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http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3422565,00.html
Lebanon 'to erupt in 1 week'
Syria calls on citizens to evacuate Lebanon, reports say; Expert:
Civil war possible
Yaakov Lappin
Syria has called on its citizens to leave Lebanon ahead of an expected
"eruption" in that country, Arab and Iranian press reports have said.
The media reports were translated and made available by MEMRI in a
special dispatch on Sunday.
"In the past few days, Arab and Iranian media reports have pointed to
the possibility that Lebanon's current political crisis may become a
violent conflict after July 15, 2007," the MEMRI dispatch said.
July 15 comes one day before a special UN Security Council meeting
which is expected to discuss the possibility of stationing
international experts on the Syria-Lebanon border, in order monitor
the ongoing illegal cross border arms traffic to Hizbullah, thought to
be originating from Iran and Syria.
The UN Security Council is also expected to meet next week to discuss
a key report on the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister
Rafik Hariri, a development which may bode badly for Syria.
"On July 5, 2007, the Iranian news agency IRNA reported that Syrian
authorities had instructed all Syrian citizens residing in Lebanon to
return to their country by July 15, 2007. The next day, the Israeli
Arab daily Al-Sinara similarly reported, on the authority of a
Lebanese source close to Damascus, that Syria was planning to remove
its citizens from Lebanon. Also on July 5, the Lebanese daily Al-Liwa
reported rumors that Syrian workers were leaving Lebanon at the
request of the Syrian authorities. In addition, the Syrian government
daily Al-Thawra reported that Syrian universities would accept Syrian
students who were leaving Lebanon due to the instability there," MEMRI
said in its report.
Within Lebanon itself, the Hizbullah-led opposition threatened to
establish a "second government" through "historical steps" in mid
July, according to senior Hizbullah officials quoted in the Lebanese
media, MEMRI added.
'Civil war possibility'
A violent clash next week in Lebanon is a real possibility, but would
not be aimed at Israel, General (res.) Yaakov Amidror, a former senior
officer in the IDF's Military Intelligence Directorate, told Ynetnews.
He added, however, that such an internal conflict could "deteriorate"
to the point where Israel is targeted by rocket fire.
"This is a warning and a threat, directed not towards not us, but
towards the Lebanese government, and against activities by the UN, the
US, and the Europeans in Lebanon," Amidror said. "Can this deteriorate
to the point of firing on Israel? It doesn't look like it now, but it
can get there," he said.
"This signals distress more than power," Amidror said. "If they (Iran,
Syria and Hizbullah) were confident, they wouldn't go for such extreme
maneuver that would expose them to the fury of Sunnis and Christians
in Lebanon. Few in Lebanon want Nasrallah to take power. Shiites are
the largest sect, but they make up 40 percent of the population. There
are 60 percent who don't like the idea of a Shiite takeover at all,"
Amidror explained. He added that tensions could erupt into a full
scale civil war in Lebanon, with Shiites on one side and Sunnis,
Christians, and Druze on the other. "Civil war occurred in Lebanon in
the past, there is no reason to think it can't happen again," he
warned.
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