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...message but we will carry on our mission in protecting Lebanon," said Brigadier General Ashraf Rifi, the head of Lebanon's paramilitary Internal Security Forces, at the scene of the attack. The 31-year-old Eid ran the technical department of the ISF's intelligence branch and was a communications specialist...
...killed Eid? Neighboring Syria seeking to re-impose its grip on Lebanon? Al-Qaeda-related groups attempting to destabilize Lebanon? A combination of the two, perhaps...
...lackluster tour of the Middle East, the Annapolis process will simply die a natural death. Or perhaps Damascus believes it can cut a better deal after Bush leaves office. Already there are whispers in Washington that an incoming Democratic administration might be willing to allow Syria to return to Lebanon - which it occupied until forced out in 2005 - in return for peace with Israel...
...mean time, of course, Damascus can bask in the accolades of its more militant allies. "Syria is a partner of the resistance in Palestine and Lebanon, and it can get a share of the victories in Palestine in Lebanon," said Ibrahim Amin Sayeed, chairman of the political council of Hizballah, which gets its weapons from Syria and Iran. "And there are many victories ahead...
...Israelis, for one, think it's a waste of $20 billion of good arms. I called Dr. Ephraim Sneh, recently departed deputy defense minister and an expert on Iran. Since he commanded Israeli forces in southern Lebanon in the early '80s, he has watched Iran's rise with mounting alarm. "This isn't a joke for Israel. Iran is thousands of miles from you, hundreds for us. Iran is an existential threat to the state of Israel, said Sneh, who had no doubt in his mind that Israel should do something about Iran...