Hectic preparations for historic Ahmadinejad visit to Beirut After his June 29 talks with Barack Obama, Saudi King Abdullah decided not to wait for US sanctions to take effect on Iran but get the kingdom's nuclear program underway with all possible speed, helped by France. The Saudi momentum is carrying Egypt and Jordan in its wake. It colored Binyamin Netanyahu's talks with Barack Obama on Tuesday. Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu keeps on vowing that Iran will not be allowed to establish an outpost on Israel's borders, but he has not lifted a finger to stop this menace ensconcing itself in the north - even though this is a gross violation of UN Security Council resolution 1701. Iran's proxy has therefore won the first round of its drive to recover the forward positions lost in the 2006 war and stands ready for the next. Feverish preparations are afoot in Tehran for President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's first visit to the Lebanese capital. Reporting this, DEBKAfile's Iranian sources define the trip's purpose as a confrontational exercise to warn the US and Israel that full implementation of the tough new UN, US and European sanctions will provoke an Iranian war on Israel - waged from Lebanon. Ahmadinejad's trip is expected before September - with the Syrian and Qatari rulers in tow.
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