"General Wesley Clark, who commanded the North Atlantic Treaty Organization bombing campaign in the Kosovo war, recalls in his 2003 book Winning Modern Wars being told by a friend in the Pentagon in November 2001 that the list of states that Rumsfeld and deputy secretary of defense Paul Wolfowitz wanted to take down included Iraq, Iran, Syria, Libya, Sudan and Somalia [and Lebanon]."
CUI BONO?
"Sectarian fighting kills 6 in Lebanon; Boy among dead; at least 15 injured in Tripoli clashes" by Bassem Mroue, Associated Press | July 26, 2008
BEIRUT - Sectarian clashes broke out yesterday in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli, killing six people, including a 10-year-old boy and a policeman, and wounding at least 15, police officials said.
The clashes between Sunni Muslim gunmen and Alawites, an offshoot Shi'ite sect, broke out at dawn after a hand grenade was thrown toward a Sunni area, the state-run National News Agency reported.
Tension has been high along Lebanon's religious and political fault lines since the militant Shi'ite group Hezbollah overran parts of Beirut in May in response to government attempts to limit the group's power.
Please see: AP: Israel's Whore
AP: The Zionist Press' Propaganda Agent
The deal that ended that crisis saw Hezbollah and other opposition politicians reenter the government of the Western-backed prime minister, Fuad Saniora, with veto power over its decisions. Yesterday's clashes occurred as the government was struggling to draft a document outlining plans for its term in office amid disagreements with Hezbollah.
Gee, and CUI BONO?
The fighting escalated as automatic rifles and rocket-propelled grenades were used between the Sunni Bab el-Tabaneh district and the predominantly Alawite Jabal Mohsen neighborhood, the police officials said. The two officials spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not allowed to speak to the media.
A cease-fire went into effect at 1 p.m. after mediation by the grand mufti of north Lebanon, Sheik Malek al-Shaar, who has acted as a mediator throughout the recent weeks of fighting. But fighting broke out again, said residents of the city, 50 miles north of Beirut.
The police officials said three people died in the afternoon fighting, including a policeman and two women. A 10-year-old boy struck by a stray bullet also died later yesterday. A total of six people were killed yesterday. The International Committee of the Red Cross urged those fighting to stop and allow the wounded to be evacuated and medical personnel to carry out their tasks.
At this point in the article, I'm reminded of someone special: The Lebanese Man and Me
On the political front, the new Cabinet's efforts to forge a path forward have been complicated by disagreements with Hezbollah over its weapons. Some groups say the job of defending Lebanon should fall to the national armed forces. Hezbollah and its allies counter that the militant group's weapons are needed to defend the country against Israel."
That's TRUE because the Lebanese military did a SHIT JOB of protecting Lebanon in 2006!!!
