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Syria Pushes the Envelope in Northern Lebanon
[Daily Star-Lebanon] Michael Young - The most ridiculous reason explaining the deployment of thousands of Syrian troops along the northern Lebanese border is that this was done to thwart smuggling. What we're seeing is, quite simply, intimidation and a reminder that Syria's President Bashar Assad never truly reconciled himself with ending his country's military role in Lebanon.