High Tensions between Sunni and Hizballah in Lebanon. Civil War may be imminent.

December 3rd 2006 | jveritas

[jveritas]

Different reports just coming from Lebanon about incidents and very high tensions between Sunni muslims and Hizballah terrorist group in different areas of Lebanon. Hizballah is made from Shia muslims. The civil war in Lebanon is about to begin.

[West Coast Conservative]

Clashes break out between Sunnis, Shiites in Beirut; one killed

[zarf]

Iran is making their move.

War is the answer, but don't tell the UN.

[gun_supporter]

Let them tear eachother apart.

[rightwingintelligentsia]

Where do the Christians in Lebanon figure in all of this?

[jveritas]

Hizballah and their masters in Tehran and Damascus have begun the coup d'etat to control Lebanon. The terrorists regimes of Syria and Iran are now making Lebanon a new front of the war on terror.

[jveritas]

Unfortunately the Christians are divided. One side is pro-US and with the freely elected government of Lebanon and the other side led by General Aoun a person obsessed with becoming President is allying himself with Syria, Iran, and Hizballah hoping that they will make him President if they succeed in controlling the country.

[Paladin2]

Uh, Lebanon was setup by the French as a repository for Christians in the ME. The muzzies have been pushing them out for at least the last 50 years.

[johnny7]

Egad... a civil war... the worst of all evils according to the DBM.

[ScaniaBoy]

Really bad.

BTW how does the UNIFIL figure in all of this? A full fledged retreat or are they going to suport the legally elected ("US supported" according to all news sources) government.

[Normal4me]

What a shame....I had such hope for that part of the world. /sarc

[Paladin2]

Maybe the US should redeploy to Syria?

[Rb ver. 2.0]

"Where do the Christians in Lebanon figure in all of this?"

Weren't they disarmed by Syrian puppets after the civil war back in the mid 80's?

[rightwingintelligentsia]

I saw that Aoun had taken part in the pro-Syrian demonstration the other day. And the Druze, led by Jumblatt, are on the other side?

[ScaniaBoy]

How about the President gives a press conference and starts like this:

-"Ladies and Gentlemen, I have just outlawed Syria. The bombers are on their way to Damascus."

It worked well for RR.

[NYer]

AFP - Sun Dec 3, 3:30 PM ET A Lebanese flag flutters over opposition protesters gathering in downtown Beirut. Lebanon's political rift deepened on the third day of a protest led by the Shiite militant group Hezbollah and Christian opposition supporters, with the Western-backed government vowing to resist calls to resign.(AFP/Patrick Baz)

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[sgtbono2002]

Lebanon should make a deal with Israel to come in and help them throw Hizballah out. I am sure Israel would gladly help and then be happy to move back out of there when the fighting is done.

[ScaniaBoy]

That was basically the deal cut between the Christians and Israel in 1982, but then the older Gemayel brother was assassinated and the younger brother did not dare to live up to the deal. (It was not Hezbollah who was the enemy then but Syria and the PLO.)

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

Following the November election, we can expect to see Iran ratchet up the pressure throughout the Middle East, from backing the Shiites in Iraq in battle with the Sunni's, with the objective of fracturing Iraq and gaining control of the oil-rich central and southern regions, and backing Hezbollah in its effort to gain control of Lebanon.

They will continue deployment of offensive weapons systems, advanced defense systems (courtesy of Russia, France, and China), and, inevitably, nukes, and will advance their plan for using Syria and Lebanon (Hizbollah) to harass and eventually destroy Israel.

With Saudi Arabia oil-rich but otherwise relatively weak, they can cajole them into a "mutual defense" pact, funded with petrodollars and supplied by Russia, China, France, and Germany. Once this has been accomplished, they will be able to tell us to jump, and we will meekly ask "How high, Boss?".

[teacherwoes]

Where do the Christians in Lebanon figure in all of this?

With two muslim groups fighting I'm sure they would be in the middle...fair game for both groups