The people of the Middle East cannot stop imagining or inventing "conspiracy theories." They also often disagree on whether to believe or question them. But whatever the background or assumptions surrounding [conspiracy theories], each contains many elements of truth, even if they involve an alliance between Washington and Tehran!

Today, many in Beirut question the concurrence of a series of events. What could have possibly led to such a concurrence:

First, a British soldier was stabbed in a suburb of London on May 22. Investigations showed that the two suspects in the crime are Michael Adebolajo and Michael Adebowale, who are Sunni Muslims. It was later revealed that Adebolajo was among those who attended the speeches of Sunni Islamic preacher Omar Bakri Fustuq, when the latter lived in London. Fustuq moved to Lebanon years ago, and has become one of the most prominent Sunni Islamists supporting the revolution against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, and against the Shiite Hezbollah party.

Second, only four days after the incident in London, a French soldier was stabbed in a suburb of Paris. The suspect is also a Sunni Islamist.