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Lebanon: The Next Front Line in the Islamic State Onslaught

(Wall Street Journal) David Schenker - ISIS is kidnapping and decapitating Lebanese citizens too, and in recent weeks two Lebanese soldiers were killed. Beirut is in a state of paralysis, fearing the execution of about two-dozen other Lebanese troops and police currently held hostage. On Sept. 12, the Lebanese press reported that "more than 40" ISIS cells were currently operating on Lebanese territory and planning terrorist attacks. The writer is director of the Program on Arab Politics at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy.

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