Hezbollah militant Hassan Lakki killed in Beirut

Hezbollah militant Hassan Lakki killed in Beirut

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One of the leaders of Lebanese Shia militant group Hezbollah has been killed near Beirut, the group says. Hassan Lakkis was "assassinated" near his home in Hadath - 7km (4.3 miles) south-east of the Lebanese capital, Hezbollah TV channel Al-Manar said.

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4 December 2013 Last updated at 02:13 ET

Hezbollah militant Hassan Lakkis killed in Beirut

Hostility to Israel has been Hezbollah's defining platform for many years

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One of the leaders of Lebanese Shia militant group Hezbollah has been killed near Beirut, the group says.

Hassan Lakkis was "assassinated" near his home in Hadath - 7km (4.3 miles) south-east of the Lebanese capital, Hezbollah TV channel Al-Manar said.
Hezbollah blamed Israel for his death. Israel has not commented.
The news comes a day after the head of Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah, said Saudi Arabia was behind last month's bombings outside the Iranian embassy in Beirut.
Iran is a major backer of Hezbollah, which has sent fighters to Syria to back the government of Bashar al-Assad.
The conflict in Syria has increased sectarian tensions in its smaller neighbour.
A statement issued by Hezbollah on Wednesday said Lakkis was killed as he returned home from work around midnight, although it did not say how he died.
The group said Israel had tried to kill him several times previously, but had failed.

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Hezbollah militant Hassan Lakki killed in Beirut

I think Saudi Arabia and Israel will start to do more to neutralize the effects of Iran and Hezbollah. It is interesting that Al Qaeda is now fighting the battles of both Saudi Arabia and to some degree Israel. The statement "War makes strange bedfellows" is very true regarding Israel, Saudi Arabia right now.

The U.S. is embroiled in a de facto 2nd Cold War. So, not allowing the proxy war in Syria by Russia turn into a hot war involving the U.S. has to be the U.S. primary objective here of necessity. Also, the use of laws by China to expand it's influence is also a new problem that the U.S., Japan, South Korea and other countries are going to have to deal with. 

I think the obvious 2nd Cold War between Russia, China and the U.S. needs to be addressed by the U.S. and no longer can the U.S. be worried about Iran for now because of this bigger threat. Iran will have to be dealt with by Saudi Arabia, Israel as well as other Sunni Muslim countries.

The world dynamics just changed these past couple of years back to a cold war type of world stance. Everything has changed.

The unknown here is this: Are Russia and China more friends than enemies? I think they are sort of like Saudi Arabia and Israel against Iran. In other words Russia and China don't like each other or trust each other because of past experiences that go back hundreds and thousands of years. However, having somewhat similar histories they have more in common with each other than they do with the United States. So, the United States and the European Union and Japan and South Korea as well as most of North and South America might find themselves more at odds with both Russia and China now than with anyone else.