[familyop]

There are very likely already members of Hezbollah in the Lebanese army.

Lebanese leaders call for unity [All of them support the terrorists. ...always have.]
CNN International ^ | 20JUL06 | CNN

Posted on 07/20/2006 12:48:50 AM PDT by familyop

"The ship is sinking and all of us, the Lebanese, should stick together and work together to stop the Israeli aggression," Amin Gemayel, a Maronite Christian who served as president from 1982 to 1988, told the Arabic-language TV station Al-Jazeera . . . Michel Aoun, a one-time commander in Lebanon's 15-year civil war who now serves in parliament, said . . . "I don't think that Israel has the capability to destroy Hezbollah militarily because Hezbollah is not a group of armed men," Aoun said. "Hezbollah is a major part of the Lebanese social fabric."

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Lebanon says army ready to fight [The truth about Lebanon.]
Herald Sun (Australia) ^ | 22JUL06 | Herald Sun

Posted on 07/22/2006 2:26:48 AM PDT by familyop

"Any Lebanese citizens, Christians or Muslims, who want to defend their land are welcomed . . .'"

[singfreedom]

I was worried about this too and the article has not allayed that fear. The 15,000 figure did not seem right to me either. Didn't the Lebanese "President", at some point, give figures for his army and they were significantly less than the 15,000 figure?