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Lebanon employs soccer in bid to reduce threat of spill over of Syrian violence

Lebanon employs soccer in bid to reduce threat of spill over of Syrian violence

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James M. Dorsey
Feb 28, 2012
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Lebanon's national team trains for crucial game against the UAE (Source: The Daily Star)

By James M. Dorsey

Soccer is rallying divided Lebanon scarred by years of bitter civil war at a time that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s sectarian-tainted brutal crackdown threatens to spill into the streets of Lebanese cities.

In a bid to build on Lebanese rallyin…

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