US wants Lebanon to talk to Israel about Shebaa

BEIRUT: A US initiative to resolve the dispute over the occupied Shebaa Farms is still on the table, and is being considered by US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, An-Nahar newspaper’s correspondent in Washington on Wednesday quoted an American official as saying.
“The essence of the proposal is that Lebanon engages in indirect negotiations over the [...]

Washington Dismisses Hizbullah Criticism for USS Cole Deployment

United States on Friday shrugged off Hizbullah’s criticisms of the deployment of a U.S. warship to waters off Lebanon and insisted the show of force meant to promote stability.
“On Hizbullah’s concerns, I would express some of our own concerns with Hezbollah’s actions. So I’ll just leave it at that,” White House national security [...]