The Lebanese Army is inadvertently creating an extremist incubator

Harsh tactics employed by the LAF are shortsighted, unproductive, and dangerous

Lebanese Armed Forces
(Image credit: (AP Photo/Hussein Malla))

Being a foot soldier in the Lebanese Armed Forces surely ranks high on the list of unenviable professions. Aside from trying to maintain calm along the country's perennially hot borders with both Israel and Syria, the Lebanese army has been repeatedly targeted by suicide bombers from radical Sunni groups over the past year.

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