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The Israeli government's startling announcement that the Palestinian perpetrators of the (Sept. 9) dual terror attacks in Tsrifin (7 murdered, 30 wounded) and Jerusalem's Caf�� Hillel (8 murdered, 50 wounded) were both, just six months ago, released from administrative detention in an Israeli prison.
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| Originally posted by DrummeRaver86 DJBARON, I hate him because as far as I'm concered, he wrecked my country. and i'm christian, so don't even think of playing the race card. |
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The Collapse of Lebanon.
Syria has had a military presence in Lebanon since 1976, but the media continues to refer to its role there as a power broker. With over 35,000 troops 'stationed' in Lebanon, Syria is viewed by dissidents as no more than an occupying force with a grim record of assassinations and human rights abuses.
In the 1960s, Lebanon was a beacon of promise in the region widely seen as the "Switzerland of the Middle East". With the collapse of the country in 1975 and the start of its 15-year bloody civil war, Syria entered the frame in a self-styled peace keeping role. While a growing chorus of opposition to Syria's presence in Lebanon gathers momentum, Damascus remains virtually in control, giving its support to the Hizbollah Shiite army, which now controls southern Lebanon after Israel pulled its forces out from there in May 2000.
Israeli Pullout
While Israel has pulled its troops out of Lebanon meeting UN Security Council resolution 425 (*pdf file - see note) and Security Council resolution 520 (*pdf file - see note), Syria has yet to redeploy its army from the sovereign country. Syria agreed to withdraw troops in 1976 as part of the Riyadh-Cairo accords. In September 1982, Syria signed the Fez Declaration that committed it to begin negotiations with the Lebanese government about pulling troops out from Lebanon. UN resolution 520, passed on September 17, 1982, called for the evacuation of all non-Lebanese forces from the country. In 1989 the US brokered Taif Accord called for the redeployment of Syria forces and was agreed to by the late President of Syria Hafez al Assad. None of the accords have been fulfilled.
Nonetheless in 2002, Syria was appointed in January to the United Nations Security Council for a two-year period. For the first time since June 1970, Damascus assumed the rotating presidency of the council for the month of June before turning it over to Britain on July 1.
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