In five pages this paper examines whether or not interventions in Iran, Israel, Syria, and Lebanon were motivated by strategy or ideology in a consideration of social, economic, and political issues. Seven sources are cited in the bibliography.
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as it exists under the guise of political, economic and social interplay. Syrias intervention in Lebanon, for example, is suspected to be wholly ideological in nature as based upon
suspicions from Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. The links between Al-Qaida and Hizbollah may not be as explicit as might be expected, however, a number of indications and assessments
have, according to Sharon, implicated the relationship between bin Ladens people and South Lebanese Shiites as unequivocally ideological (Sobleman, 2003, p. PG). Subsequent to battle in Afghanistan, Lebanons Bekaa region,
West Bank and Jordan were infiltrated with supposed Al-Qaida refugees, giving rise to a questionable - if not cooperative - relationship existing between the two entities. The speculation was
so intense that Israeli security officials were thrown off track by having "contradictory information" (Sobelman, 2003, p. PG) regarding relations between Hizbollah and Al-Qaida. According to Lebanese commentator Qassam Qasir,
Lebanese opposition to Israel resides at the root of what he claims has "spurned Al-Qaudas efforts to forge links with them" (Sobelman, 2003, p. PG), a statement printed in the
Al-Mustaqbal journal that critics contend is far too partial in nature, considering how closely associated Qasir is with Hizbollah. Based upon vague Lebanese sources, Qasirs report indicates how a
concern over priorities lies at the crux of separation between Hizbollah and Al-Qaida; however, it has been strongly suggested that Al-Qaida support was recently renewed when Israeli targets were attacked
in Mombasa Kenya, a clear indication of "future ideological and operational links between bin Ladens group and Lebanese organizations that oppose Israel" (Sobelman, 2003, p. PG).
The Syrian Social National Party, which is said to harbor unconditionally "Syrian ambitions in Lebanon with a native ideological foothold" (Nisan, 2001), has clearly illustrated its this