Nidal

“You know what I did? I left troops to take the oil. I took the oil. The only troops I have are taking the oil, they’re protecting the oil. I took over the oil.”

  • Qui instrumentalise la «rue sunnite» à Tripoli, selon cet article de la BBC en… juin 2012? Lebanon sucked into Syria crisis
    http://m.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-18655845

    There is a widespread perception that a proxy struggle is already taking place, with Saudi Arabia and Qatar pouring funds into Tripoli through a proliferation of Salafi Islamist groups which have become increasingly active on the ground.

    “It seems that there is a kind of competition between Qatar and Saudi Arabia to control the Sunni street in Lebanon, and especially in Tripoli,” said Ziad al-Ayyoubi, another civil society activist.

    “This is also directly related to the Syrian revolution. Qatar is the lead country in the Gulf supporting the Syrian rebels. It seems that it is using Tripoli and north Lebanon to get access to Syria. There are a lot of expensive new weapons on the front line here, and they’re not left over from the civil war.”

    • La question complémentaire, si c’est vrai, serait de savoir où viennent s’inscrire ces flux par rapport à ceux qui existent déjà à Tripoli (Mikati/Hariri/Karamé/Rifi...) : par-dessus eux, à travers eux, contre, avec... ?