Lebanese soldiers raise Spanish flag after battle with ISIS
Newsweek reports tha the Lebanese military raised a Spanish flag alongside their own in a demonstration of solidarity after defeating an ISIS unit and seizing a hill along the Lebanon/Syrian border;
A handout picture released by the Lebanese army on August 19, 2017, shows Lebanese soldiers holding up the Lebanese and Spanish flags in Jurud Ras Baalbek, in solidarity with Spain after twin attacks claimed by the Islamic State group handout
They seized around 11 square miles of territory, around a third of the area formerly controlled by the militant group, a military spokesman told the agency.
Pictures released by the Lebanese military show soldiers raising a Spanish flag alongside a Lebanese flag, in solidarity with Spain, after ISIS claimed responsibility for attacks in Barcelona and Cambrils in which 14 people were killed.
The Lebanese military said that 20 ISIS militants were killed in the military operation, and 10 of their own soldiers were wounded.
Category: Terror War
Jeez, second time is a charm…
IF this were Friday, And the article was the Weekend Open Thread: ID BE FIRST! 🙂
However, its Monday…where the hell did August go?
A couple of idle comments:
Lebanon still has an Army???
Nice that they could round up a Spanish flag. Good way to say Phuque ewe ISIS.
Hope all is well with ALL of you and that not too many people are going off the deep end over the eclipse in your AO’s.
I don’t know how the citizens handled it, I took a nap. Wise use of my time.
Eclipse?
Yeah, the clouds finally parted and I got several shots.
Totally cloud covered here. It was only 83%, but I still wanted to see it! Oh well, there’ll be another in what, 99 years or so?
My healthy lifestyle will ensure I live to 140. I’m pretty sure. Eating your weight in beef jerky daily has got to be a preservative.
David, youre pulling my leg right??? 🙂
Damn near everyone where I work happens to be a science geek, well we are the Office of Radiation Protection and were smart enough to take the day off to go chase the eclipse down in Oregon. Then on across the nation…
However there are some folks around who believe this eclipse portends the end of the world (again). Gotta love the internet. I always thought the caricature of the guy wearing the Today is the End sandwich board was a joke. How wrong I was.
Hard enough to make you limp worse’n Chester.
Here in Houston we only get about 66%. Looking at it through the welder’s mask all I could think was “damn, those Apple guys were clever to do that…”
This one was sent by a friend and I laughed:
LOL!!!!
Nice!
Nice job by these Lebanese guys, acknowledging a common problem and supporting Spain.