(AP/Jordan Times) The Lebanese military increased pressure against pro-Syrian groups in Lebanon on Wednesday, surrounding a mountain base linked to weapons smugglers and deploying hundreds of soldiers to another following the killing of a Lebanese contractor. Dozens of soldiers took up positions around a base of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command (PFLP-GC) in Sultan Yacoub, a village some five km from the Syrian border, witnesses said.
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