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    Yesterday's assassination of popular ex-Premier Raffik Harriri is causing great alarm all around the Middle East.

    "... The Lebanese had a lot to lose, as did the Syrians (he was close to Bashir Al Assad, the leader of Syria), as did the other Arab countries in the region who saw him as a strong leader and a stabilizing force in Lebanese politics. On the other hand, Israel has wanted chaos in Lebanon, as has America, and both countries have been agitating to get Hezbollah outlawed and both America and Israel have wanted the Lebanese to oust Syria. In both cases, the Lebanese government has said, “NO,” that Hezbollah is a respected part of Lebanese life and that Syria is there to protect Lebanon from Israeli aggression.

    No matter where else you look, no one else had anything to gain except Israel and the U.S. because this death could cause some possible upset in Lebanese politics and life.

    Most Middle East experts in the Arab and Muslim worlds believe Israeli hands were at work in the killing of former Prime Minister of Lebanon, Rafik Harriri..."

    Hmm...the reports indicate that the Israeli Mossad or our own Christians in Action were probably the ones who caused the bombing because it was so professionally done (i.e., the terrorists are too inept to create a bomb with such surgical precision).

    Why are they implicating the Iraelis and the US? Because those countries stand to gain the most by having Lebanon in an unstable condition after so many years of relative peace under the leadership of Harriri. The Israelis will probably claim that the Iranians or the Syrians were the culprits, and the US doesn't like Syria because it claims it's a safe haven for Iraqi terrorists. So if Israel wages war against Iran, then Syria will be on Iran's side, and I guess the US will just "have to" go in and defend Israel against both Iran and Syria, a fight we know the Bush Administration would love to have.

    Miulang

    P.S. Here is an Iranian assessment of who killed Rafik Harriri.
    Last edited by Miulang; February 15, 2005, 05:41 AM.
    "Americans believe in three freedoms. Freedom of speech; freedom of religion; and the freedom to deny the other two to folks they don`t like.” --Mark Twain

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    Re: Unrest in Lebanon

    "...the US is establishing a massive command center for its future domination of the entire Middle East. This suggests that Lebanon must be entered into the family of client states who accept a subservient role to American military and economic power, and who willingly comply with the requirements of the regional constable, Israel."...

    The article by Mike Whitney in Dissident Voice presents a pretty clear picture of why the Syrians were not responsible for the assassination of Rafik Harriri, the popular ex-Prime Minister of Lebanon.

    I hope more Americans are outraged by the fact that we're building a permanent, $1.5 billion American Embassy in Baghdad, which will serve as the nerve center for our interests in the Middle East. In the meantime, the reconstruction efforts in Iraq have been stymied by collusion, graft and increased violence. You know we're in Iraq for the long haul when we build 30 permanent bases and install a Burger King in the Baghdad International Airport.

    Miulang
    "Americans believe in three freedoms. Freedom of speech; freedom of religion; and the freedom to deny the other two to folks they don`t like.” --Mark Twain

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    • #3
      U.S. electorate complacency

      Originally posted by Miulang
      "...the US is establishing a massive command center for its future domination of the entire Middle East. This suggests that Lebanon must be entered into the family of client states who accept a subservient role to American military and economic power, and who willingly comply with the requirements of the regional constable, Israel."...

      article by Mike Whitney in Dissident Voice presents a pretty clear picture of why the Syrians were not responsible for the assassination of Rafik Harriri, the popular ex-Prime Minister of Lebanon.

      I hope more Americans are outraged by the fact that we're building a permanent, $1.5 billion American Embassy in Baghdad, which will serve as the nerve center for our interests in the Middle East. In the meantime, the reconstruction efforts in Iraq have been stymied by collusion, graft and increased violence. You know we're in Iraq for the long haul when we build 30 permanent bases and install a Burger King in the Baghdad International Airport.
      USrael, Inc. will apparently use the "reconstruction" of Iraq funds to build all the requisite infrastructure for projected long term USrael occupation of Iraq. How in the world do the absolutely arrogant and pompous USraeli leadership expect to pull that off in a democratic Iraq? Sham democracies are becoming less and less tolerable to people the world over, except for the U.S. where such democracy has found a home in electorate complacency.
      Last edited by waioli kai; March 3, 2005, 07:27 PM.

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      • #4
        Occupations, US vs. Syria

        "... if Syria has troops in Lebanon, it's no different than Bush keeping troops in Iraq."
        There is a huge difference between the manner in which Syria came to occupy Lebanon and the manner in which United States came to occupy Iraq. There is also a huge difference between the numbers of Lebanese casualties consequent Syria's occupation of Lebanon and the numbers of Iraqi casualties consequent United States' occupation of Iraq. Sixteen years' worth of such casualties in Lebanon due to Syria's occupational forces equals some day's smallest totals of Iraqi casualties due to United States' occupation of Iraq.

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        • #5
          Spies, sabateurs and drones in Syria

          "And how should Syria be handled?"
          Well, the U.S. Ambassador to Syria is on an indefinite vacation and Israel only has spies, sabateurs and drones in Syria, so whatever is to be "handled" in Syria by U.S. Israel at this point would be outside the conventions and covenants of international law. But then, that is a norm for USrael.

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          • #6
            Assassinating Al-Hariri

            by Mike Whitney
            dissidentvoice.org

            To understand who assassinated Rafik al-Hariri we don’t need to look any further than the $1.5 billion US Embassy currently under construction in Baghdad. The new embassy, the largest of its kind in the world, will facilitate 1,800 employees and serve as the regional nerve center for American political and economic activity. What does this have to do with al Hariri?
            Last edited by admin; March 4, 2005, 12:38 PM. Reason: Copyright. Replaced full article text with excerpt.

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