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August 20, 2009 Special Dispatch No. 2476

WARNING: Extreme Graphic Images - Lebanese Army Commandos and Visiting Teenagers Eat Live Snakes

August 20, 2009
Lebanon | Special Dispatch No. 2476

The following footage was aired on the Lebanese channel OTV, which is operated by the Free Patriotic Movement of Michel 'Aoun. The footage was aired as part of a show in which a group of teenagers visits a different unit of the Lebanese Army every week.

In this week's episode, the teenagers visited the Commando Regiment. The soldiers brought a wooden box from which they took out live snakes, and began tearing them apart with their teeth and eating their flesh. The teenagers were invited to participate, and two of them are shown joining in.

To view this clip, visit http://www.memri.org/legacy/clip/2196.

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