Okay, I'm probably paranoid

I'm probably a conspiracy nut and all the rest, but I honestly wonder if by any chance this (Haaretz, February 1):

Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom told cabinet ministers Sunday that his ministry had launched a "campaign" aimed at ousting Syria from Lebanon.

Shalom, who was speaking at the weekly cabinet meeting, said Syria was an occupying power in Lebanon and that there were currently some one million Syrians in Lebanon. Shalom also called on the international community to stop ignoring Syria's control of Lebanon. ...

The foreign minister said he planned to raise the issue in all his meetings with heads of state, and that Israel's diplomatic representatives abroad had been instructed to bring the issue to the attention of officials in the countries in which they were serving.

has anything to do with this (Jerusalem Post, January 22):

US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld is considering provoking a military confrontation with Syria by attacking Hizbullah bases near the Syrian border in Lebanon, according to the authoritative London-based Jane's Intelligence Digest.

If the latter quote seems at all familiar, it might be because I discussed it more on January 24.