The Lebanese army has destroyed all Fatah Islam positions,” [Defence Minister Elias Murr] declared on the private Lebanese Broadcasting Television. “The army is combing the area. This terrorist organization has been uprooted.”
He said “the military operation is over. The Lebanese army has crushed those terrorists.” A few hours before he spoke, sporadic battles could be heard in the camp.
“What is happening now is some cleanup that the army's heroes are carrying out, and dismantling some mines,” he said.
Mr. Murr said the camp would remain “a theatre of operations and under siege until they (remaining fighters) surrender.”
As we learned last summer Islamic Terrorist groups pose a serious threat to the stability of Lebanon and the surrounding area. This six week battle has tested the government's resolve, but it has also made the country and indirectly the rest of the world safer.
I haven't read very much about aid to Lebanon, but I hope that it's flowing freely. Lebanon is a truly remarkable democracy in a crazy region. We need to put as much effort into supporting it as Iran and Syria put into destabilizing it.
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As far as I am aware, Lebanon is a bastion of hope in a region of madness. The Christian element provides perhaps a balanced measure to the Arab state.
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