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2008-05-13 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Hezbollah Beirut takeover deepens sectarian wounds

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Posted by Fred 2008-05-13 00:00|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top
File under: Hezbollah

#1 TOPIX > MORT KONDRACKE > IN ISRAEL, BUSH/US CAN AVOID WAR WITH IRAN [Israeli role in GMD-TMD]; + FOUR DAYS WHICH CHANGED THE WAR ON TERROR + ISRAEL FEARS LEBANON WILL BE CONTROLLED BY IRAN + NEW ISLAMIST TERROR SURGE FEARED ACROSS MIDEAST AND AFRICA.

Gotta respect OSAMA + ZAWI, etc. for their STRATEGERY vv CENTRAL ASIA - I could, of course, be wrong about CENASIA + RADICAL ISLAM-IRAN SEEKING STRATEGIC MIL CAPABILITIES, but I don't think I am.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2008-05-13 00:24|| 2008-05-13 00:24|| Front Page Top

#2 Hezbollah's takeover of Beirut lasted only two days but it could take years to repair the damage the show of force has done to relations between Sunni and Shi'ite Muslims in the capital.

Actually, genius, these people always hated each other with a passion---and always will. The closest they come to what you consider a normal interhuman relations is when they act in concert against "infidel".

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2008-05-13 02:24|| 2008-05-13 02:24|| Front Page Top

#3 NEWSVINE > IRAN claims to have proof of US, BRITISH COLLUSION + SUPPORT for INTERNAL ANTI-GOVT. MILITANT GROUP deemed responsible for mosque bombing.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2008-05-13 02:34|| 2008-05-13 02:34|| Front Page Top

#4 over at totten's blog

the word is that hezbollah (sometimes locally nicknamed Hezbassad because they are doing Syria's bidding) didn't do too well in the Druze areas.

Keeping track of who's who is beyond me but the biggest losers here seem to be the few token Hez allies among the druze, maronite, orthodox and sunni sects who now have the status of being lower than a snake's belly in a wagon rut.

Posted by mhw 2008-05-13 10:56|| 2008-05-13 10:56|| Front Page Top

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