Word: hizbollah
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...Lebanese Army and some leading-edge units of an international stabilization force. A third element is a political agreement aimed at cementing lasting peace: Israel would respect Lebanon?s territorial integrity and Lebanon would extend central government control over all its territory and disarm local militias, including the powerful Hizbollah force that has acted as a state within a state in south Lebanon. If anything, said an American diplomat, Israel's escalation would raise more alarms among the Europeans and create more momentum for a concerted effort by the international community to intervene diplomatically to stop the violence. Rice...
...protest the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri and to throw off Syrian occupation.Lebanon's "Cedar Revolution" had been a showcase for the Bush Administration's "democracy agenda," of which Rice was a key architect and proselytizer. If diplomacy didn't resolve the conflict with Israel and drive Hizbollah out of its safe havens, she said, "this hope that was so evident in the events of March 14th and what followed isn't ever going to be realized...
...walking on a bridge, now well known targets as the city of Beirut is slowly cut off from the rest of the country. He did, however, have a huge advantage. He was hit close to Mount Lebanon Hospital in the southern suburbs of Beirut. Just 1 kilometer from Hizbollah headquarters, this private hospital has stayed open when most of the businesses around have shut down...
...Syrian withdrawal may be a major setback to Hizbollah, because Syria guarantees the air bridge from Iran that keeps Nasrallah's militias supplied with weapons. (For Damascus, enabling Hizballah in this manner was considered a strategic trump card in pressing Israel towards concluding a peace deal that would return the occupied Golan Heights to Syria. ) But the U.S. has made shutting down the movement's armed wing a priority, shared by Israel and, of course, legally mandated by Resolution...
...dots are connected here. The Iranian alliance with Syria, the Iranian sponsorship of PIJ and Hizbollah are all factors that need to be considered while we are confronting [the idea of Syria] getting out of Lebanon. I suspect the Iranians would be quite happy to have us bogged down in a conflict in Lebanon where Hizbollah can create great damage to us as they have in the past...