Here's hoping the Lebanese Christians in this village are successful if ISIS tries to invade them.
Updated: September 5, 2014 23:39 IST
Lebanese Christians prepare to take on Syrian rebels
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ReutersA Lebanese Catholic fighter, rests at a lookout point on the outskirts of Arsal in this file photo.
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Every day around sunset, dozens of residents of this small Lebanese Christian village on the border carry their automatic rifles and deploy on surrounding hills, taking up positions and laying ambushes in case Muslim extremists from neighbouring Syria attack.
“We all know that if they come, they will slit our throats for no reason,” said one villager as he drove through the streets of Qaa, an assault rifle resting next to him.
For months, Lebanese Christians have watched with dread as other Christians flee Islamic extremists in Syria and Iraq, fearing their turn will come next. Fears multiplied after militants from Syria overran a border town last month, clashing with security forces for days and killing and kidnapping Lebanese soldiers and policemen.
Now, for the first time since the Lebanese civil war ended in 1990, Lebanese Christians are rearming and setting up self-defense units to protect themselves, an indication of the growing anxiety over the expanding reach of radical Islamic groups.
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Updated: September 5, 2014 23:39 IST
Lebanese Christians prepare to take on Syrian rebels
This Will Burn You Up - New currency law went into effect July 1, 2014. Devastating.www.endofamerica.com
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ReutersA Lebanese Catholic fighter, rests at a lookout point on the outskirts of Arsal in this file photo.
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World
Lebanon
unrest, conflicts and war
armed conflict
Every day around sunset, dozens of residents of this small Lebanese Christian village on the border carry their automatic rifles and deploy on surrounding hills, taking up positions and laying ambushes in case Muslim extremists from neighbouring Syria attack.
“We all know that if they come, they will slit our throats for no reason,” said one villager as he drove through the streets of Qaa, an assault rifle resting next to him.
For months, Lebanese Christians have watched with dread as other Christians flee Islamic extremists in Syria and Iraq, fearing their turn will come next. Fears multiplied after militants from Syria overran a border town last month, clashing with security forces for days and killing and kidnapping Lebanese soldiers and policemen.
Now, for the first time since the Lebanese civil war ended in 1990, Lebanese Christians are rearming and setting up self-defense units to protect themselves, an indication of the growing anxiety over the expanding reach of radical Islamic groups.
Continue reading at:
Lebanese Christians prepare to take on Syrian rebels - The Hindu