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Middle East
Hariri Says Lebanon Has Right to Fight For Shebaa
2002-04-19
  • Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Al-Hariri on Tuesday asserted his country's right to fight for the contested Shebaa farms area on the Israeli border and said the dispute could erupt into a new battle front. "Shebaa farms is in Lebanese territory and because it is Lebanese and because it is occupied by Israel, the Lebanese people have the right to have it back by all means, including resistance," Hariri said in an interview on PBS's "newshour with Jim Lehrer."
    Translated, that means that they want to pick a fight as soon as they think they can get away with it without being roundly thumped in return, and they'll continue to use Shebaa Farms as an excuse until they can come up with something better. If there's no distraction going on in the West Bank or Gaza, it'll be pretty quiet. He's also playing to the Hezbollah political bloc within Lebanon.
    • Posted by:Fred Pruitt

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