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September 27, 2011 · Mustapha Hamoui

Jeffrey Feltman:

We […] cautioned the prime minister that Lebanon needs to be very, very careful in not getting caught up in the unrest in Syria, in terms of not allowing Lebanon to be a way for Syria to evade sanctions and accountability

This is sold as a demand for Lebanon to be “neutral”, but in reality, this is a request for the Lebanese government to pro-actively make sure that no money subject to sanctions is finding its way from Syria to Lebanese banks.