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...high-end resort business has long been a bit like those TV poker tournaments. As soon as one innkeeper builds what looks like an unbeatable hand of perks, a rival somewhere raises the stakes. Not long ago, chauffeured Rolls-Royce service to and from the airport, monogrammed 1,000-thread-count bed linens, customized room décor and personal butlers were the last word in lavish amenities...
...what it is doing to evacuate people from Lebanon, saying that “this is quite a sensitive operation as you might imagine.” But in a statement, the group said that its focus is on “Southern Beirut, the Rafik Hariri International airport and the principal road between Beirut and Damascus...
Since the kidnapping on Wednesday, Israel’s attacks have struck deeper into the country. The Israeli air force bombed and forced the closure of Beirut’s Hariri Airport; destroyed major roads leading out of the country; and attacked major ports, including the one in Tripoli, Lebanon’s second largest city...
...Jahanbegloo was detained on the grounds of Tehran’s Mehrabad Airport and subsequently placed in solitary confidement at the notorious Evin prison...
...Then, as now, Israel intended to warn Lebanese authorities to curb the activities of terrorist groups operating in its sovereign territory. Time will tell whether Israel's tactic, which has included bombing the runways of Beirut's Rafic Hariri International Airport, produces the desired results, and leads Hizballah to free the two Israeli soldiers. But there is a real risk that the move may have the same unintended consequence of the raid 38 years ago: pushing Lebanon further into a spiral of internal strife and even a civil war that embroils the entire Middle East...