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Lebanon: a cedar ready to fall
The United States and Europe welcomed the demonstrations in Lebanon provoked by the murder of former prime minister Rafik Hariri. But this simplistic western approach disregards deep divisions between religious communities, wounds unhealed since the civil war and uncertainty about Palestine and Iraq.
by Georges Corm
PRESIDENT George Bush and his secretary of state, Condoleezza Rice, have made statements about Lebanon almost every day since the murder of the former prime minister, Rafik Hariri, on 14 February. European governments, led by the French, have joined the accusations, prompting sudden interest by (...)
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