Syria fighting widespread, spills into Lebanon

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Source: Reuters

Syria fighting widespread, spills into Lebanon

By Oliver Holmes
BEIRUT | Sat Jul 7, 2012 8:21am EDT

(Reuters) - Syria's conflict spilled further into Lebanon on Saturday when mortar fire from government forces crashed into villages in the north, killing two women and a man after rebels crossed the border for refuge, residents said.

In contrast with Turkey, which openly harbors rebels fighting to topple Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, Lebanon was not expected to respond militarily and has played down the effect of regular clashes along the frontier.

But rebels have used north Lebanon as a base and Assad's forces have at times bombed villages and even crossed the border in pursuit of militants, threatening to inflame tensions in Lebanon given a long history of Syrian domination there.

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1. soon to spill into Iran. Then, spills into Israel. Then, spills into Saudi Arabia . . . then, spil

This is an alert of the Emergency Broadcast System . . .

That seems to be the inevitable end-result of this tumble into insanity.