Posted on 10/21/2012 7:51:18 AM PDT by Nachum
Yesterday we made it very clear why with the Turkey provocation avenue to further Middle East escalation rapidly closing, the one pathway left is Lebanon. Sure enough, today the escalation playbook is firmly in play - from Reuters: "Heavy gunfire erupted in central Beirut on Sunday after protesters tried to storm the offices of Prime Minister Najib Mikati, demanding that he quit over the assasination of a top intelligence official. An official said security forces had fired in the air. Witnesses said at least two protesters had fainted, apparently as a result of tear gas fired by security forces after protesters breached an outer barrier around the prime minister's offices. Hundreds of protesters, waving flags from the anti-Syrian opposition Future Movement - a mainly Sunni Muslim party - and Christian Lebanese Forces as well as black Islamist flags, marched on Mikati's offices after the funeral of Wissam al-Hassan."
(Excerpt) Read more at zerohedge.com ...
Another “bump in the road”!
More information from Jerusalem Post:
http://www.jpost.com/VideoArticles/Video/Article.aspx?id=288690
ARAB FALL?
Tribal.
Or winter...
Mooslims killing mooslims. Optimal. Christian Lebanese notwithstanding.
When is somebody going to realize the brotherhood is taking over the Middle East ... And OBAMA’S foreign policy has facilitated the revolution? Arab spring is as much of a joke as the YouTube video.
Actually, the prominent sunni guy who was killed was working on bringing to trial the murderers of Rafik Hariri, the ex-prime minister, who was essentially murdered by Syria. The sunni guy was killed in a Christian area, and at least 7 innocent Christian civilians were killed in the blast. It feels great to see Hezbollah paying a political price for this. It used to be that political assassinations barely raised an eye brow they were so common. Now vast swaths of the population go to the street and demand resignations. The current government is dominated by Hezbollah, hence the protests.
Actually, the prominent sunni guy who was killed was working on bringing to trial the murderers of Rafik Hariri, the ex-prime minister, who was essentially murdered by Syria. The sunni guy was killed in a Christian area, and at least 7 innocent Christian civilians were killed in the blast. It feels great to see Hezbollah paying a political price for this. It used to be that political assassinations barely raised an eye brow they were so common. Now vast swaths of the population go to the street and demand resignations. The current government is dominated by Hezbollah, hence the protests.
Tyler Durden my ass. How much longer before FR bans ZeroHedge crap?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fight_Club
http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2009/08/who-is-tyler-durden_21.html
http://www.thereformedbroker.com/2009/04/16/who-is-tyler-durden-of-zerohedge/
http://www.google.com/search?q=Tyler+Durden
Obama will have a comment when he gets back from babysitting Jay-Z and Beyonce’s kid.
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