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...government took a decision to approve the international tribunal. There was a withdrawal of the members of the cabinet belonging to Hizballah and Amal [another militant Shi'a party]. In July and August, the Israelis invaded Lebanon on the pretext that Hizballah crossed the blue line. The irony here is that when Israel came to Lebanon in 1982, the justification was they wanted to finish the PLO. What actually happened is that they did not finish the PLO. But they laid the seeds for the creation of Hizballah...
...TIME: What is your problem in Lebanon...
...decision was made by the Syrians in order to extend the term of the president [Emile Lahoud] in spite of, let's say, the general conviction of the Lebanese that there shouldn't be any extension. Because this is contrary to the constitution. That led to further agitation in Lebanon that ultimately led to the assassination of [former Prime Minister] Rafiq Hariri. This created a tsunami in the country that led to the withdrawal of the Syrian troops...
...worked all together to fight the Israelis. All of a sudden, at the end of the hostilities, we started to hear that because of the intensity of the nuclear issue in Iran, that the Iranians wanted to defeat the United States in Lebanon. Immediately after that, we started hearing about calls for a national unity government, that this government is the government of the American ambassador. Now we are traitors and collaborators with the Americans. This, all in preparation for stopping the international tribunal...
...What's going on is a double objective. You've got the Iranian nuclear issue and the desire of the Iranian regime to expand its authority in Lebanon and in the region. You have the desire of the Iranians to establish, I wouldn't say a satellite state, but something of that sort. And you've got the Syrians. They are not shy about [opposing] the international tribunal. What is happening in Lebanon is because of turbulence coming from the outside, using Lebanese...