'USS Cole aims to dissuade any Hizbullah reprisal against Israel'
Analyst: US sent destroyer to keep lebanon under its 'wing'
By Michael Bluhm
Daily Star staff
Wednesday, March 05, 2008
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Despite US assertions that it deployed the USS Cole off Lebanon's coast to support regional stability, the destroyer's presence represents symbolic backing for the March 14 faction, an attempt to contain Hizbullah and put pressure on Syria in the regional context, a number of analysts told The Daily Star on Tuesday.
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Tags: American, Assassination, Beirut, Bush, Damascus, Hizbullah, Iran, Israel, Lebanon, Syria, Syrian, War
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