Archive for the 'Lebanon' Category
Hassan Nasrallah said: “We don’t want to have control over Lebanon, or to have governance over Lebanon or to impose our ideas over the people of Lebanon, because we believe Lebanon to be a special and diverse country that needs the collaboration of everyone.”
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Is is just me or does Lebanon plunge into a crisis with each year that passes by? Last year, mind you, the crisis was induced by Israel’s pounding of the country. This year? Read on:
Lebanese President Emil Lahoud has called on the Lebanese army Friday to preserve security in Lebanon, only hours before leaving office […]
Tony Blair, whose country was front and center in the destruction of Iraq has been appointed as a senior negotiator to the Mideast.
The Quartet - United States, United Nations, European Union and Russia - is expected to name outgoing British Prime Minister Tony Blair as a senior negotiator to the region, U.S. officials, speaking on condition […]
Interesting denouement:
Israel has told Syria it is willing to trade land for peace and is waiting to hear whether President Bashar al-Assad would cut ties with Iran and hostile guerrilla groups in return, Israeli officials said on Friday.
But my question is: isn’t Golan Syria’s to begin with?
Isn’t that like saying “we’ll give you what’s yours, […]
Can you imagine US President George Bush bashing the army for his woes in Iraq?
Apparently, that’s exactly what Israel’s PM Ehud Olmert is doing:
“I think the army disappointed itself to a large degree,” the prime minister told the Winograd Commission investigating last year’s costly war against Lebanon’s Hezbollah guerrillas.
“Something in the command and control concept […]
Robert Fisk’s latest, on why Lebanon highlights the hypocricy and hollowness of the word terrorist.