Newsgroup: it.politica.internazionale
Titolo: Libano. No agli interventi "internazionali"

Dal quotidiano libanese "Daily Star".
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=17&article_id
=12692
On the brink of an abyss
Tuesday, February 15, 2005
Former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri is dead - assassinated in a way that
brings the ghosts of the not-so-distant past howling into present-day
reality.
Hariri's slaying is a momentous event, yet the most pressing concern right
now is not who pulled the trigger: The United States and France may have
already decided that Damascus has Hariri's blood on its hands. The
international community has discussed the likelihood of just such an
incident over the last few months, especially since Lebanon's new electoral
law became an issue. Over the last few weeks, however, there have been
indications from Washington and Paris - some of which have probably been
calculated leaks - that Syria will be held responsible for the safety of
Lebanon's opposition figures.
The pressing concern of the moment is how to prevent Lebanon from tottering
over the brink of an abyss. The leadership in Damascus and Beirut have to
act very quickly to head off international intervention that could once
again make a wilderness of the Levant. Such intervention now has recourse to
an open agenda and could include political, economic, intelligence or even
military measures. Lebanon has enough to deal with already. The threat of
destabilization, for example, could have severe repercussions for the
economy and add to the socioeconomic crisis already gripping the country -
even without U.S.-led economic sanctions.
One solution would be a transitional government, approved by and including
the opposition. This will ensure May's elections take place within a proper
democratic forum, and would be one way Syria and Lebanon can demonstrate the
broader human resources of Lebanon are being harnessed to confront a
crisis - and, perhaps, to make amends for the tragic and foolish slaying of
an international statesman.
The knell tolls for Lebanon once again, only this time it could be sounding
from abroad - surely warning enough to those in power both here and in
Damascus.

Namib wrote:
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Giusto. Anche quello siriano.
Palmiro Pangloss
-- 
"But, Michael, if you ever show up at my front door with a camera I'll 
kill you."
Clint Eastwood to Michael Moore
National Board of Review awards dinner at the Tavern on the Green, New 
York, NY 11.01.05

 -- 
Si, peccato che ho seguito l'intervista a Hard Talk di oggi, e Hariri 
subordinava la fine dell'intervento Siriano alla pace 
palestinesi-Israele secondo la vecchia risoluzione ONU.
E respingeva l'idea di dare agli americani i conti in banca di Hamas.
Insomma stava negoziando anche lui per la sua pelle e quella del suo 
paese. Gli americani hanno, noriamente, poca staying power in MO.
C'e'poco da fare gli Eroi dei Due Mondi...
Am.

 C'e'poco da fare gli Eroi dei Due Mondi...
???
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 Giusto. Anche quello siriano.
Naturalmente. *In primis* quello siriano. Shalom.
Namib

 Palmiro Pangloss
Solita solfa italica: dichiarare che il Libano e' faccenda ONU, 
riportare le opinioni costernate delle ONG. Poi mandare un microcorpo di 
spedizione a battaglia ultimata, per risollevare la Destra e il Bandana,  
novello pirata di Mompracem. Convocare le piangitrici nazionali in caso 
della scomparsa di un corrispondente o due.
Il solito andazzo insomma, apettando di vedere se i wargames con la 
Siria e l' Iran diventano realta'.
Am.

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#_...infatti e` un'intervista che consiglierei a molti e se non l'hanno e 
non la potranno seguire , e` reperibile online qui:
http://newssearch.bbc.co.uk/cgi-bin/search/results.pl?scope=newsifs&tab=news&q=Hardtalk&go.x=15&go.y=17
Giano