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The nation of Lebanon may become the first battle ground of larger Middle Eastern war that now looms over the region.

The Lebanese government is being targeted for destruction by Hezbollah, Iran and Syria as a necessary preliminary move before the outbreak of war with Israel. Why?

The current Lebanese government is working hand in hand with a special UN special investigative tribunal that is preparing to bring to just the assassins and conspirators who assassinated Lebanon's previous Prime Minister Rafik Hariri back in 2005. It is believed that the top leaders of Hezbollah and Syria's President Assad were the masterminds of the murder plot.

The UN Tribunal is now nearing the end of its investigations and preparing to issue indictments against the Hezbollah leadership and also against top Syrian officials including President Assad. The threat of such indictments is underscored by the fact that it is a UN investigation that will lead to trials in the international court system. This means that all of the accused will be unable to sweep away the charges and could face lengthy jail or perhaps even a death sentence.

The leadership of Hezbollah as well as Syrian President Assad have hit the panic button and have set the stage for a means to thwart any such UN tribunal efforts. Iran has become involved because the UN tribunal threatens to derail its proxy forces adjacent to Israel. Before Iran can attack Israel, the UN tribunal has made it ncessary for Hezbollah to either overthrow the Lebanese government or set off a civil war to take control of Lebanon and void the UN tribunal and thus save the accused leaders from a world court trial and punishment.

Recently, Hezbollah seixed key transportation and communications hubs as a show of force to the Lebanese government in an effort to force the Lebanese government to call an end to the UN tribunal. It was a warning move that threatens overthrow or civil war if a coup attempt fails.

To assist in the effort to halt the Tribunal, Syria announced it was issing 33 arrest warrants against Tribunal investigators, prosectuors, and witnesses as well as key Lebanese government officials. Syria stated the arrest warrants would be handed over to Interpol for administering the arrests, but Interpol responded with a refusal to execute the arrest warrants by stating such warrants were politically motivated and thus illegal.

The Syrian maneuver was another effort to ratchet up the pressure against the Lebanese leadership in hopes they would call off the UN Tribunal. Lebanese leaders have responded defiantly and refuse to disband the UN tribunal investigation.

The Lebanese crisis has moved into a critical phase now and may remain in limbo until Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad makes a 2-day state visit to Beirut on October 13 and 14. The Iranian leader is expected to try to convince the Lebanese government to halt the tribunal, passing along the threat of a coup or civil war by Hezbollah, backed by Iran and Syria. Should the Iranian leader fail to persuade the Lebanese, regional experts expect that shortly after his departure, Hezbollah will take action and form what it will call a separate government and attempt to take control of the nation and then claim it has disbanded the UN tribunal.

While a takeover may thwart the imminent arrest of Hezbollah leadership, it will not prevent the UN from taking further action to make Hezbollah leaders outcasts and renegades who will be subject to arrest should they travel outside of their home nations. Depending on circumstances and developments, it is possible that the UN might move later to side with Israel should an outbreak of war develope between Israel and Iran with Hezbollah and Syria joining in the war effort. Why?

The Lebanese crisis is a preliminary event for resolution before Iran either formally declares war on Israel or launches a pre-emptive sneak attack on Israel in retaliation for its claims that Israel launched a cyber-attack on Iranian computers using teh Stuxnet worm virus. There are internal reports emerging from Iran indicating that President Ahmadinejad has secured political support from within the regime for military action against Israel and perhaps also the United States. If this is indeed true, then a coup or takeover in Lebanon in Mid October would precede an Iranian attack by a matter of days or weeks afterwards. Depending on various intelligence reports, Iran may be preparing for an attack on Israel to begin by the end of October or into mid-November.

What develops may well become the fulfillment of the Biblical Prophecies of Ezekiel chapters 38 and 39 and the Magog war with Israel which takes place in the Last Days before the Return of Jesus Christ. It is therefore important for Bible Prophecy watchers to be on the alert for continuing developments to see which direction the situation turns.

We have further coverage and information on the entire Mideast situation in our special A-O Intelligence Digest edition published within our special private section for A-O Report donors, called the A-O Insider Report.


For mainstream media report coverage on the Lebanese crisis -- LINK HERE, and also LINK HERE for Syria's arrest warrants story. Additional coverage from Arab news - LINK HERE.

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