Lebanese soldiers on an armoured personnel carrier patrol a street in a Beirut suburb in front of a portait of Lebanese Premier Fuad Siniora on May 7, 2008. Unable to pressure Syria or Iran into halting Hezbollah's offensive in Lebanon against US-backed leader Fuad Siniora, the United States has opted for "remote-control" diplomacy using its allies.
(AFP/File/Ramzi Haidar)