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2005-02-19 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Jumblatt escalates war of words with Damascus

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Posted by Fred 2005-02-19 00:00:00 AM|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Eh, Jumblatt has a valid point, Who could do this besides them?
It might've just been a wink or a nod...

Posted by Dishman 2005-02-19 1:53:21 AM|| 2005-02-19 1:53:21 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Assad will be dead by the end of 2005.

Posted by phil_b 2005-02-19 2:03:00 AM|| 2005-02-19 2:03:00 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Well I assume it was Syria. But Iran has more to lose if Syria pulls out. Iran has no other way to protect Hizballah. The Christians and Sunni sure as hell don't care for them. I am going for Iran/Hizballah with Syrian passive help.

Posted by Sock Puppet of Doom 2005-02-19 2:15:54 AM|| [http://www.slhess.com] 2005-02-19 2:15:54 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Who has most to gain from a lot of trouble?

Posted by gromgorru 2005-02-19 2:38:17 AM|| 2005-02-19 2:38:17 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 Y'know, if Jumblatt gets his timing just right, he can diss the Syrians as they leave, be seen to be laying a boot to their asses and appear a Lebanese National Hero, instead of a murdering factional scumbag.

Posted by .com 2005-02-19 3:24:54 AM|| 2005-02-19 3:24:54 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 Maybe he can get a weave job by then too.

Posted by Sock Puppet of Doom 2005-02-19 3:27:57 AM|| [http://www.slhess.com] 2005-02-19 3:27:57 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 if imad mugnayah didn't do this--i'll jump off druse mountain--the iranians needed this instability to muddle the m/e while they centrifuge their way to nukedom--their syrian clients [mukhabbarat] had no way to say no since the family business was threatened--it goes all the way back to herodotus--tangled web--multiple objectives--overdetermined in the freudian sense--better plot than the davinci code

Posted by SON OF TOLUI 2005-02-19 4:27:24 AM|| 2005-02-19 4:27:24 AM|| Front Page Top

#8 Lets call it the Kurdistan Syndrome. Various groups have figured out that there may be an opportunity for their own quasi-state. Jumblatt is pitching for Druzistan.

Posted by phil_b 2005-02-19 6:06:29 AM|| 2005-02-19 6:06:29 AM|| Front Page Top

#9 All Intel services say it was Syria. The only difference is how many degrees of separation from Assad

Posted by mhw 2005-02-19 8:00:11 PM|| 2005-02-19 8:00:11 PM|| Front Page Top

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