“ In Tripoli’s Bab el-Tabaneh district, about 25 to 30 Sunni fighters with AK-47 assault rifles exchanged fire with Alawites in the neighboring Jabal Mohsen area. Alawites are members of a small offshoot of Shiite Islam. ” www.kansascity.com

 

 

 

 

“ Six days of fighting have left at least 61 people dead and nearly 200 wounded across the country, the worst unrest since the 1975-1990 civil war. ” www.news.com.au

“”Nasrallah is like (former Israeli Prime Minister) Ariel Sharon – they both invaded Beirut,” Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal said during a recent Arab League conference in Cairo on the sectarian violence in Lebanon” www.ynetnews.com

“”Iran is managing this war and Hizbullah is looking to impose Islamic rule on all of Lebanon, like in Iran,” al-Faisal said. “We must do whatever it takes in order to stop this war and save Lebanon, even if this requires the establishment of an Arab force that will quickly be deployed there, thus protecting the existing legitimate government.”"  www.ynetnews.com

“”If an armed conflict erupts, it will be simpler to strike Lebanon when Hezbollah is the legitimate ruler,” Shahak told Army Radio. ” www.haaretz.com

“ Meanwhile a US warship, which was deployed off Lebanon in February amid concern over Lebanon’s political crisis, crossed Egypt’s Suez Canal on Sunday on its way to the Mediterranean, an official with the canal authority told AFP. The Lebanese daily As-Safir, which is close to the opposition, questioned whether the return of the warship would not encourage the government in its showdown with Hezbollah. ” http://afp.google.com

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