WORLD : French Ships Gather Off Lebanon
From Times wire services
BEIRUT —
Syria’s militia allies said today that a French flotilla assembling near Lebanon was “an act of aggression” and that they will shell any warships that approached the coast.
Syria has computerized radar capable of detecting ships and providing target data for long-range artillery, but the militias do not.
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