Washington and its allies work to destabilise Lebanon (Part One)

By Jean Shaoul; 23 August 2012 – WSWS
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2012/aug2012/leba-a23.shtml

The media is presenting the sectarian kidnappings and violence in Lebanon as an all but inevitable “spill-over” from the civil war in Syria. This is a cynical attempt to conceal what is, in fact, a concerted campaign by the United States and its regional allies to eliminate the Shi’ite Hezbollah movement, which is backed by Syria and Iran, as a political and military force in Lebanon.

Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Turkey and, above all, the US and Israel are using jihadists, salafists and

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