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Lebanon: when civil war crosses borders

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The civil war in Syria is spilling over into neighbouring Lebanon. Our reporter went to the northern town of Tripoli, only a few kilometres from the Syrian border and the town of Homs. Here, the Alawites, who support the regime in Damascus, are taking shots at the Sunnis, who support the rebels. Today, the conflict in Syria risks igniting a wider conflict within the Middle East.

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Clarification regarding:Lebanon: when civil war crosses borders

by Anonyme - 21/06/2012 - 07:57

Yazan Samara:: The war is created and meant to be, Syria is our last hope as Palestinians if it falls like Libya then we are a done deal! the Zionist Ashkenazi regime (ZAR) will kick us out of Palestine since they can't play the Arab spring game as they have supported in the region, the only revolution that was real took place in Egypt (though Hilary's kids played their roll too) and the saddest part it got hijacked by the Brotherhood (politicized religion). Back to Syria the West, Qatar, & Saudi Arabia are thirsty for the Syrian blood, they just won't to burn the whole country just like what happened before in Iraq, Libya, Egypt will be in a comma for a long time now, Lebanon comes right after Syria (lets hope not). All this destruction, & killing innocent people is just to please Israel; since they won't accept to live with anyone else (for them one state or 2 state solution is denied) and they just believe that the whole middle east belongs to them as mentioned in Torah. Jewish people should go back to Spain and all the other countries that they belong to and fight for their lives instead of causing all the blood shed in the middle east.

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