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Ali Nasri Shamas

Ali Nasri Shamas holds a Kalashnikov assault rifle outside his hashish factory in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley. Shamas says the region's hash growers are ready to turn their weapons against any Islamic militants crossing the border from Syria.

Lebanon’s drug lords say they’re ready to join the fight against ISIS

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Hashish growers in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley have built up big arsenals to fight off the country’s army. Now the drug lords say they’re ready to turn their weapons against Islamic militants spilling over the border from Syria.

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