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Default Re: Violence escalates between Sunni and Shia in Beirut

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Originally Posted by jinnzaman View Post
In terms of the external influences, its clear that funding and pressure is coming from outside of the country for the political actors within the country to do so something about other groups. I'm not postulating that there is a direct command and control structure, but since its inception, the politics within Lebanon have been influenced from beyond it as well. The biggest confrontational forces in the country happen to be those who get money from two external opponents.
Are you saying it is another proxy war?
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