Lebanon Sunnis bitter in Lebanon power shift toward Shiite Hezbollah

International Herald Tribune ^ | May 16, 2008 | Associated Press

[SunkenCiv]

"They entered and they carried out the plan. But who did they liberate Beirut from?" wondered Mohammed Zaghloul, 41, who roasts nuts for a living... Zaghloul's question is key for Lebanon's future and could have implications for the entire Middle East... Flags of Hezbollah and Amal flutter on the streets in predominantly Sunni areas of Beirut seized by the two Shiite groups in recent fighting. Some pictures of the late prime minister Rafik Hariri, the Sunnis' icon, have been spray-painted over. "It is strife already," said top Sunni leader Saad Hariri, whose Muslim West Beirut residence is guarded by the army. The parliamentary majority leader said the latest fighting violated the dignity of his Sunni community... In other Sunni-dominated regions, in the central part of the eastern Bekaa Valley, the northern port city of Tripoli and the adjacent Akkar and Dinniyeh regions, where fundamentalists operate, Sunnis revolted and seized territory, attacking fellow Sunnis allied to the Hezbollah-led opposition and fighting the Alawite community, an offshoot Shiite sect, in a Tripoli neighborhood. The former Sunni stronghold of Tarik Jadideh in Beirut, still guarded by the Lebanese army from a Shiite onslaught, is a stark reflection of Sunni passions. A graffiti of "Oh Omar and Abu Bakr" -- names of first Muslim caliphs important to Sunnism -- is spray-painted on a wall, while pictures of the late Hariri and his son, Saad, adorn facades and blue ribbons of Hariri's Future movement decorate the streets... Sunnis are Lebanon's second-largest sect, numbering slightly less than the 1.2 million Shiites. Largely city dwellers, they are an educated and merchant class that has long been seen as the political power here, along with the Christians.

[SunkenCiv]

The Hizzies wanted to clear out their backfield, also to take control of the Beirut airport to simplify resupply from Syria and Iran when they start their next war with Israel. Their Iranian advisors no doubt view Lebanon as the next Iraq, and know what is about to happen to their proxies.

Lebanon May Attract Sunnis Seeking to Wage Jihad
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By Mitchell Prothero
Posted May 15, 2008
http://www.usnews.com/articles/news/world/2008/05/15/lebanon-may-attract-sunnis-seeking-to-wage-jihad.html

Al-Qaeda ‘declares war on Hezbollah’
PressTV | 5-9-08
Posted on 05/11/2008 4:07:30 PM PDT by kingattax
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2014569/posts

Beirut airport now a Hezbollah ‘strategic point’
May 14, 2008, 11:29 GMT
http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/middleeast/features/article_1405324.php/Beirut_airport_now_a_Hezbollah_strategic_point

[Billthedrill]

Here we go again.

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

“Mohammed Zaghloul, 41, who roasts nuts for a living.”
He should start roasting Hezzie nuts for a living! They’d be a popular snack.
“Getcher Hezzie nutz! Roasted Hezzie nutz here!”

[SunkenCiv]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2013859/posts?page=6#6
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2016239/posts?page=4#4

-and-

Catalog and comment: After Afghanistan and Iraq, the deluge
Townhall.com | 4/14/2005 | Ross Mackenzie
Posted on 04/14/2005 5:39:18 AM PDT by Molly Pitcher
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1383472/posts

[SunkenCiv]

Hey, is that directed at Senator Obama? Huh? Huh? Huh?

;’)

[SunkenCiv]

Brace yourself, a bunch of terrorists are going to be blown to bits.

Oh, and /rimshot

[Proud_USA_Republican]

Yahh whatever.
I was floored a few days ago when the sunnis bitched that the US wasn’t doing more to stop this.
Oh, its fine for them to go send their sunni brothers to kill and wound US soliders in Iraq, but they are getting their lazy butts kicked in Lebannon and all of a sudden, its “Why won’t the US military help????”
Two faced parasites.

[lawnguy]

"They entered and they carried out the plan. But who did they liberate Beirut from?" wondered Mohammed Zaghloul, 41, who roasts nuts for a living.

Thank God we know he roasts nuts for a living. That is vitally relevant.

I swear the Drive By Media is stupider than I thought, and I didn't think that was possible.

[Fred Nerks]

Lebanon May Attract Sunnis Seeking to Wage Jihad

"These groups have similar ideas to al Qaeda and can offer weapons and training to the Sunnis here. We are also seeing support from some Saudi princes concerned about Iran's influence."

Let me repeat that: Brace yourself, a bunch of terrorists are going to be blown to bits.

[SunkenCiv]

Yeah, he’s not even called (more generically) “street vendor”, or even “lifelong resident of Beirut”. Couldn’t be that the shill, er, journalist, was trying to degrade that particular representative of the “Arab Street”?!? ;’)

[SunkenCiv]

They’ve wormed their way into the heart — admit it! ;’)

[SunkenCiv]

When the French pull out their UN-authorized force, it’ll be bunker-buster time in southern Lebanon.

[lawnguy]

Couldn’t be that the shill, er, journalist, was trying to degrade that particular representative of the “Arab Street

I didn't even think this at first, but it is obvious now that you mention it. This "nut roaster" is obviously an uneducated Lebanese equivalent of a West Virgina Hillary voter.

Keep that in mind as you read the rest of my slanted "news" etc. It makes perfect sense.