South Lebanon eager to see Ahmadinejad at Israel’s doorstep
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KFAR KILA — People in southern Lebanon are brimming with excitement ahead of a visit by Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad, who is expected to stand at the border with his arch-enemy Israel in a message of defiance.
“I can’t wait to see Ahmadinejad get close to the barbed wire and show the Israelis that he has them by the throat,” said Abdullah, a resident of the border village of Kfar Kila, who refused to give his real name.
“Can you imagine? He is going to stand barely a meter (yard) from Israel and that’s so symbolic,” added Abdullah, who runs a restaurant at Fatima Gate, just beyond the border fence between the two countries.
The Iranian leader will visit Lebanon on Oct. 13 and 14 at the invitation of his counterpart, Michel Sleiman, and will be his first to the tiny Mediterranean country.
The official first day of the trip is expected to proceed smoothly. It is the unofficial part the following day, when he Ahmadinejad is set to be taken on a tour of the south by the Shiite militant group Hezbollah — considered a proxy of Iran — that has prompted jitters..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20101008com6.html
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