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Lebanon's Prime Minister: Syria Is Threatening My Country
TIME ^ | May 31, 2007 | Scott Macleod

Posted on 06/01/2007 9:58:46 AM PDT by Fennie

BEIRUT -- Lebanese authorities have evidence that Syrian intelligence operatives are behind the ongoing violent clashes in a Palestinian refugee camp near Tripoli as part of an effort to destablize the country. Prime Minister Siniora also says that Syrian elements, pursuing what he calls "a clear determination to subjugate the country," could be responsible for political killings in Lebanon including the 2005 assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. Siniora accused the Syrian regime of trying to intimidate Lebanese from supporting the court and said that the pursuit of justice entailed risks, including "instability in the country, planting bombs here and there." But Siniora says that his government is determined to push forward with the tribunal as well as uproot the Islamist faction with alleged Syrian links at the center of the Tripoli fighting to prove Lebanon's independence...

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: lebanon; military; siniora; syria

1 posted on 06/01/2007 9:58:48 AM PDT by Fennie
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To: Fennie

Ping


2 posted on 06/01/2007 10:04:17 AM PDT by Fennie
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To: Fennie

The Israelis can take care of it for them.


3 posted on 06/01/2007 10:04:51 AM PDT by Armedanddangerous (Master of Sinanju (emeritus))
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To: Fennie

“Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory. Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat.” — Sun Tzu, The Art of War.


4 posted on 06/01/2007 10:19:12 AM PDT by Fennie
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To: Fennie

NOW WE HAVE THE “RED LINE”!!!


5 posted on 06/01/2007 10:53:18 AM PDT by Fennie
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Syria is definitely playing both sides of the Islamic fence. If it isn’t careful, Iran is going to turn on them and start a Shia Islamic Republic movement.
6 posted on 06/01/2007 11:22:05 AM PDT by 11th Commandment
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