Two more army reservists have been sentenced to prison terms for refusing to serve in Lebanon. This has brought the number who have so far been sentenced for refusing to serve to 83, with 12 presently in military jails. One of those sentenced recently was a military police sergeant. He refused for a second time to serve as a guard at the Ansar prisoner of war camp in south Lebanon.
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