3 Lebanese soldiers killed near Syrian border, 14 updates

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arsal lebanon mapArmed men have opened fire on a military checkpoint in Lebanon’s eastern Bekaa Valley, killing three soldiers before escaping across the border into Syria, according to a Lebanese military source.

The source said two of the soldiers died in Tuesday attack, which occurred near the town of Arsal, while a third died later in hospital.

The border areas around Arsal are used by Syrian rebels battling President Bashar al-Assad to smuggle weapons and fighters from Lebanon across into Syria, and the region has seen previous clashes between the Lebanese military and Syrian fighters.

In February, four Lebanese soldiers and two fighters were killed in a gun battle near Arsal.

The latest shooting comes as an assault by Syrian soldiers, backed by Lebanon’s armed group Hezbollah, continues on the nearby Syrian border town of Qusayr to drive out rebels.

On Sunday, two rockets hit the Shiyah district in the southern part of Beirut, Lebanon’s capital, wounding at least five people.

Shiyah is a stronghold of the mainly Shia Hezbollah, whose leader Hassan Nasrallah confirmed on Saturday that his fighters were directly involved in Syria’s conflict.

Nasrallah pledged in a speech that his group, which is backed by Iran, would turn the tide of the conflict in Assad’s favour, and stay as long as necessary to do so.

The fighting in Syria has already spilled over into Lebanon’s second city, the northern port of Tripoli, where 31 people have been killed and 212 wounded in a week of clashes between pro-Assad Alawites and pro-rebel Sunni Muslims.

Al Jazeera
Update 1: Security source told LBCI: The soldiers’ checkpoint in Arsal was stormed with a Hummer, their arms were seized, they were beaten up and shot in the head.

Update 2: Ali Hujairi, the municipal chief of Arsal, told Voice of Lebanon radio that the cityโ€™s residents were not involved in the attack. He added some of the townsfolk pursued the attackerโ€™s Hummer before it crossed the Syrian border.

Update 3: The Lebanese army command said the three soldiers were killed in Arsal during a gunfight with the assailants. The military is carrying out a largescale search operation.

Update 4 : LBCI reported that Caretaker PM Najib Miqati telephoned Army chief Gen. Jean Qahwaji to discuss with him the deadly attack on soldiers in Arsal.

Update 5: Outgoing Prime Minister Najib Mikati wrote via “Twitter”: “The Lebanese are united around the Lebanese army specially during these difficult circumstances experienced by our country.”

Update 6: The Lebanese army reinforces deployment at all the entrances of the town of Arsal near the border with Syria

Update 7: State Commissioner to the Military Court Judge Saqr Saqr tasked the army intelligence and the military police with carrying out the initial investigation into the shooting on the 3 soldiers in Arsal.

Update 8: Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea condemned the attack against the army in Arsal, urging against exploiting the incident for petty political interests.

Update 9: Grand Mufti Sheikh Mohammed Rashid Qabbani also condemned the attack against the army in Arsal:” The daily security incidents are aimed at creating strife and chaos in Lebanon”, he said.

Update 10: Prime Minister-designate Tammam Salam condemned the attack against the Lebanese Armed Forces .

โ€œThis is a condemnable act perpetrated by cowardly criminals,โ€ Salam said in a statement on Tuesday.
Update 11:President Michel Suleiman called for punishing those who attack the army and security forces.
โ€œThose who permit themselves to attack the army or the security forces should be struck with an iron fist,โ€
Suleiman was quoted as saying by the National News Agency
Update 12: Former Lebanese president and Phalange Party leader Amin Gemayel denounced the attack against the army in Arsal, describing it as an โ€œattempt to dirupt the role of the military and to intimidate it.โ€

Update 13 : LBC reported on Thursday that two people were arrested in connection with the attack against Lebanese army in Arsal.

Update 14: PSP Chief MP Walid Jumblatt denounced the attack against the army in Arsal during talks with Army Commander Gen. Kahwaji: “We support the military and the efforts exerted by it to maintain the civil peace, ” Jumblatt said on Thursday

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82 responses to “3 Lebanese soldiers killed near Syrian border, 14 updates”

  1. 5thDrawer Avatar
    5thDrawer

    Thanks Mo … you woke them up. ๐Ÿ™‚
    I was beginning to think it was a slow news day …

  2. 5thDrawer Avatar
    5thDrawer

    Thanks Mo … you woke them up. ๐Ÿ™‚

  3. dateam Avatar

    To Yalibnan below you have an article highlighted in red about kuwait telling its citizens to leave lebanon. Don’t you think 3 dead lebanese soldiers deserves to be highlighted in red? May they rest in peace.

    1. 5thDrawer Avatar
      5thDrawer

      Wow dateam .. you got the red out. :-))

      1. dateam Avatar

        Its about respect….

        1. 5thDrawer Avatar
          5thDrawer

          ๐Ÿ™‚

      2. dateam Avatar

        It must have worked its now in red and at the top of the page with updates.

        1. 5thDrawer Avatar
          5thDrawer

          Sometimes, we think no-one is reading our thoughts. ๐Ÿ˜‰
          Problem is, Lebanon doesn’t. ๐Ÿ™

    2. dateam Avatar

      Thank you Yalibnan.

  4. dateam Avatar

    To Yalibnan below you have an article highlighted in red about kuwait telling its citizens to leave lebanon. Don’t you think 3 dead lebanese soldiers deserves to be highlighted in red? May they rest in peace.

    1. 5thDrawer Avatar
      5thDrawer

      Wow dateam .. you got the red out. :-))

      1. dateam Avatar

        Its about respect….

        1. 5thDrawer Avatar
          5thDrawer

          ๐Ÿ™‚

        2. AbdallahBenAbdelAzizLebnanKing Avatar
          AbdallahBenAbdelAzizLebnanKing

          respect is not begged, not sold or bought, not hired or lend but imposed

      2. dateam Avatar

        It must have worked its now in red and at the top of the page with updates.

        1. 5thDrawer Avatar
          5thDrawer

          Sometimes, we think no-one is reading our thoughts. ๐Ÿ˜‰
          Problem is, Lebanon doesn’t. ๐Ÿ™

          1. AbdallahBenAbdelAzizLebnanKing Avatar
            AbdallahBenAbdelAzizLebnanKing

            hahaha, your thought, hahaha; let me laugh again; you have as much thought as i have chinese vocabulary and as much as hannibahl and deborigine have skull and scrotal content; try chivas regal, some reported improved thinking and ball content after the second bottle

      3. AbdallahBenAbdelAzizLebnanKing Avatar
        AbdallahBenAbdelAzizLebnanKing

        you etter change from red label to black label

    2. dateam Avatar

      Thank you Yalibnan.

  5. Leborigine Avatar
    Leborigine

    F@@kin A$$holes!! I think its time we built that wall on our border with this degenerate wasteland!

    1. 5thDrawer Avatar
      5thDrawer

      Now you know why Israel does it … but their ‘bit’ is shorter. ๐Ÿ™
      And who owns Hummers ?? Americans???

      1. Hannibal Avatar
        Hannibal

        This is the work of Assad security forces… He wants to drag the entire region into a global war to save his ass… His end will be like qaddafi’s…

      2. Leborigine Avatar
        Leborigine

        I know 5th, I wish we could do the same!!

    2. Hannibal Avatar
      Hannibal

      Degenerate indeed… Time to arm and fight them all off. FSA, Islamists, Assadist, and kick the refugees back into their wasteland.

      1. Leborigine Avatar
        Leborigine

        I wish we could Hannibal, unfortunately we have FSA lovers and we have assadist lovers. It will be a hard task to accomplish!

        1. dateam Avatar

          Even if they wanted to now its too late…from the start the army should have been deployed to seal off the border and leave the refugees in confined areas turkey and jordan did it…who knows whose in lebanon now we probably have more than we know….

  6. Leborigine Avatar
    Leborigine

    F@@kin A$$holes!! I think its time we built that wall on our border with this degenerate wasteland!

    1. 5thDrawer Avatar
      5thDrawer

      Now you know why Israel does it … but their ‘bit’ is shorter. ๐Ÿ™

      1. Hannibal Avatar
        Hannibal

        This is the work of Assad security forces… He wants to drag the entire region into a global war to save his ass… His end will be like qaddafi’s…

      2. Leborigine Avatar
        Leborigine

        I know 5th, I wish we could do the same!!

      3. Leborigine Avatar
        Leborigine

        I know 5th, I wish we could do the same!!

    2. Hannibal Avatar
      Hannibal

      Degenerate indeed… Time to arm and fight them all off. FSA, Islamists, Assadist, and kick the refugees back into their wasteland.

      1. Leborigine Avatar
        Leborigine

        I wish we could Hannibal, unfortunately we have FSA lovers and we have assadist lovers. It will be a hard task to accomplish!

        1. dateam Avatar

          Even if they wanted to now its too late…from the start the army should have been deployed to seal off the border and leave the refugees in confined areas turkey and jordan did it…who knows whose in lebanon now we probably have more than we know….

      2. Leborigine Avatar
        Leborigine

        I wish we could Hannibal, unfortunately we have FSA lovers and we have assadist lovers. It will be a hard task to accomplish!

  7. Reasonableman Avatar
    Reasonableman

    C’mon guys give yalibnan a break, he is supplying the news and we seem to be glued to it and its a free website afterall.

    1. 5thDrawer Avatar
      5thDrawer

      Wow Reasonable .. I thought it was a corporation. :-)))
      Although, yes, it tries really hard and has good things … especially from Ghassan. ๐Ÿ˜‰
      People are bailing out of Tripoli … and maybe out of Lebanon entirely.
      I know a doctor who’s been wallowing in blood for over a week … picking out bullets.
      How an ‘election’ can happen is beyond me.

      1. Reasonableman Avatar
        Reasonableman

        Well arnt you a shark in a fish tank hehe you knew i knew it was a corporation and what i meant cheaky. As for tripoli no comment. As for ghassan good work

        1. 5thDrawer Avatar
          5thDrawer

          ๐Ÿ™‚

  8. Reasonableman Avatar
    Reasonableman

    C’mon guys give yalibnan a break, he is supplying the news and we seem to be glued to it and its a free website afterall.

    1. 5thDrawer Avatar
      5thDrawer

      Wow Reasonable .. I thought it was a corporation. :-)))
      Although, yes, it tries really hard and has good things … especially from Ghassan. ๐Ÿ˜‰
      People are bailing out of Tripoli … and maybe out of Lebanon entirely.
      I know a doctor who’s been wallowing in blood for over a week … picking out bullets.
      How an ‘election’ can happen is beyond me.

      1. Reasonableman Avatar
        Reasonableman

        Well arnt you a shark in a fish tank hehe you knew i knew it was a corporation and what i meant cheaky. As for tripoli no comment. As for ghassan good work

        1. 5thDrawer Avatar
          5thDrawer

          ๐Ÿ™‚

          1. AbdallahBenAbdelAzizLebnanKing Avatar
            AbdallahBenAbdelAzizLebnanKing

            ๐Ÿ™‚

      2. AbdallahBenAbdelAzizLebnanKing Avatar
        AbdallahBenAbdelAzizLebnanKing

        its a corporation indeed, consisting of a herd of 2 or 3 people with 15 different nicks, playing roles; hhhhhhhhhh

    2. AbdallahBenAbdelAzizLebnanKing Avatar
      AbdallahBenAbdelAzizLebnanKing

      you are right; we salafis, hariris, geagea3is should have free access but free thinkers like 5thdrawer, hannibahl, master and deborigine should pay

  9. dateam Avatar

    You know what…we dont want a twitter condemnation,we dont want anyone to exploit this for petty political gains,we dont want condemnation WE WANT ACTION…this is the second time it has happened…i have relatives in the army and il be damned if i would want to sit back and let them be killed in this manner… how about enough of the talk….how about someone grows some balls and we take action….How about a directive be given from the president because he controls the army…..He needs no ones permission…Army to be deployed in full force in arsal total lockdown everything in and out searched….the border to be sealed off by the army to syria nothing in or out…..orders for the army to shoot to kill…you have nothing to hide then you have nothing to fear….Any sectarian bullshit spoken by any cleric or politician they are to be charged before the full court on terrorism charges…no immunity no more hiding….If you want to help then help…if you have nothing good to say then shut the #@%* up.Actions speak louder than words…Let the army act and let let the people watch its back….Its time our leaders become leaders.

    1. Reasonableman Avatar
      Reasonableman

      Couldnt of said it better, also in baalbak would be good too ๐Ÿ™‚ this will defenitely put a seize on all secterianism.

      1. 5thDrawer Avatar
        5thDrawer

        Save the Roman ruins, please. We will need the tourists some year in future,

    2. libnan1 Avatar
      libnan1

      How about bulldozing Arsal and sending it’s residents to fight the Assad regime. It’s a win win situation.

  10. dateam Avatar

    You know what…we dont want a twitter condemnation,we dont want anyone to exploit this for petty political gains,we dont want condemnation WE WANT ACTION…this is the second time it has happened…i have relatives in the army and il be damned if i would want to sit back and let them be killed in this manner… how about enough of the talk….how about someone grows some balls and we take action….How about a directive be given from the president because he controls the army…..He needs no ones permission…Army to be deployed in full force in arsal total lockdown everything in and out searched….the border to be sealed off by the army to syria nothing in or out…..orders for the army to shoot to kill…you have nothing to hide then you have nothing to fear….Any sectarian bullshit spoken by any cleric or politician they are to be charged before the full court on terrorism charges…no immunity no more hiding….If you want to help then help…if you have nothing good to say then shut the #@%* up.Actions speak louder than words…Let the army act and let let the people watch its back….Its time our leaders become leaders.

    1. Reasonableman Avatar
      Reasonableman

      Couldnt of said it better, also in baalbak would be good too ๐Ÿ™‚ this will defenitely put a seize on all secterianism.

      1. 5thDrawer Avatar
        5thDrawer

        Save the Roman ruins, please. We will need the tourists some year in future,

        1. AbdallahBenAbdelAzizLebnanKing Avatar
          AbdallahBenAbdelAzizLebnanKing

          FSA tourists with kalashinkoff soon inshalla

    2. libnan1 Avatar
      libnan1

      How about bulldozing Arsal and sending it’s residents to fight the Assad regime. It’s a win win situation.

  11. libnan1 Avatar
    libnan1

    The same bastards that conspired to destroy the army are now condemning the killings. Go screw yourselves bunch of scums.

    1. Hannibal Avatar
      Hannibal

      You are so right… Didn’t Aoun destroy the army by pitting it against the Christians then the Syrians (his friends now) culminating in running away to the French embassy and leaving the troops getting slaughtered by the bastards of Timor Lank? Aoun continues today on the same footsteps giving the cover to an illegal militia to drag the entire country into a civil war to save his patron Assad. Same bastard different front. You are right on!

      1. Beiruti Avatar
        Beiruti

        Hannibal, don’t forget in Aoun’s eyes the LF were apparently the only militia in Lebanon that had ports. And also he considered the LF’s arms illegal, and that they have to give them to the military, quite ironic wouldn’t you say? Considering how he supports “illegal Hezbollah” now.

        1. dateam Avatar

          Guys we have to move on from the past now…unfortunately we have a new threat that is 10 times worse than the past….

          1. 5thDrawer Avatar
            5thDrawer

            Muslim Brother’hoods’ …. or climate change. ๐Ÿ˜‰

          2. dateam Avatar

            HOODS…cause they are not muslim just claim to be…..climate change i have my own theories about that…but thats for another time….

      2. dateam Avatar

        Guys we have to move on from the past now…unfortunately we have a new threat that is 10 times worse than the past…..

        1. Hannibal Avatar
          Hannibal

          No threat is bigger than the long-necked long-ears hyena the Sharon of Damascus. As a matter of fact the whole of Syria sucks dicks… Specially those singing the song of greater Syria. Long Live Lebanon (LLL) and its legitimate national army, the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF).

        2. Reasonableman Avatar
          Reasonableman

          Your right again and those are the people playing toy soldiers acting as the army of lebanon and not allowing then to do what they are best at doing. Once the army loses its influence over its people and its reputation is tarnished then the hole country is tarnished with it. How can the army gain its reputation back i bet thats the creme de la creme of a question and will probably have the wierdest answers from a few.

  12. libnan1 Avatar
    libnan1

    The same bastards that conspired to destroy the army are now condemning the killings. Go screw yourselves bunch of scums.

    1. Hannibal Avatar
      Hannibal

      You are so right… Didn’t Aoun destroy the army by pitting it against the Christians then the Syrians (his friends now) culminating in running away to the French embassy and leaving the troops getting slaughtered by the bastards of Timor Lank? Aoun continues today on the same footsteps giving the cover to an illegal militia to drag the entire country into a civil war to save his patron Assad. Same bastard different front. You are right on!

      1. Beiruti Avatar
        Beiruti

        Hannibal, don’t forget in Aoun’s eyes the LF were apparently the only militia in Lebanon that had ports. And also he considered the LF’s arms illegal, and that they have to give them to the military, quite ironic wouldn’t you say? Considering how he supports “illegal Hezbollah” now.

        1. dateam Avatar

          Guys we have to move on from the past now…unfortunately we have a new threat that is 10 times worse than the past….

          1. 5thDrawer Avatar
            5thDrawer

            Muslim Brother’hoods’ …. or climate change. ๐Ÿ˜‰

          2. dateam Avatar

            HOODS…cause they are not muslim just claim to be…..climate change i have my own theories about that…but thats for another time….

      2. dateam Avatar

        Guys we have to move on from the past now…unfortunately we have a new threat that is 10 times worse than the past…..

        1. Hannibal Avatar
          Hannibal

          No threat is bigger than the long-necked long-ears hyena the Sharon of Damascus. As a matter of fact the whole of Syria sucks dicks… Specially those singing the song of greater Syria. Long Live Lebanon (LLL) and its legitimate national army, the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF).

        2. Reasonableman Avatar
          Reasonableman

          Your right again and those are the people playing toy soldiers acting as the army of lebanon and not allowing then to do what they are best at doing. Once the army loses its influence over its people and its reputation is tarnished then the hole country is tarnished with it. How can the army gain its reputation back i bet thats the creme de la creme of a question and will probably have the wierdest answers from a few.

    2. AbdallahBenAbdelAzizLebnanKing Avatar
      AbdallahBenAbdelAzizLebnanKing

      yalibnan admin: libnan1 it is to warn you that you got to respect the community and any use of big words will be deleted or you may end up being banned

  13. Beiruti Avatar
    Beiruti

    Suleiman the Snakeman

  14. Beiruti Avatar
    Beiruti

    Suleiman the Snakeman

  15. 5thDrawer Avatar
    5thDrawer

    Well … we can see by the ‘updates’ that they all agree on the role of a military. And they say it’s Lebanon’s Army – which they are all behind it seems. So, instead of having soldiers act as ‘peacekeepers’ all the time, and giving up their weapons if their position is about to be overrun, the ‘high command’ should tell them to issue one warning shot … and if it’s not heeded, use everything they’ve got on the idiots. At least there might have been a couple of ‘other’ bodies left there to identify – or even a Hummer to drive back to barracks for a beer.
    It’s been the same problem in Tripoli. Peace-keeping is a bad job for a military, when self-preservation is not allowed. It’s something about mental conditioning … lacking because of ‘sect’ idiocy.

  16. 5thDrawer Avatar
    5thDrawer

    Well … we can see by the ‘updates’ that they all agree on the role of a military. So, instead of having soldiers act as ‘peacekeepers’ all the time, and giving up their weapons if their position is about to be overrun, the ‘high command’ should tell them to issue one warning shot … and if it’s not heeded, use everything they’ve got on the idiots. At least there might have been a couple of ‘other’ bodies left there to identify – or even a Hummer to drive back to barracks for a beer.
    It’s been the same problem in Tripoli. Peace-keeping is a bad job for a military, when self-preservation is not allowed. It’s something about mental conditioning … lacking because of ‘sect’ idiocy.

  17. Jeremiah 30:7…….

    Alas! For that day is great, So that none is like it; And it is the time of Jacobโ€™s trouble, But he shall be saved out of it.

  18. CrossWinds Avatar
    CrossWinds

    Jeremiah 30:7…….

    Alas! For that day is great, So that none is like it; And it is the time of Jacobโ€™s trouble, But he shall be saved out of it.

  19. 5thDrawer Avatar
    5thDrawer

    One ‘up’ for the article, and updates. ๐Ÿ™‚

  20. 5thDrawer Avatar
    5thDrawer

    One ‘up’ for the article, and updates. ๐Ÿ™‚

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