Syria and the Lebanon connection
I received the following article this morning in my email box. I wanted to share it with those who have been following the Syrian and Lebanese connections. Interesting to note that there are Christians speaking and opposing Syria’s ever increasing involvement within the Lebanese government and army. Lately there is a push from Iran and Syria to desatablise Lebanon’s government which have been noted by the writers of Counterterrorist Blog, see here, here and here.
If you have been a regular reader of my blog then you would know that I have made previous posts on Syrian’s recent visitor and what he had to say about the nations appearance of co-existence between Muslim and Christian communities. To read those post’s see ‘Rick Warren making new Friends‘ and here is the search results for ‘Syria and Lebanon‘ within my blog.
In light what has happened recently with the controversial visit from America’s most popular pastor, I thought I would share this with you.
On Tuesday, Pierre Gemayel, an influential member of the Lebanese government, was gunned down in the capital city of Beirut. Gemayel was a Christian who was opposed to Syria’s involvement in Lebanese politics. Gemayel’s assassination has received prompt condemnation from the international community, and it has further complicated an already tense situation. In the past two years at least five other prominent Lebanese figures have been assassinated, all of which were outspoken critics of Syria.
