US Defense Secretary urges more private US contacts with Iran
Lebanon cancels anti-Hezbollah measures
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Posted on 05/14/2008 8:43:00 PM PDT by Flavius
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's government cancelled measures on Wednesday that angered the Iranian-backed Hezbollah movement and triggered the worst internal conflict since the country's 1975-90 civil war. ADVERTISEMENT
The U.S.-backed government of Prime Minister Fouad Siniora said in a statement after a meeting that it was taking the step in line with a request by the Lebanese army to preserve civil peace and promote an Arab League mediation effort to end Lebanon's 18-month-old political crisis.
"The cabinet decided to agree on the suggestion of the army commander ... which includes the cancellation of the two decisions," the statement, read by Information Minister Ghazi al-Aridi, said.
US Defense Secretary urges more private US contacts with Iran
Lebanon cancels anti-Hezbollah measures
Historical Commodity Futures Charts for Crude Oil (Light) (CL, NYMEX), 2008 (continuous chart)
In other words, they buckled
Iran has more troops on the ground
Is Lebanon dead?
oh no, now they get to talk
talk is good
they sometimes say talk is cheap
but not in politics
beats working anyway
As a country yes, but I think it's going to become one of those 57 states Obama referred to.
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