Mubarak: Lebanon protests could turn it into 'battlefield' - Haaretz - Israel News

Mubarak: Lebanon protests could turn it into 'battlefield' - Haaretz - Israel News: "Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak said Saturday he feared continued street demonstrations, especially if they became sectarian, could turn Lebanon into a battlefield.

Hundreds of supporters of Lebanon's Hezbollah-led opposition camped out in central Beirut on Saturday on the second day of protests to demand the resignation of the U.S.-backed government.

'Wisdom is required in dealing with internal differences,' Mubarak told journalists in Sharm el-Sheikh, where he was meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.

'What I fear is that if the demonstrations continue, and take on a sectarian form, supporters of these sects from outside Lebanon will join in and no one will be able to control it, especially if it continues for a long time,' he said." Read complete post here.