr Janin overlooking the border. ...

[RexBeach]

No problem, just send Mr. Obama over there and he’ll reason with them.

Yeah, right.

[Nick Thimmesch]

Your move, Israel: but please finish off these thugs once & for all. Any extra fuel, Iran.

[Logical me]

Israel needs to worry more than Lebanon. Russia has given their support to the axis of evil and the communist are growing. The insurgents are just one arm of the evil empire and they are totally supported. Bad news.

[LibLieSlayer]

Our Nation is in the sh!tter so let's just nuke the crap out of every enemy that we have. If I am going down in flames, I want to take every POS enemy of Freedom with me!

LLS