The individuals who make up the rank and file of the Lebanese armed forces — and those in leadership positions — are mostly unable to stand back from the country's charged atmosphere of sectarian politics, despite the military's mandated neutral position.
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The station's mandate is anti-extremism and anti-sectarianism, something that, unsurprisingly, didn't go down well with ISIS, who are sectarian extremists.
The army is still involved in internal and foreign politics, with a broad mandate for security and counter-terrorism issues, while sectarian tensions, terrorism and insecurity are increasing day by day.
They also chopped up the rest of their mandate area into five distinct proto-states, also largely along sectarian and/or ethnic lines: Damascus, Aleppo, the Sanjak of Alexandretta [9], the Jabal Druse and the Alawite State.
He accused Mr. Maliki of having abused his authority by arresting opponents, pressuring the courts, and hiring and firing security forces based on sectarian identity — practices, Mr. Nujaifi said, that Mr. Maliki continued even now as a caretaker leader with no mandate or parliamentary oversight.
The election in 2012 should be a clear mandate from the voters on whether the United States is going to become a theocratic dictatorship or remain a sectarian democracy as originally conceived.
Sectarian tensions are rising.
Sectarian conflict has reemerged.
