Wednesday, March 23, 2005
Bloody Lebanon
12:28 Headline Update From Ha'aretz:
Lebanese Christian leaders blame country`s Syrian-backed security agencies for series of bomb attacks. (Reuters)
http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/03/22/beirut.explosion/index.html
if you want a crystal clear indication of what animals terrorists are look no further then lebanon right now. this morning a mall bombing was carried out similar to attacks that happened in israel during the intifada. now although the hizbollah has not taken credit for this, all that needs to be asked is who stands to gain from chaos inside of lebanon?
there are only two answers, one is the hizbollah. this because they desperately need syria to stay in lebanon in order to survive in their current form.
now if you really want a bit of conspiratorial thinking the second answer must be syria, you could easily conclude also that if chaos breaks out in lebanon and syria is still there, syria would be able to claim that leaving will open a pandora's box of bloodshed too since no one will be able to keep the peace.
does that mean syria could be behind the bombing too? i don't know, but i do know yet another bombing has happened in a largely christian area and the suspected list of terrorists wanting to carry this out is a short list.
i wonder how biz is at the travel agencies in beirut looking for a ticket out?
again, let me emphasize, i am not hoping violence comes to pass. BUT the west and arab countries (who btw is amongst the arab countries that could be listed here?) need to mediate this problem NOW or we can expect bloody streets in beirut again a la the 70's.
allow me to go a step further, these actions by terrorists are so similar to what was happening in israel that it it pathetic.
a diplomatic agreement is being worked on between syria and the united nations to make syria's presence in lebanon less problematic and wouldn't you know it, as soon as syria announces that it is going to work on reducing its military presence and easing it's occupation of its neighbor suddenly bedlam starts to break out because some militant groups cannot be easily appeased. (WHICH LET ME POINT OUT, MAY HAVE SYRIA'S BACKING, lets remember this is a cruel world - the cat smiling may have just eaten your pet bird.)
these are the actions of desperate groups who are afraid of losing power, it is the same all over the world whether it is arafat's terrorists, the ira which is in a weary but confrontational state in northern ireland, and now what seems to be coming to fruit in lebanon.
Lebanese Christian leaders blame country`s Syrian-backed security agencies for series of bomb attacks. (Reuters)
http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/03/22/beirut.explosion/index.html
if you want a crystal clear indication of what animals terrorists are look no further then lebanon right now. this morning a mall bombing was carried out similar to attacks that happened in israel during the intifada. now although the hizbollah has not taken credit for this, all that needs to be asked is who stands to gain from chaos inside of lebanon?
there are only two answers, one is the hizbollah. this because they desperately need syria to stay in lebanon in order to survive in their current form.
now if you really want a bit of conspiratorial thinking the second answer must be syria, you could easily conclude also that if chaos breaks out in lebanon and syria is still there, syria would be able to claim that leaving will open a pandora's box of bloodshed too since no one will be able to keep the peace.
does that mean syria could be behind the bombing too? i don't know, but i do know yet another bombing has happened in a largely christian area and the suspected list of terrorists wanting to carry this out is a short list.
i wonder how biz is at the travel agencies in beirut looking for a ticket out?
again, let me emphasize, i am not hoping violence comes to pass. BUT the west and arab countries (who btw is amongst the arab countries that could be listed here?) need to mediate this problem NOW or we can expect bloody streets in beirut again a la the 70's.
allow me to go a step further, these actions by terrorists are so similar to what was happening in israel that it it pathetic.
a diplomatic agreement is being worked on between syria and the united nations to make syria's presence in lebanon less problematic and wouldn't you know it, as soon as syria announces that it is going to work on reducing its military presence and easing it's occupation of its neighbor suddenly bedlam starts to break out because some militant groups cannot be easily appeased. (WHICH LET ME POINT OUT, MAY HAVE SYRIA'S BACKING, lets remember this is a cruel world - the cat smiling may have just eaten your pet bird.)
these are the actions of desperate groups who are afraid of losing power, it is the same all over the world whether it is arafat's terrorists, the ira which is in a weary but confrontational state in northern ireland, and now what seems to be coming to fruit in lebanon.
// posted by Zevchi @ 10:21 AM 
