"And I have found both freedom and safety in my madness, the freedom of loneliness and the safety from being understood, for those who understand us enslave something in us. But let me not be too proud of my safety. Even a Thief in a jail is safe from another thief. "

Khalil Gibran (How I Became a Madman)

Lübnan Marunîleri / Yasin Atlıoğlu

NEWS AND ARTICLES / HABERLER VE MAKALELER

Wednesday, September 05, 2012

Is the Syrian Crisis Being Leveraged to Weaken Hezbollah? (Franklin Lamb-Al-Manar)


Pressures, often intense, resulting in being sucked into the vortex of the powerful maelstrom and violent whirlpool of Lebanese and regional politics can’t be bringing much pleasure to Lebanon’s National Resistance led by Hezbollah and that includes this observers Dahiyeh neighborhood.
 
Following a one on one meeting last weekend, US secretary of state Clinton and Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan are seeking to intensify pressure on both Hezbollah and Syria. One project is reported to be US instructions to their March 14 allies to force a vote in Lebanon’s Parliament allowing the deployment of international troops along Lebanon’s northern border with Syria.
Some March 14 politicians have been publicly calling for the deployment of an international force positioned along the poorly demarcated border between Lebanon and Syria. These US-Saudi supported forces have also revived the Welch Club-Jeffrey Feltman project first floated in 2007 at Israel’s request following its defeat during the 33 day July war.
Hezbollah’s internal and external opponents are reportedly seeking a quick “modernizing” of the current airport atKleiat near Sunni Akkar close to Tripoli in North Lebanon. According to one Member of Parliament, “The Americans and some internal sides had already “dusted off” the file of the revival of the Kleiat Airport.” One of its intended uses is expected to house international troops and American forces for “training, storage and forward supply.”

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