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2003-07-15 Syria-Lebanon

Syrian forces pull out from south Beirut, northern Lebanon

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Posted by Steve 2003-07-15 2:47:17 PM|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 They need to get out of the Bekaa Valley next.

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2003-7-15 2:52:56 PM|| 2003-7-15 2:52:56 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 US is redeploying strategically - makes sense for Syria to do it. Bekka is likely where they want to stay.

Posted by liberalhawk 2003-7-15 2:55:14 PM|| 2003-7-15 2:55:14 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 I wonder how much of this was done under threat, but done to allow them to save face. If this was done to avoid US smart bombs falling on Assad Jr. then the Bekaa Valley will be vacated next.

Posted by Yank 2003-7-15 4:23:22 PM|| 2003-7-15 4:23:22 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 They probably have lots of reasons but one reason is financial. It costs money to deploy and they may have already looted everything lootable in south Beirut, which isn't that wealthy in the first place. North Lebanon is a bigger deal. If they are abandoning the area near Turkey there may be a lot of reasons.

Posted by Anonymous 2003-7-15 4:40:49 PM|| 2003-7-15 4:40:49 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 Assad's little boy can no longer sustain a military deployment without Saddam's free oil. This is a reasonable consequence of the second Iraq War, which involved turning off the two pipelines running through Syria.

Posted by Douglas De Bono 2003-7-15 5:35:11 PM|| [www.DouglasDeBono.com] 2003-7-15 5:35:11 PM|| Front Page Top

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