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Article: Levant's puzzle not yet solved; Lebanon's future still influenced by others.(PLUGGED IN - NATIONAL SECURITY)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- July 30, 2009
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Byline: Brooke Anderson, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
BEIRUT -- Nearly two months after parliamentary elections, Lebanon is finally forming a new Cabinet, and events elsewhere in the region are sending ripples of both anxiety and hope through a country long buffeted by foreign disputes.
On Tuesday, Israeli Defense Forces deployed troops near Shebaa Farms, an area disputed by Lebanon, Israel and Syria, and Lebanese armed forces went on high alert. Two weeks ago, an explosion rocked Khirbet Slim, a village nine miles north of the border with Israel.
Fears of war are never far from the surface here three years after a monthlong conflict between Israel and ...