Posted on 09/08/2014 6:32:35 PM PDT by marshmallow
(JNS.org) Christian militias have started to arm themselves for the first time in decades as Lebanese military leaders urge unity in the face of the jihadist threat.
“ISIS is a cancerous tumor that surfaced at first in parts of Iraq and Syria and it’s still contained to a certain point and this can be removed only if we join our efforts via an international Arab alliance,” Lebanese Forces commander Samir Geagea said Sept. 6, the Daily Star reported.
In the face of the threat posed by Islamic State, Christians from groups such as the Free Patriotic Movement political party are arming themselves for the first time since the bloody Lebanese Civil War ended in 1990, the Associated Press reported.
Lebanon—which is the only Arab country with a Christian head of state, and where Christians make up 35-40 percent of the population—has been a popular destination for Christians fleeing from Iraq and Syria.
“We all know that if they come, they will slit our throats for no reason,” an armed villager from the Christian town of Qaa near the Syrian border told the Associated Press.
In just the past week, several Islamic State messages have appeared on Christian churches in Tripoli, the Daily Star reported.
“The Islamic State will break the cross,” a message painted on the wall of the Mar Elias Church in Tripoli read.
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I'd be arming, too. ISIS just decapitated a couple of Lebanese Muslims it had captured, and Lebanese Christians have even more to fear.
Well, here goes Beirut right back in the 1970s and early 1980s.
Who Knew?
They are right. Back to the Phalange forces of the Gemayal era...
No choice left, Islam on the march.
Will western powers (US, Germany, Canada, Australian...) support these Christians with weapons and training?
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