Friday, February 22, 2008

Why Lebanon hasn't slipped into civil war ...

Helena Cobban in the CSM, here
".... But we should also note that inside Lebanon, Hizbullah and many other factions have all worked hard together to defuse potential points of conflict. They did this in late January after clashes between Lebanese Army troops and Shiite groups protesting price hikes. And they did it again this week, after turf clashes erupted between Shiites and Sunnis in southwest Beirut ...."
قباني وقبلان وحسن خلال لقائهم في المجلس الإسلامي الشيعي الأعلى أمس (وائل اللادقي)
(... and in This corner Gran Mufti M Rashid "Slugger" Qabbani ... and in this corner Shaykh Aql "South Paw" Hassan ....)

1 comment:

Blacksmith Jade said...

Ha! Funny. Nevermind that they were the ones to instigate those clashes in the first place...

...that was a good laugh.

:)