U.S. Rushes Supplies to Beirut

05/25/2007

Associated Press | May 25, 2007


BEIRUT, Lebanon - Two military transport planes landed at the Beirut airport on Friday, bringing foreign military aid to help the Lebanese army fight Islamic militants, security officials said.

The development comes after the United States said it would rush supplies to Beirut.

Lebanese officials would not disclose where the military planes came from - whether directly from the United States or from U.S. military depots in the Middle East.

Late Thursday, a United Arab Emirates air force plane also arrived with supplies. The military refused comment on the airlift, a sensitive issue in this troubled country.

A Pentagon official said earlier Thursday that the U.S. was rushing ammunition and other equipment to the Lebanese army in a military airlift of eight planes. But local Lebanese television stations said even more planes were expected to arrive.

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