Analysis: Mughnieh embarrassing Damascus

Imad Mughnieh, most wanted by the FBI and the U.S. State Department, is believed to have been responsible for the attacks on the U.S. Embassy and the U.S. Marines compound in Beirut in the 1980s. He was killed Tuesday night in a car bombing in Damascus.His presence in the Syrian capital, however, places the Syrian government of President Bashar Assad in an embarrassing position, given the fact that Mughnieh was wanted by Interpol and by the United States.

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Politics & Policies: Peril in Lebanon

The situation in Lebanon is reaching a critical point that could plunge the country into a war far more devastating than the 17-year civil war that tore the country apart, divided communities, destroyed the country’s infrastructure and claimed the lives of more than 150,000 civilians – and in which nothing was resolved.

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Iran Qods Force infiltrates Iraq

By CLAUDE SALHANI (Editor, Middle East Times)

New information was brought to light Thursday revealing “an overwhelming amount of intelligence indicating a political-military buildup by Tehran’s mullahs, targeting not just the south, but the heart of Iraq.”

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