SAUDI'S QUIT MEDIATION: INDICTMENTS AND THEN WAR IN LEBANON ARE IMMINENT

BBC: Saudi Arabia quits Lebanon mediation

Prince Saud Al-Faisal (L) and his Turkish counterpart Ahmet Davutoglu, 12 Jan 2011 With the Saudi team out, Turkish FM Ahmet Davutoglu will take up efforts with Qatari mediators

The Saudi foreign minister says Riyadh has abandoned mediation efforts to end the political crisis in Lebanon caused by the UN-backed Hariri tribunal.

King Abdullah ended the Saudi-Syrian initiative because of a lack of progress, Prince Saud al-Faisal said.

There are fears of sectarian clashes as Lebanon awaits the findings of the international inquiry into the murder of ex-Lebanese PM Rafik Hariri in 2005.

Hezbollah has vowed to retaliate if, as expected, its members are implicated.

IF THE SAUDI'S THINK THEY CAN LONGER MEDIATE, THEN WAR IS IMMINENT...

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UPDATE: HOT AIR:

Haaretz

Hezbollah already staging drills on taking over Beirut

Unarmed militants from the Iran- and Syria-backed militant organization took to the streets across various central sites across the capital, according to Lebanese media. The organization gave no advance notice of the simulation, the reports said.

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