Arabs fighting the jihadis

Washington Times:

While the mainstream media fixate on the difficulties Americans and Iraqis face in confronting a murderous insurgency, they have largely ignored a positive story which could have important strategic ramifications for the larger fight against jihadists: the fact that in two key Arab countries, Jordan and Lebanon, political leaders are risking their lives in order to stand up to the terrorist backers who have brought so much misery to the region.
Within the past week, two Sunni Muslim leaders made clear that they won't be cowed by the likes of Hamas and Tehran's rogue-state ally, Syrian strongman Bashar Assad. One was Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora, who met President Bush at the White House on Tuesday. During his visit to the United States last week, Mr. Siniora spent much of his time trying to mobilize international pressure to end Damascus's interference in Lebanon. And the Jordanian government headed by King Abdullah IIlastweekdemanded that Syria and its ally Hamas cease their efforts to use the Hashemite kingdom as a transit point for weapons smuggling.
BothJordanand Lebanon deserve strong backing from Washington in their efforts to fight jihadist efforts to subvert the region. In the case of Lebanon, most remarkably, anti-Syrian forces are receiving support of the United Nations, where Secretary-General Kofi Annan is demanding that Iran and Syria stop funnelling arms to Hezbollah. This is another sign that the vigorous reform efforts of the much-maligned Ambassador John Bolton are achieving results.

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