Lebanon &#151; tiny country, big threats
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Three months after battle erupted between Lebanese soldiers and an unknown group of radicals in a Palestinian refugee camp, army commander Gen. Michel Suleiman says he now knows whom he is fighting.
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Hezbollah fighters have vanished in south Lebanon, melting back into the population. Whether peace holds will depend on how they put up with the newest players in their longtime stronghold: the Lebanese army and a beefed-up U.N. peacekeeping force.
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Bad as it is, the Lebanon conflict could widen and worsen the longer it goes on, U.S. congressional analysts warn in an in-depth analysis of the crisis.
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Lebanon's government--promoted by the West as a model for Arab Democracy--faces a new crisis
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Syria&#39;s decision to pull back some of its forces from hills near Beirut, an apparent attempt to deflect international pressure to get its army out of Lebanon altogether, was met with caution, skepticism and concern that the move may not end Damascus
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For Israel, the U.N. cease-fire deal is far from perfect. A U.N. force deploying in south Lebanon as part of the truce will have trouble keeping Hezbollah at bay for long or prevent the Iranian-supplied guerrillas from rearming, critics said, pointing to past failures of international peacekeepers.
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The Lebanese army, carrying out a major offensive against Fatah al-Islam, has little combat experience and outdated equipment.
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The Lebanese people have made remarkable progress rebuilding their small, war-shattered country over the past decade. The economy has grown past the $40 billion mark and Beirut, once known as the Paris of
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Even before the killing of a key Christian politician, Beirut was primed for trouble. Now, it may be hard to avoid confrontation
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On the roads of Lebanon, it's hard to know when to be afraid. Is it wise to drive through a long tunnel, a potential target for an Israeli airstrike? Or head down a deserted highway where the overpasses have been demolished by bombs? Is it dangerous to tail a truck that might be suspected of carrying Hezbollah weapons and attacked from the skies?
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LebanonÂs seeming slide toward civil conflict is a flashpoint for tensions in the Middle East.
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Fouad Siniora says a civil war is unlikely in Lebanon, but blames the opposition for taking it to the brink.
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Events in Beirut expose the divisions of a small state on the faultlines of the Middle East
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But the conditions that fostered them in Lebanon remain -- and a concerned U.S. is shipping more military aid to the Siniora government
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The outcome of the battle for LebanonÂs political future could have profound ramifications for the Middle East.
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Security along the Lebanon-Syria border is too lax to prevent arms smuggling and Lebanon should quickly establish a mobile force to intercept any weapons, a U.N.-appointed team said in a report obtained Tuesday by The Associated Press.
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Lebanonâs troubles are not principally about Islamic militancy, but some fear the country could attract more of it, especially from the Iraq war.