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e LAF's perceived loyalty to Hezbollah and bias against local Sunnis who claim they are defending themselves from Shia aggression in cities such as Tripoli, Sidon and Arsal. These jihadists, well-versed in the enticing poetics of martyrdom, have been able to exploit the impoverished conditions and blea
nstrating weakness." Ya'alon suggested that the interim agreement and negotiations with Iran were a means for Obama to "put off confrontation" with Teheran over nuclear arms and leave the problem for " the next president." By creating an "image of feebleness," he said, America invited new terror attack
ng under the spill-over of the conflict in Syria, brought to a peak th=ough the assassination of its intelligence chief as well as street battles=in Tripoli. The Palestinian issue will be frozen until after Israeli elect=ons and the formation of a new cabinet, although the Europeans, and predom=nantly Fr
ugees and=displaced, a new Great Game of geostrategic importance is being played out= On the one side there is a regional axis of allies going from Teheran throu=h Baghdad to Damascus and to Hezbollah in Lebanon, with the diplomatic pro=ection of Moscow and Beijing. On the other side there is a block of
ity needed to conduct a free and fair election. Recent inc=dents have added to these concerns. The Wafae militia from the city of Tar=ouna shut down Tripoli's international Airport on June 4 demanding t=e release of their commander, Abu Oleija al-Habishi, claiming he had been =rrested by security forces.
en the International Atomic Energy A=ency (IAEA) and Iran on June 8 were also unsuccessful, as Iran did not gra=t access to a military site south of Teheran that inspectors believe was u=ed in tests related to Iran's nuclear program. The IAEA expressed co=cern over the Iranian demolition of buildings in
ity needed to conduct a free and fair election. Recent incidents have added to these concerns. The Wafae militia from the city of Tarhouna shut down Tripoli's international Airport EFTA_R1_02211262 EFTA02724421 on June 4 demanding the release of their commander, Abu Oleija al-Habishi, claiming he had
en the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and Iran on June 8 were also unsuccessful, as Iran did not grant access to a military site south of Teheran that inspectors believe was used in tests related to Iran's nuclear program. The IAEA expressed concern over the Iranian demolition of buildings in
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Bashar al-Assad
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Benjamin Netanyahu
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Cairo
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Yemen
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Bill Clinton
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Jeffrey Epstein
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Marc Rich
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Michael Cohen
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