North Lebanon: Becoming the multipurpose 'Haven-Zone' for the Syrian conflict

 ...most importantly & in the absence of the Turkish & Jordanian 'zones', N Lebanon becomes the ideal transit zone for weapons, fighters & foreign assistance to the insurgency.

"... Meanwhile, protestors in parts of the north are closing off roads with burning tires, with the army clearing them only to see them closed again. At the funeral in Akkar, the spokesman for a large group of armed men told a Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation reporter that the "army means nothing to us," and that authorities have "from now until Wahid is buried" to arrest those responsible. He promised that the weapons on display were nothing, warning "you have not seen our best weapons yet."..."