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Lebanon
Index
In 1987 the order of battle of the Lebanese Army was in a state
of flux. Officially, the army consisted of twelve nominal brigades.
Most observers, however, omitted the first, second, and third
brigades from the order of battle. The First Brigade, which was
100-percent Shia in composition, was stationed in the Syriancontrolled Biqa Valley, where it has been assimilated by the Syrian
Army and Shia militias. The Second Brigade, which had been a mostly
Sunni unit stationed in Tripoli, had dispersed. Likewise, the Third
Brigade had disbanded. The remaining nine brigades were considered
part of the Lebanese Army insofar as the soldiers were on the army
payroll and followed orders from commanding officers. Not all of
these brigades, however, were regarded as loyal to President
Jumayyil.
Data as of December 1987
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