No one believed the soldiers stationed at the border would actually open fire.
没人相信驻扎在边境的士兵们会真的开火。
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A few days later, Shara called Madeleine Albright and rejected Barak's offer, saying the Syrians would open negotiations on Lebanon only after the border demarcation was agreed upon.