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Intro -- Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data -- Contents -- Preface -- U.S. Foreign Aid to Lebanon: Issues for Congress* -- Summary -- Overview of U.S. Policy toward Lebanon -- Strengthening the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) -- U.S. Military Assistance to Lebanon -- U.S. Reconstruction and Economic Assistance -- Issues for Congress7 -- Lebanese Political Will -- Israeli-Lebanese Skirmishes -- Potential Misuse of U.S. Aid? -- Congressional Action -- End Notes -- Lebanon -- Summary -- Recent Developments -- Civil Conflict -- Current Issues for Congress -- Recent U.S. Assistance -- The United States and Lebanon -- Overview -- U.S. Policy toward Lebanon -- Role of Congress -- Recent and Current U.S. Assistance to Lebanon -- U.S. Reconstruction and Economic Assistance -- U.S. Military Assistance -- Lebanon: Demography and Politics -- Political Profile -- Sectarianism -- Political Structure and Power Sharing -- Syrian and Israeli Incursions -- The Shib'a Farms -- The Civil War and Taif Reforms -- Political Upheaval: 2004-2007 -- Assassination of Former Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri -- UN Security Council Resolution 1595 and the United Nations International Independent Investigation Commission (UNIIIC) -- UNIIIC Reports and Findings -- Elections of 2005 and Aftermath -- Resolution 1559 and Syrian Withdrawal -- Parliamentary Elections -- Confronting Hezbollah, 2006-2008 -- War in Lebanon, 2006 -- Diplomatic Endeavors -- U.N. Security Council Resolution 1701 -- After-Effects of the Fighting -- Subsequent Tensions -- Cabinet Resignation -- The Tribunal and Resolution 1757 -- Hezbollah Demonstrations and Mediation Efforts -- Seeking a Rapprochement -- Confronting Palestinian and Palestinian-Associated Militia -- Fatah al-Islam -- Effect on Perceptions of the Lebanese Army -- Political Stalemate -- Presidential Succession