Saudis urged to leave Lebanon

[proud2BlibKansan]

The Saudi Arabian embassy in Beirut has called on its nationals to leave Lebanon a day after a US warship was positioned off the country's coast.

The embassy on Saturday sent SMS messages to Saudis living in Lebanon urging them to leave the country as soon as possible, Al Jazeera's correspondent said.

Saudi Arabia issued an advisory last month urging its citizens not to travel to Lebanon because of deteriorating political and security conditions.

Kuwait and Bahrain followed with similar calls.

Sunni Muslim Saudi Arabia is a major supporter of the Sunni-led government in Lebanon which has been locked in a 15-month-old political standoff with an opposition led by Iranian-and-Syrian backed Hezbollah.

more . . . http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/24F4810C-61CB-4284-AB2B-CCA786434016.htm

[Hydra]

1. Oh, not again!!!

Was the previous test invasion not enough of a cluster?

[proud2BlibKansan]

3. Did you see the last part?

Nabih Berri, the parliament speaker, who is aligned with the opposition, has linked the deployment of the warships to Israel's raids in the Gaza Strip.

"The target is Gaza. It is aimed to allow what must happen in Gaza to happen without anyone moving to support ," he said.

"This is a real threat, not merely a muscle-flexing."

Berri also said that the US military move was designed to focus attention on Lebanon "in order to cover up the massacres being committed in Gaza".

"This fleet comes to back Israel so that it can complete its plan," he said.

[Hydra]

4. Didn't actually

Since the top 3/4 were such fluff. That would make sense...but why bother? Most people don't care about the people in Gaza.

What if someone threw an massacre, and nobody cared?

[proud2BlibKansan]

6. I believe that has already happened.

[uppityperson]

5. Does this mean

They are saying this is there to keep people from going to help Gaza?

[proud2BlibKansan]

7. I don't know

I wondered about that too.

[uppityperson]

2. huh, k&r and will watch, thanks.