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beiruter.com     May 13, 2008            

Day 6: Army warns armed groups to stay off streets by Hussein AbdallahBEIRUT: Lebanon's army said on Monday it would use force if necessary to impose law and order in the country and prevent any armed presence of any of the warring factions."Army units will halt violations ... in accordance with... [read full story]                

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Hizbullah Removes Troops from Beirut Streets

themedialine.org     May 10, 2008          

The Iranian- and Syrian-backed "resistance" organization Hizbullah began pulling its fighters off the streets of Beirut on Saturday night, according to eyewitnesses. Ahead of the decision, the country's prime minister, Fouad Siniora, made a television address in which he accused Hizbullah of...                

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Daily Star Political News: US welcomes moves to calm unrest but says view of Hizbullah 'unchanged'

beiruter.com     May 12, 2008          

The White House on Saturday welcomed steps to defuse the deadly unrest in Lebanon but argued that any long-term resolution required a change in the role Hizbullah plays there."I think that first of all we want to see an end to the violence against the Lebanese people, I think we're beginning to...                

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Daily Star Political News: Syrian daily: Hizbullah foiled US-planned coup

beiruter.com     May 12, 2008          

Syrian official daily Al-Baath said on Sunday that Hizbullah had foiled a US-planned coup to seize control of Lebanon during the deadly gun battles which have recently rocked the country. "The Americans launched a pre-emptive strike against opposition nationalist forces, starting with the...                

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Moment of truth

beiruter.com     May 11, 2008          

Economist:SINCE Lebanon’s fiendishly complex politics polarised into two viciously feuding factions in the aftermath of the July, 2006 war with Israel, observers have predicted a slide into the kind of chaos that reigned during the 1975-1990 Lebanese civil war. But aside from a few assassinations...                

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Reading Into The Situation

beiruter.com     May 12, 2008          

Did Hezbollah make a big mistake? Is it Bush’s fault? What will Israel do now? (photo credit: AFP)The Daily KOS (American activist Left blog, leans towards Obama), makes the argument that Lebanon is already messed up and that someone as incompetent as Bush shouldn’t have made it worse by meddling...                

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Daily Star Political News: 19 and counting: Berri calls off House vote on presidency

beiruter.com     May 13, 2008          

Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri on Monday postponed a vote scheduled to take place on Tuesday to elect a new Lebanese president. A statement released by Berri's office said the election session was delayed to June 10. Earlier on Monday, Berri's media adviser, Ali Hamdan, said that a vote to elect...                

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Daily Star Political News: Day 6: Army warns armed groups to stay off streets

beiruter.com     May 13, 2008          

Lebanon's army said on Monday it would use force if necessary to impose law and order in the country and prevent any armed presence of any of the warring factions. "Army units will halt violations ... in accordance with the law, even if that leads to the use of force," a military statement said.                

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Tactical Weakness?

beiruter.com     May 12, 2008          

Bending with the wind, March 14 was apparently neither shocked nor awed.A new theory that is gaining currency is that March 14 intentionally turned the other cheek (and handed their weapons) to let Hezbollah and its allies fall into a trap. Here are some of the arguments being made to support...                

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Hiezballah grabs strategic area around Beirut

prairiepundit.blogspot.com     May 13, 2008          

Guardian:Hizbullah yesterday took control of a strategic mountain-top village in Druze heartlands south-east of the capital after fierce fighting with government allies, consolidating strategic gains that analysts said would be used in confrontations with...                

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Saudi Foreign Minister: Nasrallah is like Sharon

israelmatzav.blogspot.com     May 13, 2008          

Saudi Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal compared Hezbullah leader Hassan Nasrallah to former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon during a recent Arab League conference on sectarian violence in Lebanon. Because they both invaded Beirut. The Saudi FM's comments were published Tuesday by Lebanese...                

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