Posts Tagged ‘Lebanon’
Divide and Rule the Muslim World
Spiegel | By Alexander Smoltczyk and Bernhard Zand | 15 July 2010 Persian Isolation A Quiet Axis Forms Against Iran in the Middle East Israel and the Arab states near the Persian Gulf recognize a common threat: the regime in Tehran. A regional diplomat has not even ruled out support by the Arab states for a military strike to end [...]
“This guy doesn’t get it, does he?” — Netanyahu, on Obama’s first criticism of Israel
The Independent | By Robert Fisk | 17 July 2010 They're all grovelling and you can guess the reason It is the season of grovelling. Only a week after CNN's Octavia Nasr and the British ambassador to Beirut, Frances Guy, dared to suggest that Sayyed Hassan Fadlallah of Lebanon was a nice old chap rather than the super-terrorist the [...]
The price of truth in Anglo-America
Jordan Times | By Rami G. Khouri | 16 July 2010 Two fascinating yet troubling incidents took place in the past week related to American and British public figures - a British ambassador and an American journalist - who had their fingers burned for acknowledging the deep respect that the late Sayyed Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah, the Lebanese [...]
Barack in Israel, Hussein in the Muslim World
Asharq alawsat | By Tariq Alhomayed | 11 July 2010 Hussein? As soon as US President Obama addressed the Israelis in a televised interview with one of the local television stations, the shock hit our region. This is what became clear from the majority of the Arab media coverage, especially after Obama told the Israelis that he understands [...]
Agosta Re-Kickbacks Confirmed (Translations from the French Press)
Quick Translations | Les originaux en français Le Monde | 18 June 2010 Karachi: Judge confirms existence of illicit commission kickbacks Karachi : le juge confirme l'existence de rétro-commissions illicites MediaPart | 12 June 2010 The Karachi Affair | L'affaire Karachi Le Monde reports that Judge Marc Trévidic, in charge of the [...]
Tangoing with the Taliban
Aljazeera | By Marwan Bishara | 2 February 2010 Despite the US military 'surge', Afghanistan is proving more challenging than Iraq. Unlike the general Iraqi distaste and hostility for al-Qaeda's methods and objectives, Osama bin Laden's network remains the Taliban's most potent strategic partner in its fight against the central government and [...]
Osama bin Ladin’s Letter to the Americans (6 October 2002)
Jump to Start of Post, or to Osama bin Ladin’s Letter: 1. Why are we fighting and opposing you? 2. What are we calling you to, and what do we want from you? 3. Conclusion With the recent release of an—almost certainly fake—"Osama bin Ladin" voice recording, "experts" are being quoted to attribute motives and interpretations to the [...]
Jewish American, Norman Finkelstein, Urges Arabs to Have Self-Respect
YouTube | 17 February 2008 Norman Finkelstein - Hezbollah, the Honour of Lebanon End | (Not Continued)
Oded Yinon’s “Strategy”: An Early Statement of Likudnik/Neocon Narrative and Strategy
As U.S. President Barack Obama struggles to hold back the Likudnik/Neocon pro-war lobby that holds both the Democratic and Republican parties hostage through its influence over the military-industrial-financial establishment and the media, this post reproduces (on Page 2 of the post) an early (1982) Israeli document that takes positions that are [...]
Book Review: “The Transparent Cabal” — Israel, America, and the Middle East
CounterPunch | By Bill and Kathleen Christison Weekend Edition, 20/21 September 2008 A Revealing Study of Neocons' Influence by two Former CIA Officials The Making of Recent U.S. Middle East Policies Stephen J. Sniegoski, The Transparent Cabal: The Neoconservative Agenda, War in the Middle East, and the National Interest of Israel, Enigma [...]
