Dear All,
Another day of chaos and turmoil hits the streets of Western Beirut . Something expected after the sectarian mobilization led by the Sunnite faction heading the 14th of March group.
It started in the universities: LAU, Lebanese and Arabic university and gradually went out of control in the dominantly petite bourgeois Sunnite areas of Tarik al-Jadeedeh.. Snipers are said to have entered the scene again. Clashes struck also the Shiite and Sunni mixed quarters of Mar-alliyas.
Finally, the army announced a curfew in the city of Beirut from 8pm to 6 am in the morning. The government is putting pressure on the Army to interfere. How short sighted they are. It reminds you of the war and the demand raised by the phalengist party then. The problem is that if the army interfered with no view for a political solution or compromise it will soon face a division in its ranks.
What next? With no regional compromise in the view, the country will fall gradually into a sectarian war. Already it is hard to visualize how individuals of different factions can coexist side by side at work and university.
They are playing with fire. The Hariri and Saudi factions playing on the sectarian issue are only giving the Sunnite fundamentalist the biggest favor. How long they can keep them under control and how long can Hizbollah keep its rank and files but mainly those of the pro Syrian Amal under control?
The Lebanese aren’t willing to learn from previous experiences. True the Syrians are out of sight but their hands are still Taaili and Taaili kteer.
Let us cross fingers Lebanon needs a miracle.
Love to all
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