Lebanese Shiites suspect U.S. encouraging tension

"From Hezbollah's leaders to Shiites in the street, many speculate that the United States is encouraging the Sunni-Shiite tension as a way to blunt the growing profile of largely Shiite Iran. But there is worry, too, that whatever the design, Lebanon is too divided, too weak, too reflexive in its loyalty to its clannish leaders to withstand the repercussions of sectarian strife.
'Curse whoever awakened it!' read Friday's headline in as-Safir, one of Beirut's main daily newspapers."

source
Shadid, Anthony. (The Washington Post). Along Beirut's Line of Confrontation. January 27, 2007.

posted: sunday, january 28, 2007, 9:25 PM ET

tags: lebanon conspiracy