Is Lebanon Burning?

[CHUQ]

The Leb army has apparently won the battle with Islamists, but will this be a temporary lull?


An uneasy calm has settled in northern Lebanon a day after the government claimed to have "crushed" Islamist fighters at a Palestinian refugee camp.

Leaders of Fatah al-Islam at the Nahr al-Bared camp were on the run, Defence Minister Elias Murr said on Thursday.

Officials said sporadic explosions on Friday were caused by soldiers blowing up booby-trapped buildings and mines.


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6229732.stm

[Pete]

Trying to find the articles by Seymour Hersh on the US sponserded and funded Al quida presence as the group inciting the conflict, hopefully later.

[CHUQ]

Trying to find the articles by Seymour Hersh on the US sponserded and funded Al quida presence as the group inciting the conflict, hopefully later.

I believe I have read most of them or at least articles that have included his conclusions. He has made some interesting points that needs to be brought out so that everyone has a chance to read and draw their own conclusions.

[Che]

The Leb army has apparently won the battle with Islamists, but will this be a temporary lull?


An uneasy calm has settled in northern Lebanon a day after the government claimed to have "crushed" Islamist fighters at a Palestinian refugee camp.

Leaders of Fatah al-Islam at the Nahr al-Bared camp were on the run, Defence Minister Elias Murr said on Thursday.

Officials said sporadic explosions on Friday were caused by soldiers blowing up booby-trapped buildings and mines.


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6229732.stm

What a perfect enviroment for a civil war ,, it never ends there

[CHUQ]

What a perfect enviroment for a civil war ,, it never ends there
The US is as much to blame as anyone in the region for the situation.