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Lebanon: France Tries Intervention
Jul 17, 2006 | 21:56 GMT
Summary
French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin and Foreign Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy traveled to Beirut, Lebanon, on July 17. While France has economic and political reasons to calm the blazing situation in its former colonial sphere of influence, this nominal push for diplomacy will only facilitate Israel's objective of destroying Hezbollah.
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