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Last Updated: May 14, 2008 - 7:20:54 AM |
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Hezbollah deals more damage to Bush's credibility -
May 14, 2008 - 7:18:03 AM
BEIRUT, May 14 (Reuters) - Hezbollah's humbling of Lebanon's U.S.-backed government has dealt a further blow to American credibility in the region less than a year after Hamas Islamists seized Gaza from Palestinian leaders supported by Washington. The Shi'ite Islamist group's easy military triumph over pro-government gunmen preceded this week's visit to the region by U.S. President George W. Bush, who had cast Lebanon as a success for his declared drive for democracy in the Arab world.
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US: Hezbollah must be 'accountable' for Lebanon unrest -
May 10, 2008 - 5:29:49 AM
CRAWFORD, Texas (AFP) — The United States has blamed Hezbollah as well as its patrons Iran and Syria for deadly unrest that has pushed Lebanon to the edge of civil war, and warned they must be held "accountable." "The United States is consulting with other governments in the region and with the UN Security Council about measures that must be taken to hold those responsible for the violence in Beirut accountable," the White House said Friday.
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Powerless US falls back on 'remote-control' diplomacy for Lebanon -
May 10, 2008 - 3:40:14 AM
WASHINGTON (AFP) — Unable to pressure Syria or Iran into halting Hezbollah's offensive in Lebanon against US-backed leader Fuad Siniora, the United States has opted for "remote-control" diplomacy using its allies. Even if the White House on Friday publicly urged Iran and Syria to "stop their support of Hezbollah and its destabilizing effects on Lebanon," US officials conceded their appeals will have little impact.
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Hezbollah's infrastructure is "threat to regional peace": UN envoy -
May 8, 2008 - 11:47:50 AM
Hezbollah's separate paramilitary infrastructure across Lebanon contributes to the erosion of the state's monopoly on the use of force and represents a "threat to regional peace," a UN envoy said Thursday.
UN Middle East envoy Terje Roed Larsen told the Security Council that Hezbollah, the powerful Iranian-backed Shiite militia, "maintains a massive paramilitary infrastructure separate from the state."
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German terrorism judge to visit Lebanon jail, magazine says -
May 5, 2008 - 11:54:27 AM
Dusseldorf - A German judge trying a Lebanese student for an attempted train bombing is to question the alleged co-plotter in a Lebanese prison, according to a German news magazine on Sunday. Focus said Lebanese prosecutor-general Said Mirza had acceded to a German request for access to Jihad Hamad, who has already been sent to jail for 12 years for the failed 2006 attempt to blow up two German trains.
