|
Trending Topics
|
Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14196-2005Mar30.html
Syria Moves to Keep Control of Lebanon
(Washington Post) Robin Wright - Syria is working covertly through a network of Lebanese operatives to ensure Damascus can still dominate its smaller neighbor even after it withdraws the last of 15,000 troops, in defiance of a UN resolution demanding an end to Syria's 29-year control over Lebanon, according to U.S., European, and UN officials, and Lebanon's opposition. Damascus is establishing a new hidden intelligence presence in Beirut's southern suburbs, bringing in officials who will not be recognized. Syria is also using allies in Lebanon's government and agents in Lebanon's security services to stall Lebanon's spring elections for a new parliament, the key to political change.