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To: Hawkmoon who wrote (9959)	5/26/1999 8:06:00 PM
From: goldsnow	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 17770

and Lebanon (mostly), with more education in USA, Kuwait, Europe...

To: Hawkmoon who wrote (9959)	5/26/1999 8:13:00 PM
From: goldsnow	Respond to of 17770

The parallel with Lebanon civil war is striking... INTERVIEW-Lebanon politician fears Jezzine pull-out 04:24 p.m May 26, 1999 Eastern By Sultan Sleiman BEIRUT, May 26 (Reuters) - Lebanon's former ambassador to Washington said on Wednesday that he feared a resurgence of sectarian violence in Lebanon if the pro-Israel militia withdrew from the southern enclave of Jezzine which they controlled. Simon Karam, a prominent politician from Jezzine, told Reuters in an interview the Lebanese army must promptly replace the South Lebanon Army (SLA) and keep law and order in a country still recovering from the devastating civil war of 1975-1990. Israeli security sources said on Tuesday that General Antoine Lahd, who has commanded the SLA militia since its creation in 1985, told Israeli Defence Minister Moshe Arens he wanted to pull out of Jezzine, which lies north of Israel's south Lebanon occupation zone. ''The Lebanese army or any other sovereign security force must be deployed in Jezzine if any withdrawal takes place,'' Karam said. ''This area must not be used as a springboard for (military) operations against other areas of the zone.'' Pro-Iranian Hizbollah guerrillas are fighting a war of attrition to end Israel and SLA control over south Lebanon. On Wednesday, the group killed an SLA militiaman on the fringes of the zone while two guerrillas were killed in the fighting. Karam said he feared an SLA withdrawal, if implemented, could result in bloody clashes similar to those which erupted between Christian and pro-Syrian Moslem guerrillas after Israel pulled its troops out from Mount Lebanon in 1984. Hundreds of people were killed in the fighting. ''It is very dangerous to have a security vacuum in this area. It is dangerous not only for Jezzine but for the entire country,'' he added. Jezzine -- a picturesque, mainly Christian town located on a mountain top -- lies outside Israel's 15 km (nine-mile) deep occupation zone. But it has been under SLA control since 1985, the same year Israel carved out its security strip. Israel has controlled parts of south Lebanon, the last active Arab-Israeli battle front, since 1978. Lebanon and its powerful neighbour Syria have demanded that Israel implement a U.N. resolution calling for an unconditional withdrawal. Newly elected Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak has said he would pull out of the area within a year. Regarding the reports of a possible SLA pull-out from Jezzine, Lebanese Defence Minister Ghazi Zaiter said the government had yet to decide on its strategy. ''Nobody tells us our role. Let Israel and its puppets withdraw and the government will decide how to enforce its sovereignty,'' he told Reuters. In Jezzine, about forty Lebanese youths linked to the SLA told local clerics that they were worried about their security in case of a withdrawal. But Archbishop Tanios al-Khoury told reporters that the government had promised him that all inhabitants of the town would be safe. Lebanon and Israel are officially at war and the SLA militiamen are regarded as traitors, punishable by death. Copyright 1999 Reuters Limited.