Posted on December 30, 2007 by Dave
Audio Lecture given at AUB titled “More fraternity than friction: The role of values and policies in relations between the United Kingdom and the Arab and Islamic world.” I think we can all agree theres lots of friction and no fraternity from the UK Government. Actions speak louder than [...]
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Posted on October 11, 2007 by Dave
Protecting Lebanon according to the Bush administration is achieved by undermining its ability to fight Israel
by Hicham Safieddine
Global Research, October 7, 2007
Electronic Lebanon - 2007-10-0
“We have received only a lot of promises and some ammunition but no equipment, as if they are telling us: Die first and back-up will arrive later.” -General Michael [...]
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Posted on August 27, 2007 by Dave
On August 9th, general Michel Aoun, the leader of the Free patriotic Movement and a Hezbollah ally in Lebanon, gave this post-election interview to Le Temps (Genève). The interview appeared in Le Monde. It is part of their paid archives now.
By Alain Campiotti
Lebanese live in bubbles, against their own good, prisoners of archaic and sectarian [...]
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Posted on March 19, 2007 by Dave
As the West looks anxiously at Iraq and Afghanistan, dangerous cracks are opening up in Lebanon and the White House is determined to prop up Fouad Siniora’s government
The spring rain beat down like ball-bearings on the flat roof of General Claudio Graziano’s office. Much of southern Lebanon looked like a sea of mud this [...]
Filed under: Ehud Olmert, Government, Hezbollah, July War, Lebanon, Rafiq Hariri, Robert Fisk, Syria, UN, USA, civil war | No Comments »