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'Lebanese army ups presence on Israel border'
jpost.com ^ | 04/26/2013 | JPOST.COM STAFF

Posted on 04/26/2013 7:56:04 AM PDT by kimtom

Day after F-16 shoots down drone from Lebanon off Haifa, Lebanese media reports IAF jets fly over villages in south Lebanon.

Lebanese soldier peers at Israel along border Photo: Ali Hashisho/Reuters

The Lebanese Armed Forces and UNIFIL troops have increased their observation activities on the Israel-Lebanon border, the official Lebanese National News Agency reported on Friday.

The increased activity came a day after the Israel Air Force shot down a drone that flew south from Lebanon over the Mediterranean Sea about eight kilometers off the coast of Haifa. Hezbollah, who had a drone shot down by the IAF in the Negev in October, denied having sent an unmanned aerial vehicle to Israel on Thursday.

Related: • 'UAV flight exposes weakness in Israeli air defense'

• Hezbollah confirms it sent drone downed in Israel

According to Friday's Lebanese report, IDF troops along the Lebanese border were on high alert.

The report added that IAF jets and helicopters had been witnessed flying over towns in southern Lebanon on Friday.

On Thursday, IDF air defenses picked up the drone shortly after 1 p.m., and F-16 fighter aircraft and combat helicopters scrambled to intercept it. .......

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; Israel; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: drone; israel; lebanon
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To: Nachum

TO #4. I wonder if Michele says to Obie, “Boy, you do drone on, don’t you”


21 posted on 04/26/2013 5:49:54 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...

Thanks kimtom. Sounds like the Hizzies aren’t present to cramp the style of Lebanon’s legitimate but keystone kops style army.


22 posted on 04/26/2013 7:57:16 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Romney would have been worse, if you're a dumb ass.)
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To: SCHROLL

Yes..


23 posted on 04/27/2013 1:07:08 AM PDT by sheik yerbouty ( Make America and the world a jihad free zone!)
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To: hannibaal

0bammy is clearly a Sh*tite..


24 posted on 04/27/2013 1:09:10 AM PDT by sheik yerbouty ( Make America and the world a jihad free zone!)
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To: rktman
"Great. Not only do the Israelis have to deal with the radical wing of the muslim crowd, now they have to deal with some lesbians on the border. It just never stops does it."

Roseanne Rosanadana. is that you?
25 posted on 04/27/2013 5:14:23 AM PDT by TheLawyerFormerlyKnownAsAl
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To: SCHROLL

It’s a bitch of a country to invade, as has been proven twice to our sorrow.


26 posted on 04/27/2013 4:03:45 PM PDT by Eleutheria5 (End the occupation. Annex today.)
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To: rktman

Damn! I hope they’re the “lipstick” kind, not the “Gym Coach” kind. Otherwise, it could get real ugly.


27 posted on 04/27/2013 10:41:15 PM PDT by ArmstedFragg (hoaxy dopey changey)
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To: ArmstedFragg

Roger that. Went to a melissa ethridge concert years ago before she officially “came out”. Seems a lot of the lipstick ones already “knew” and I couldn’t figure out why there were so many hot chicks with no guys with them. Then it clicked. LOL! A few coaches as well but most were lipsticks.


28 posted on 04/28/2013 5:23:34 AM PDT by rktman (BACKGROUND CHECKS? YOU FIRST MR. PRESIDENT!(not that we'd get the truth!))
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To: MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
“..“Smoke from a Distant Fire” (Sanford Townsend Band)...”

Doesn’t go well with close encounters or ripping vulcan cannon, but...from someone on the ground.......

29 posted on 04/29/2013 5:33:55 AM PDT by kimtom (USA ; Freedom is not Free)
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