The Defense Department is preparing a $30.6 million security assistance package for Lebanon -- nearly triple the size of similar aid provided last year -- to enhance Beirut's armed forces, which for the past month have battled al-Qaeda-style extremists barricaded in a Palestinian refugee camp near Tripoli. The Pentagon, which drew up the proposed package with the State Department, notified Congress on May 24 of its intention to provide Lebanon not only spare parts for its ground vehicles and helicopters...
