Robert Worth summarizes the Lebanese conflict

"with one camp defining itself through resistance to Israel and the West, and the other aspiring to a more commercial and cosmopolitan role." So the `Awni movement represents resistance to the West, while the Salafi movements that are part of the Hariri group, and the right-wing fascists of the Phalanges and the Lebanese Forces represent the cosmopolitan role of Lebanon--unless you are using the word "cosmopolitan" the way it was has been used by anti-Semites. Also, the article does not mention that after the defection of Jumblat, the distribution of power within the parliament has changed: Hariri-led camp has 58 while the Hizbullah-led camp has 57. Notice how many times he says "some say" in this article: and notice that every time his "some say" sources are clearly March 14 Hariri sources.