Wikileaks: US Government, categorically: "Groups such as Al-Qaeda & Jund al- Sham are present in (Lebanon) the country"

UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 STATE 050327
SUBJECT: TRAVEL WARNING - LEBANON

¶1. This Travel Warning updates information on security threats and ongoing political violence in Lebanon, and informs U.S. citizens of current safety and security
concerns. The Department of State urges that Americans avoid all travel to Lebanon and that American citizens in Lebanon consider carefully the risks of remaining. This supersedes the Travel Warning for Lebanon issued on April 21, 2008....
... In addition to the violence provoked by these incursions, the U.S. remains concerned
about the threat of terrorist attacks against Western interests in Lebanon. Groups such as Al-Qaeda and Jund al- Sham are present in the country and have issued statements calling for attacks against Western interests in the past....
Current options for exit from Lebanon include: Exit by land to Syria. - Overland routes to Syrian border crossings are open intermittently. Those traveling by land to Syria technically need a Syrian visa issued in Washington. Syrian officials have been issuing visas to
Americans at the border..."