Stability in Lebanon is a primary goal of the Lebanese people and Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey and Iran.
Instability in Lebanon seems to be the goal of Tel Aviv and Washington. US officials told As-Safir newspaper in remarks published the day before the incident at the medical clinic that Jeffrey Feltman's visit was to underscore Washington's position on the International Tribunal and its support for the work of the Court "even if this led to Lebanon's instability and was opposed by Saudi Arabia.
Feltman, reportedly believes the
Saudi's have miscalculated and are now part of the problem, having become too
chummy with Syria, and he reportedly sees nothing but problems coming to Israel
from Tel Aviv's "3rd favorite Arab country" cavorting with Persians. This is
likely part of what is behind the "comprehensive dialogue" Washington intends
to launch with Riyadh.
What Washington and Tel Aviv fear most
in the region, a Syria-Saudi-Iranian-Turkey rapprochement, was observed this
week between the Saudi Ambassador to Lebanon Ali Awadh Assiri and the Iranian
Ambassador to Lebanon Ghazanfar Rokn-Abadi at the celebration of Turkey's
Independence.
Assiri reportedly told Abadi: "Here is the A, meaning Ali, and G, meaning Ghazanfar, and there is the Syrian Ambassador to Lebanon Ali Abdel Karim Ali," meaning that the solution to the crisis in Lebanon now requires an A-A-G equation.
Fetlman presumably was not amused and advised the White House to demand an
emergency session of the UN Security Council to counter what he sees as
"pernicious developments pertaining to the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL)".
The US Undersecretary of States' "really great plan' to sucker Lebanon and
Hezbollah:
"Let's blame (Imad) Mughniyah for
killing Hariri. He's dead so the investigative trail ends. Just say, "We had no
idea what he was doing'. No more tribunal. Everyone is happy. And as a
sweetener we'll take Hezbollah off our Terrorism list" is in tatters.
So is the confidence of many that the
International Tribunal for Lebanon seeks to bring to justice the assassins of
Rafiq Hariri.
Franklin Lamb is doing research in Lebanon and can be reached c/o fplamb@gmail.com
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