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The two French soldiers killed in southern Lebanon honored at Beirut airport

iloubnan.info - March 16, 2010

BEIRUT - A ceremony was held this afternoon at the Rafik Hariri Airport, to honor the two French soldiers killed in an accident in southern Lebanon.

A delegation representing the Lebanese military, the Army commander General Jean Kahwaji, the French military attache Colonel Philipe Betrel, and a number of officers to UNIFIL all attended the ceremony.

The representative of General Kahwaji praised the sacrifice of martyrs and laid two wreaths of flowers on the coffins.

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