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2005-12-13 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

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Posted by Fred 2005-12-13 09:40|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 "There are bitter personal enmities and shadowy criminal gangs â who profited immensely from the long years of civil war â and finally, nihilist elements prepared to destroy the Lebanonâs hard-won stability and plunge it back into political chaos. "

Of course it IS odd that the criminal gangs and nihilist elements only seem to target anti-Syrian pols.

Which leaves us with Syrians, rogue or not, or a nefarious Mossad plot. Why the Syrians? I'll venture a guess. Elements in Syrian intell expect something to blow up shortly anyway - sanctions, the fall of Assad, shakeup in the elite, or some combination. When Syrias pot starts boiling, Lebanese resources - money, militias, etc - are of particular value in the SYRIAN factional struggle. Killing Leb pols may be part of the game of keeping a power base in Lebanon for use in SYRIAN politics - whether by the intel establishment overall, or particular elements of it.

Posted by liberalhawk 2005-12-13 14:49|| 2005-12-13 14:49|| Front Page Top

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