Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Middle East eyes on ... Lebanon? (OneNewsNow.com)

An author and foreign policy analyst believes Lebanon is going to be the battleground for the next major war in the Middle East.


Michael J. Totten has spent a great deal of time living in the Middle East, including war-torn Lebanon. His new book is called The Road to Fatima Gate: The Beirut Spring, the Rise of Hezbollah, and the Iranian War Against Israel.

Totten says the book takes its title from the Fatima Gate, a shuttered Lebanon border crossing that has become a flashpoint in the struggle between the Western powers and the Iranian-led Islamic bloc. He believes Lebanon will push Iraq to the back burner.

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