U.S. 'to give Lebanon light attack planes': "The United States is reported ready to provide light attack aircraft to the Lebanese army and to establish an elite Special Forces unit, a major step toward boosting the military's now-feeble firepower.
If the reports are accurate, these moves would also bolster the army, a pivotal multi-sect state institution in a country riven by sectarian rivalry, to counter the power of Iran's key ally in the Levant, the Shiite Hezbollah."
