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In Mideast war, stakes keep rising - -

By Peter Grier

from the August 09, 2006 edition

In Mideast war, stakes keep rising

A series of landmark wars shaped the modern Middle East. Will the the Israel-Hizbullah conflict reach that scale?

| Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor
The Arab-Israeli Conflict of 1967. The Yom Kippur War of 1973. The Israeli invasion of Lebanon of 1982.

And now, 2006?

Israel, Hizbullah clash

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As the fighting between Israel and Hizbullah passes the one-month mark, it has grown from a skirmish into a swirling conflict with a geopolitical impact that could rival the iconic wars of modern Middle Eastern history.

At stake may be the US push for democracy in the region, the influence of radical Islamists in surrounding states, and the progress of Iran's nuclear program - not to mention the futures of both Israel and Lebanon.

"A fight that started as a dust-up between a local power and a n



    
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