Anti-Alawite war in Tripoli

There is a war on `Alawite presence in Tripoli.  The stupid US government issues statements of condemnation implying that `Alawites (a mere 5% of the Tripoli population) are the ones instigating the conflict (presumably at the behest of the Syrian regime) when in the last year, it was the pro-Qatari and pro-Saudi (or better yet, "pro-Western" according to the new terminology of the Western press) Salafites and fanatics in Bab At-Tibbanah (some of whom are also followers of Najib Miqati) who have been provoking `Alawites.  Yesterday, the fanatics of Bab At-Tabbanah led a campaign of burning and bombings against `Alawite-owned businesses in Tripoli.  One store owner whose store was fire bombed before his eyes, appeared on New TV to plead: I am Sunni and not `Alawite, he kept asserting, and he showed his ID card to the camera.