With Assad tottering sooner or later Hezbollah needs some way of securing its hold on Lebanon in case of further deterioration on the Syrian front. This seems like the opening move. What do you guys think?
Beirut car bomb blast kills top intelligence official - World News
And is this merely coinciding with recent downings of regime aircraft in Syria, or are these signals that the situations has deteriorated further for the regime?
Heat-Seeking Missiles in Syria: The SA-7 in Action with Rebels - NYTimes.com
Syrian military helicopter shot down - The Long War Journal
Beirut car bomb blast kills top intelligence official - World News
Updated at 1:13 p.m. ET: BEIRUT, Lebanon -- A huge car bomb explosion in Beirut on Friday killed a top Lebanese security official whose investigations implicated Syria and Hezbollah in the assassination of former Lebanese prime minister Rafik al-Hariri seven years ago.
Heat-Seeking Missiles in Syria: The SA-7 in Action with Rebels - NYTimes.com
Syrian military helicopter shot down - The Long War Journal
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