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To: Katelew who wrote (195734)	8/7/2006 3:59:48 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

Shaba and Golan are Syrian territories. I don't think even Hezbollah claims the Golan is part of Lebanon.

To: Katelew who wrote (195734)	8/7/2006 4:40:03 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	Respond to of 281500

Hezbullah claims that Shebaa Farms/Mt Dov is Lebanese. The UN says it's Syrian. Syria is playing coy, neither claiming it nor ceding it to Lebanon. Clever - everything stays tied up that way. Syria still claims the Golan Heights. Israel doesn't want to give back the Golan because it's such a convenient place to shell Israel from, which is exactly what Syria was doing with it before 1967. But if Hezbullah should lose the pretext of Shebaa Farms, they will find another. Even Lebanese TV shows were mocking Hezbullah on this point, showing mock Hezbullah spokesmen claiming that Hezbullah had to stay armed because a Lebanese bakery in America was threatened by its Jewish neighbors. Hezbullah attacked the TV station in response.