Lebanon plays with loaded gun as Syria crisis erodes hope

The National

Brigadier General Ghazi Kanaan, then head of Syrian intelligence in Lebanon, uttered the following chilling words of caution and encouragement in 1991 at the end of the Lebanese civil war:

"You Lebanese, you are shrewd, creative and successful merchants … Create light industries. Engage in trade and commerce. Indulge in light media, which does not affect security. Shine all over the world by inventiveness and leave politics to us. Each has his domain in Lebanon: yours is trade; ours, politics and security".

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