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Assafir: Washington Officially Asks Lebanon To Be Military Base

October 18, 2007 · Mustapha Hamoui

As if the pro-Hezbollah, anti-American daily read my post yesterday. In a typical Assafir fashion, they “expose the conspiracy’s details” in their leading story.

The story has taken off..

The daily begins by asking: Why have high ranking American military commanders been visiting Lebanon regularly since the July war, visits that were crowned this week by the arrival of the Deputy Secretary of Defense for Political Issues, Mr. Eric Eidelmann, at the head of a Pentagon delegation?

After you thank God for Assafir’s “trusted sources” and reports from “official American corners”, sit back, relax, and read how the newspaper unravels the mysteries of the evil American plan to dominate our poor Middle East.