Israel vs. Libanon

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Vor allem Syrien und die Hisbollah wollen keine wirklich starke libanesische Armee, die könnten sich ja sonst effektiv gegen syrische Interventionen wehren oder die Hisbollah zerschlagen

Es sind ja weniger die Syrer oder die Iraner gewesen[1], die dafür gesorgt haben, dass die libanesische Armee über keine Panzer, Flugzeuge und Luftabwehrsysteme verfügt und damit gegenüber den Milizen und vor allem gegenüber einer westlichen oder israelischen Intervention so derart schwach dasteht. Dafür ist zweifelsfrei die westliche Embargopolitik verantwortlich[2][3], die den Export solcher Güter in den Libanon unterbindet. Die Kooperation zwischen libanesischer Armee der Hisbollah und dem libanesischen Geheimdienst geht weit über das hinaus, was Du Dir in Deinem Bild einer Konkurrenzsituation so vorstellen magst. Die Verfassungsänderung nach 2006, gegen die es durchaus keinen mehrheitsfähigen Widerstand seitens der anderen Fraktionen gab, ist nur ein Ausdruck dessen was sich tatsächlich abspielen dürfte.

Es ist sicherlich auf seine Weise bezeichnend das auch Jahre später noch zu negieren. Vielleicht weil nicht sein kann, was nicht sein darf... Was den USA und ihren Verbündeten aus Israel und Saudi Arabien in ihrer Fixierung auf das Iran-Containment als Option im Libanon vorschwebt (zu diesem Schluss sind sie vor Jahren schon selbst gekommen[4]) ist genau das was man der Hisbollah unterstellt: Man bezalt Terroristen um Bomben zu legen, um die Armee zu schwächen und ethnische Konflikte zu befeuern. Genauer gesagt sieht man ja gerade aktuell die Früchte dieser praktizierten Strategie im Libanon[5] und Syrien. Hersh und seine Quellen hatten schon vor Jahren die Wahrheit gesagt.

Quellen:
[1]

Iranian defense minister vows to strengthen Lebanese Army

Iran plans to help strengthen the Lebanese Army, the Iranian defense minister announced on Sunday, signaling that his nation is moving from just bolstering Hezbollah to bostering the entire country’s armed forces.

Ahmad Vahidi, who hosted his Lebanese counterpart, Lebanese Defense Minister Fayez Ghosn, in Tehran on Sunday, said that “strengthening the Lebanese army is a strategic policy of Iran” and emphasized that “Lebanon’s safety is important to regional stability.”

“Iran and Lebanon have always supported one another and we hope that the two-sided relations only continue.” Ghosn said at the meeting, Ghosn is a member of the Christian party Marada, which is an ally of Hezbollah.
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[2]

Russia to Give Sell Lebanon Tanks, Helicopters
By Maayana Miskin
First Publish: 11/16/2010, 8:26 PM / Last Update: 11/16/2010, 8:38 PM

Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri confirmed Tuesday that Russia has agreed to supply the Lebanese army with advanced weapons. The new weaponry will include 31 tanks, 130 mm caliber cannon shells, six attack helicopters and various munitions.
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The U.S. congress had blocked military aid to Lebanon over concerns that weapons could end up in the hands of Hizbullah. However, Representative Howard Berman – who is soon to lose his chairmanship of the House Foreign Affairs Committee - announced Sunday that he would lift the hold on $100 million :lol: in aid. Berman said he had received classified briefings from the Obama administration that convinced him the aid would boost security and would not be used by terrorists.
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[3]
Embargoes and sanctions on Lebanon
Information on embargoes on Lebanon and how to apply for an export licence.
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[4]

Annals of National Security
The Redirection
Is the Administration’s new policy benefitting our enemies in the war on terrorism?
by Seymour M. Hersh March 5, 2007
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To undermine Iran, which is predominantly Shiite, the Bush Administration has decided, in effect, to reconfigure its priorities in the Middle East. In Lebanon, the Administration has coöperated with Saudi Arabia’s government, which is Sunni, in clandestine operations that are intended to weaken Hezbollah, the Shiite organization that is backed by Iran. The U.S. has also taken part in clandestine operations aimed at Iran and its ally Syria. A by-product of these activities has been the bolstering of Sunni extremist groups that espouse a militant vision of Islam and are hostile to America and sympathetic to Al Qaeda.
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The third component was that the Bush Administration would work directly with Sunni nations to counteract Shiite ascendance in the region.

Fourth, the Saudi government, with Washington’s approval, would provide funds and logistical aid to weaken the government of President Bashir Assad, of Syria. The Israelis believe that putting such pressure on the Assad government will make it more conciliatory and open to negotiations. Syria is a major conduit of arms to Hezbollah.
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Patrick Clawson, of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, depicted the Saudis’ coöperation with the White House as a significant breakthrough.“The Saudis understand that if they want the Administration to make a more generous political offer to the Palestinians they have to persuade the Arab states to make a more generous offer to the Israelis,” Clawson told me.
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“We are in a program to enhance the Sunni capability to resist Shiite influence, and we’re spreading the money around as much as we can,”the former senior intelligence official said. The problem was that such money “always gets in more pockets than you think it will,” he said. “In this process, we’re financing a lot of bad guys with some serious potential unintended consequences. We don’t have the ability to determine and get pay vouchers signed by the people we like and avoid the people we don’t like. It’s a very high-risk venture.”
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Sunni cleric incites gun battle with Lebanese Army and Hezbollah
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A two-day battle between Lebanese troops and followers of a radical Sunni cleric, one of the most severe in Lebanon since Syria's uprising began, has starkly illustrated its perilous instability.
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Although the Lebanese Army's special forces units spearheaded the assault on a mosque and compound belonging to Sheikh Ahmad Assir, a Salafist cleric who had holed up there with 200 to 300 of his followers, it became evident today that they received some assistance from Hezbollah's battle-hardened fighters.
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Sheikh Assir, who had vowed to die in his compound as a martyr, apparently escaped through a tunnel. :mrgreen:
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Although the battles in Sidon appeared to be dying down tonight, tensions flared in Sunni areas across the country. Gunmen took to the streets in parts of Beirut and in Tripoli, Lebanon's second city in the north. Imams of at least two mosques in Tripoli reportedly called for "jihad" against the Lebanese army and Hezbollah.
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