You can question whether our 'domino' theory regarding the spread of communism was valid or not. There can be NO question that if Islam is not stopped its goal is to conquer the entire world. Lebanon was the first nation state to fall in Tehran's strategy. Thank God it is fighting back.
1 posted on
05/20/2007 4:44:12 AM PDT by
Cornpone
To: Cornpone
was it not this very month Pelosi gave the 'green light' to Syria to attack?
2 posted on
05/20/2007 4:54:27 AM PDT by
Diogenesis
(Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum)
To: Cornpone
This is a big story in Lebanon - fighting raging in four parts of Tripoli.
TRIPOLI, Lebanon - Lebanese forces engaged in heavy gunbattles with al-Qaida-styled Islamic militants in Tripoli and a nearby Palestinian refugee camp on Sunday, officials said, in the worst violence to hit the northern city in two decades.
At least 11 Lebanese soldiers were killed outside the refugee camp, the military said.
TV reports indicated at least three militants died in the fighting, which involved tank and grenade fire. ...
3 posted on
05/20/2007 5:18:42 AM PDT by
BlackVeil
To: Cornpone
That is all part of the Syrian and Iranian terrorist regimes plan to destabilize Lebanon, Iraq, and the whole Middle East. These Fath Al Islam terrorists came to Lebanon via Syria and there are supported and trained by the Syrian terrorist regime. Of course the Syrian and Lebanon also have Hibzallah a much bigger and more dangerous terrorist group in Lebanon that not only can cause death and destruction in Lebanon but also in the whole region.
9 posted on
05/20/2007 1:52:59 PM PDT by
jveritas
(Support The Commander in Chief in Times of War)
To: Cornpone
At first glance I thought it said Fats Domino fights back.
Man. The battle of blueberry Hill was a bitch.
11 posted on
05/20/2007 1:58:01 PM PDT by
Gideon Reader
(DEMOCRATS: Not quite American, and proud of it! And the Republicans are striving for parity.)
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15 posted on
05/20/2007 5:01:42 PM PDT by
SJackson
(Be careful -- with quotations, you can damn anything, Andre Malraux)
Lebanese Troops Battle Militants
( with alleged links to al-Qaida in the northern city of Tripoli)
Las Vegas Sun | May 19, 2007 at 21:50:5 PDT | SAM F. GHATTAS Associated Press Writer
Posted on 05/20/2007 1:11:54 AM EDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1836602/posts
16 posted on
05/20/2007 10:06:20 PM PDT by
SunkenCiv
(Time heals all wounds, particularly when they're not yours. Profile updated May 18, 2007.)
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