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Astralis Reply
"Hezbollah, a Shiite group also backed by Syria, has been steadily seizing offices of pro-government factions in the predominantly Muslim western half of the city.
Backed by the Shiite Amal group, Hezbollah fighters have been handing control of the offices to the army — which is trying to play a neutral role in the crisis."
That's the key stuff. Who believes that this is occurring- POG fights for a building and returns it to the Lebanese Army, playing a "neutral" role in a battle between the nat'l gov't and a private militia? NEUTRAL?! WTF?
My suspicion is that POG isn't handing ANYTHING over. They know and trust EXACTLY those Lebanese units to whom these offices are captured and then surrendered.
Those units of the Lebanese Army might as well be turncoat rebels if they won't implement the government's will or at least fall on their swords attempting to do so. More than likely they're shia-dominated units and have already been written off as losses by the Christians and Sunnis.
Does anybody remember DRUZE? Wonder what he's up to these days?
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