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February 22, 2008       Share:    

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080221/wl_mideast_afp/lebanonpoliticsweapons_080221115412;_ylt=AkWr5w_OlnrHmgD8eTbd.BOaOrgF

Fearing Civil War, Lebanese Arm Themselves

[AFP] Sylvie Briand - As street clashes between rival political factions in Beirut fuel fears of a new civil war, many Lebanese have started to arm themselves as they prepare for the worst, arms dealers say. "If a Kalashnikov would sell for $100-150 on the black market a year ago, the price today is $1,000," one dealer said. Druze leader Walid Jumblatt, a prominent anti-Syrian politician, charged in the past week that "some groups in the mountains and elsewhere" have recently "been armed by their main arms supplier" - an allusion to Syria.

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