MIDDLE EAST

Barricading Beirut

An outburst of sectarian violence in Lebanon raises questions about Hizbullah's strategy and fresh fears about civil war.

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May 9, 2008 | Updated: 1:53 p.m. ET May 9, 2008

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Posted By: The_epoch_point @ 05/12/2008 11:32:25 PM

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Posted By: miamiman @ 05/12/2008 4:55:43 PM

Comment: I think that all the moderates are on the ground hiding and unarmed. They must be because you just dont hear much about them only these radicals who are always killing and exploding themselves and others.

as a Religion of peace it is not very well represented as the participants all seem unwilling to accept any differences from their own beliefs no matter how small. reminds me of the Gulliver's travels story about which end of the egg is correct to start on .
Posted By: beegee01 @ 05/12/2008 11:18:20 AM

Comment: Are there any moderate Muslims? If so, why are they allowing their "religion of peace" to be hijacked?
Posted By: R Lawrence @ 05/12/2008 10:57:08 AM

Comment: Once again, Iran's regional expansion quest for power in the Middle East and it's desire to eventually remove Israel from the map is made clear. It is skillfully using proxy forces like Hizbullah, Hamas, Sadar's Army and other terrorist groups to first disstabolize the region and then to spread it's radical version of Islam throughout the region. Unless Iran is stoped before it aquires WMDs, it will eventually achive what it wants and all the countries in the area are going to be subject to it's governance and the end result will be that Iran will then control the world's supply of oil and therefore be able to control much of the world using energy blackmail. The West needs to wake up to this threat and confront it with every weapon at it's disposal, including WMDs. We need to terrorize Iran in the same way that it is doing to other countries. Fight fire with fire. These people that are in control of Iran at the present only understand force. Nothing else is going to work. They will never negotiate with the West unless they are forced.