Battlefield in a larger conflict
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,1414875,00.html
Lebanon is used by and against Syria in this struggle for power
David Hirst in Beirut
Tuesday February 15, 2005
The Guardian
There is one broad certainty about the highly professional
assassination of Rafik Hariri, the billionaire former prime minister
who has dominated Lebanese politics since the end of the civil war in
1991. He fell victim to the hapless role this small, politically
fragile and religiously divided country is once again playing: the
battleground of international conflicts larger than itself. It played
that role in the 16-year war; and while few really expect it to be
plunged once more into such fratricidal strife, conflict has, with this
murderous deed, reached a dangerous new level of intensity. And
everyone fears there will be worse to come.
David Hirst
http://groups-beta.google.com/group/alt.atheism/msg/d3523e6755e845ff
Syria
http://groups-beta.google.com/group/alt.atheism/msg/e969d0bd1876c833
Lebanon
http://groups-beta.google.com/group/alt.atheism/msg/6bafd1d6dea7b905
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