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...White House warning sounded ominous: Iran and Syria are trying to topple Lebanon's democratically elected government with the help of Hizballah, said Presidential spokesman Tony Snow at a press conference on Wednesday. The U.S. may paint Hizballah as nothing more than a terrorist pawn of Syria and Iran, but it remains the largest political party in Lebanon's democratic system. And attempts to topple the current government - led by pro-U.S. Prime Minister Fouad Siniora - are hardly new or secret. Ever since the end of this summer's war between Israel and Hizballah, both Lebanon's opposition...
...Siniora supporters see the national unity government call as a pretext for a Hizballah power-grab. "The Taif Accord [which brokered an end to Lebanon's civil war] divides power among religious groups, regardless of demographic changes," said Rami Rayess, a spokesman for the Progressive Socialist Party, the leading Druze faction of Siniora's coalition. According to Rayess, Shi'ite parties, who represent the fastest growing part of Lebanon's population, want to flex their muscles after what they see as Hizballah's "Divine Victory" over Israel this summer. "We have the fear that national unity is a cover...
...Hizballah allies say that a unified government is necessary precisely because the country is divided and angry, and because of fear that the hostility between Shi'ite and Sunni Muslims in Iraq could spread to Lebanon. "This is a critical moment in Lebanese history, and in a region that is boiling from Baghdad to Gaza," said Ali Hamdan, a spokesman for the Amal Movement, a Shi'ite party allied with Hizballah. "It would be helpful for Lebanon to face these challenges with one heart...
...actions during this summer’s conflict with Hezbollah at a Harvard Students for Israel event yesterday. Eynat Shlein-Michael, the counselor, who is based in Israel’s Washington D.C. embassy said that Israel was not fighting a “war” against Lebanon but was engaged in a “conflict” with the non-state terror organization Hezbollah. “We chose not to fight Lebanon. Hezbollah is our enemy,” she said. Shlein-Michael said the conflict started when Hezbollah launched a long-range missile into Haifa...
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