Summary
After his political nemesis [Lahoud] was granted a three-year presidential extension in September 2004, [Rafiq Hariri] gradually shifted to the ranks of the anti-Syrian opposition, a move that threatened Syria's hold on Lebanon and, crucially, the millions of dollars earned each year by senior regime figures and intelligence officers through an endemic system of racketeering and corruption.
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False Dawn for Democracy
For more than four decades, Syria's numerous intelligence and security services have been a vital prop in bolstering the Ba'athist regime in Damascus, stifling internal dissent and plotting coups, assassinations and bombings in neighbouring states. Under intense international pressure, the Syrian regime is resorting once more to the feared mukhabaratto strengthen its grip on the count...
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