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Report: Iranians Train Syrians, Hizbullah to Fight Sunnis


[Media Line-Jerusalem Post] Iranian Revolutionary Guards have established intelligence cells in Lebanon, comprised of Syrian agents and Hizbullah members, to track down and annihilate extreme Sunni armed cells, the Kuwaiti-based daily A-Siyasa reported. "Approximately 200 IRGC agents, who were based in Iraq, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates, have arrived in Lebanon via Syria since late July, and began forming cells comprising members of Hizbullah and Amal, as well as Syrian intelligence officers," said a diplomatic source from the Gulf. The cells have already begun to operate. Last week several Sunnis were kidnapped and others were killed inside Palestinian refugee camps.
2008-11-17 08:00:00
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