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Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Mideast conflict a proxy war for US, Iran: Lebanese minister

2006-07-28

PARIS - A Lebanese minister on Friday called the fighting in Lebanon a proxy for the broader conflict between Iran and the United States.

Just noticed that, did you?

Speaking to the French language television channel TV5, Lebanons Telecommunications Minister Marwan Hamade said: We have the impression that for the last two weeks we have been taking part in the start of an Iran-US conflict, but its Lebanon, its the Lebanese people, its the Lebanese state that will ultimately pay. He said the game of massacre had to stop and attention should be given to assembling all the ingredients of a ceasefire which would enable Lebanon to stop being the ground on which the big conflicts of the Middle East take place.

His reference to an Iran-US conflict stems from the support given by Iran to the Hezbollah militia in Lebanon and the position of Israel as a close ally of the United States.

Posted by:Steve

#15 gromgoru- Good point

Posted by: plainslow 2006-07-28 20:11

#14 Let me see, a Zionists' puppet Bush is using Israel in a proxy war. That's figures.

Posted by: gromgoru 2006-07-28 19:40

#13 Now the Lebanese Enviromental Minister is complaining of the oil spill disaster on the beaches...can't clean it up until the fighting stops. Oh the inhumanity!

Posted by: Inspector Clueso 2006-07-28 17:59

#12 August 22 comes 40 days after the July 12 attack. Is 40 a significant number to shia muslims?

Posted by: Flaigum Whelet4630 2006-07-28 17:26

#11 Must remove the well before Aug 22. Must!

Posted by: 3dc 2006-07-28 16:06

#10 Remember the date old Ahmadinejad keeps pushing - August 22. He thinks he is the next coming of the Shia messiah: the lost 12th iman. He's pushing for a showdown on, or about that date.

Posted by: anymouse 2006-07-28 15:44

#9 Proxy by Iran, anyway.

Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2006-07-28 14:31

#8 Mideast conflict a proxy war for US, Iran

Proxy for now but not much longer. Iran's constant sponsorship of international terrorism must eventually shift them into the crosshairs. It is inevitable that they will finally facilitate an atrocity so heinous that nothing short of obliteration will be the answer. The Iranian quest for nuclear weapons gaurantees this.

Posted by: Zenster 2006-07-28 14:24

#7 Nawwwww

Maybe the millions of rallies and speeches Nasralla Hezbo leader gave with in the background pictures of the AYATOLLA could maybe just maybe been a sign that Hezbollah was not Lebanese but Iranian allies.

I was watching CNN the other day they were driving down the road speaking of picture flags on every light post one side had a martyr the other a resistance leader photo. The first post was Nasralla/myrtr then Unknown/Martyr then AYATOLLA/Martyr. The CNN guy was like stumbling on his words when the Ayatollah went buy and he recovers with uhh unknown martyr. My ass that was Ayatollah,

Posted by: C-Low 2006-07-28 14:07

#6 Started by who's proxy?

Posted by: plainslow 2006-07-28 13:45

#5 If the Lebanese have no control of their territory that war can launched from it, then the Lebs don't deserve to keep it. If war was launched with the acquiescence of the Lebanese, then let them suffer the consequences.

Posted by: ed 2006-07-28 13:45

#4 What, what, what to give this man for his birthday?

Posted by: Perfesser 2006-07-28 13:29

#3 One doesn't usually dance the minuet with anti-tank missiles and UAV drones, but I s'pose there's a first time for everything...

Posted by: Seafarious 2006-07-28 13:17

#2 Where's the graphic with the two dancers circling each other? :-)

Posted by: gorb 2006-07-28 13:13

#1 Duh!

Here's your sign!

Posted by: DarthVader 2006-07-28 13:11

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