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Syria Doesn't Need Military to Control Lebanon

(Jerusalem Post) David Rudge - Lt.-Col. (res.) Moshe Marzouk, formerly head of the Lebanon desk in army intelligence, said Tuesday that there had been reliable reports from Lebanon that Syria's security and intelligence apparatus was still very much in place and that Syrian intelligence agents had simply rented places in other parts of Lebanon. Syrian "influence will not change even after the [Lebanese] parliamentary elections, especially in light of the inability of the opposition parties to forge a united list," said Marzouk. Damascus viewed the insurgency in Iraq as being in its interest and that of its ally, Iran. The Syrian regime also believed that as long as the U.S. was bogged down there it would not take any overtly aggressive action against Syria.
2005-05-25 00:00:00
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