Civil War In Lebanon?

Image: Location of Tripoli and Beirut in Lebanon. Credit: Observer graphics

Lebanon Fears A Firestorm As Old Rifts That Led To Civil War Open Up Again -- The Guardian

Violence spilling over from Syria revives ancient resentments

A respite from almost a fortnight of clashes in Lebanon's second city, Tripoli, raised hopes yesterday that the release of some kidnapping victims would ease a growing threat of unchecked violence spilling over from the Syrian civil war.

But the lull failed to douse an enduring fear elsewhere in Lebanon that the enmity in the north will inevitably spread to other parts of the country. Another day of soaring violence in neighbouring Syria instead fuelled concerns that the raging civil war would further spill beyond the borders of its unstable neighbour.

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Update: Civil war looms in Lebanon -- Examiner

My Comment: A civil war in Lebanon? In my opinion .... anything is possible right now, with escalating violence short of civil war being the probable outcome.