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In Lebanon, the army is battling Palestinian and Qaida-linked militants in the worst violence to hit the country

But the violence is serving a good end - to whit, restoring Lebanon to the control of its legitimate government. Unless he's going to put blame where it lies, Solana should butt out.

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I was over-negative about Solana in my last post: he’s probably pro-Lebanese Govt in this.