Arguing with Hezbollah
Michael Totten goes several rounds with commenter Al Ghaliboon: Here’s some more advice. If Hezbollah wants to be respected by Americans, stop saying Death to America. When you declare yourselves our...
View ArticleAnti-Syrian Lebanese Minister Pierre Gemayel Assassinated
[Developing] It’s getting very tense in Lebanon: Industry Minister and Christian leader Pierre Gemayel was gunned down as his convoy drove through the Christian Sin el-Fil neighbourhood. The shooting...
View ArticleJohn Bolton on the Future of the Middle East
If you have any doubts about the significance of the events in Lebanon you obviouslly haven’t been listening to John Bolton. Hezbollah, along with other political forces allied with Syria, is expected...
View ArticleHezbollah Rioting in Lebanon
Lebanon is a mess: Much of Lebanon remains paralyzed, Tuesday, as supporters of the pro-Syrian Hezbollah group block Lebanon’s coastal highway and main thoroughfares in Beirut and other cities. From...
View ArticleU.S. Military Resupplying Lebanese Army
Lebanon asked for help and they’re getting it: Lebanese forces battling Islamic militants inside Lebanon will be resupplied by a shipment of U.S. military ammunition, which is expected to arrive within...
View ArticleWalid Eido Assassination: Lebanese Media Roundup
Ya Libnan We were in a cafe next to Luna Park enjoying the late afternoon next to the sea after an intense day. Children were playing on the equipment under the setting sun. Mothers were holding their...
View ArticleWalid Eido Assassination: Lebanese Blogger Roundup
Blogs included in this roundup are maintained by Lebanese nationals or writers who are known to focus much of their attention on the country. Lebanese Political Journal I was on the scene for a number...
View ArticleNada Nadim Prouty Roundup
New York Daily News James Bamford, who has written several respected books on the intelligence community, said it’s not surprising CIA vets wouldn’t care that Prouty lied. It’s the difference between...
View ArticleLebanese President Emile Lahoud Declares Emergency
Things area a bit shaky in Lebanon at the moment: From tomorrow the Middle Eastern state will not have a president, despite months of negotiation between Christian and pro-Syrian elements. Final...
View ArticleThe 2007 Annapolis Mideast Peace Conference
Getting Syria to the table was a bit of a coup but it’s nearly impossible to believe that we’ll see see any substantive results from this event. If there is consensus it’s only on that very point –...
View ArticleThe U.S. Ponders a Range of Ineffective Responses While Hezbollah, Syria, and...
Why do we seem so ill-prepared for events that are clearly inevitable? The United States is conferring with the U.N. Security Council and others in the Middle East about possible measures against those...
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Lebanon Conflict Roundup
Lebanese Political Journal SSNP guys sit on many corners in Hamra and are patrolling on motor scooters. Their flags are everywhere, and they are gloating. I was regularly mistaken for being an SSNP...
View ArticleTerrorism, Media, and the Clueless Bureaucrat
Michael Innes (bio) references some fascinating material in a roundup of posts related to the analysis of the Hezbollah telecom network (map) and the use of the media by terrorist entities. Brigitte...
View ArticleHezbollah Returns Captured Israeli Soldiers Ehud Goldwasser and Eldad Regev –...
As feared the men were not alive. Only bodies were returned: Israeli forensic experts have begun trying to identify the remains of what are believed to be two captured Israeli soldiers, the Israel...
View ArticleLebanese Bloggers Comment on Samir Kuntar’s Heroic Welcome
Beirut Spring rounds up the disgust. Here’s a sample: I cannot believe we are cheering for an animal that is being freed from Israeli prisons …We are cheering for a man who killed a 4 year old baby...
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Michael Ross’ Top Ten Missed Targets for Assassination of 2012
10. Ramadan Shallah: Leader of Palestinian Islamic Jihad. His low ranking is because he’s a weak terrorist leader but still has plenty of blood on his petite doll-like hands. 9. Samir Kuntar: Druze...
View ArticleHezbollah Suffers Heavy Losses in Syria Battle
Syrian government forces, backed by the armed group Hezbollah, say they now control large parts of the western city of al Qusayr. – AlJazeera English
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