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Worries grow over US base in Lebanon
former pro-Syrian MP, Nasser Kandil, appeared on television, Sunday, revealing a document he claimed was issued by the Bureau of "Dangerous Zones" which is affiliated with the US Department of Defense, DPA news agency reported.
Kandil said the document announced the starting of "preparatory construction to set up a military base for NATO and US forces in the area of Qleiat" in northern Lebanon, which is allegedly to be named `the US-Lebanese Centre for Rehabilitation of the Army`.
According to military expert Amin Hoteit, the reported US plan aims to set up six military bases - three in Iraq, one in Jordan, one in Saudi Arabia, and one in Lebanon. "This US project, if it is established, will bring more problems. . . Probably every group in Lebanon would oppose it," the military expert continued.
The uproar started when US Undersecretary of Defense for Policy, Eric Edelman, spoke of a `strategic partnership` with the Lebanese army last week, and as the Lebanese newspaper As-Safir reported, Edelman put forward a draft agreement that would see US naval, air, and land bases set up on Lebanese territory.
Hezbollah has already warned the US against setting up such an establishment in Lebanon, saying the foreign troops would be treated as occupation forces.