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Cherifa Sirry's Blog Was Israel worth the US's loss of its standing in the Middle East? These are interesting comments by Dr. Hans Blix. US troops were basically driven out of Saudi Arabia by the Saudi people and not the unpopular ruling royal Saud family who are buddy pals of the US. The US had to leave Saudi Arabia and find another place for its troops in the Middle East.. and Iraq was the choice. The way I see it is that sooner or later, the US will be driven out of Iraq by the Iraqi people. The US ... Read More
November 9, 2007 at 3:46pmDr Blix recalled the UN team's failure to find any weapons of mass destruction in 700 searches of 500 sites in Iraq. "The aims of the war were, first of all, to eliminate wea...
November 9, 2007 at 3:46pm"After the Gulf War in 1991 they left their troops in Saudi Arabia to protect pipelines," he explained. "And when they felt they could no longer stay in Saudi Arabia, Iraq wa...
November 9, 2007 at 3:45pmSeems that the US forgot its previous delightful experience in Lebanon. Mainstream media of course doesn?t even bother to refer to current desperate US activity inside Lebanon b...
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Dr. Azmi Bishara A Pentagon general returning to work today after 20 years of retirement would be in for a surprise. Two decades ago his country had just emerged victorious over the international communist order after some 40-odd years of political, cultural, economic and intelligence warfare, which erupted in countless regional conflicts, revolutions and coups in various areas of the globe, and in which his agency had invested all its energies and resources. So he would have set off into his golden years... Read More
November 9, 2007 at 3:44pm. But if American foreign policy is really that irrational surely this must be a solid enough reason to oppose it, for the only service the above-mentioned argument performs is ...
November 9, 2007 at 3:44pmThe latter position is actually an elegantly turned around way of supporting the war. And it meshes nicely with the American position, which, officially at least, is not war at ...
November 9, 2007 at 3:43pmIt almost intervened militarily in Darfur on the grounds of its (and the Zionist lobby's) classification of the horrific violence there between agricultural and nomadic tribes -...
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Mohamad Shmaysani The Elysee's Director General Claude Gueant is in Lebanon for talks with officials over the presidential vote and ways to find a French sponsored agreement between feuding Lebanese parties. Upon his arrival, Gueant conveyed President Nicholas Sarkozy's desire to visit Lebanon. He added that Sarkozy stresses the necessity for elections to take place within the constitutional time limit, away from foreign interference. Gueant also revealed that Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner would visit Le... Read More
November 9, 2007 at 3:36pm"We are very concerned that in the next few weeks Syria or its supporters will attempt to manipulate the outcome through violence, intimidation or an obstinate refusal to partic...
November 9, 2007 at 3:36pmWelch Speaks to Senate Middle East Subcommittee In this atmosphere reflecting a will to salvage the country, US Under-Secretary of State David Welch released a set of opposite ...
November 9, 2007 at 3:35pmL.A. Envoy Says More Time Needed For Assessment On the fourth day of his Lebanon tour, it was clear to the deputy secretary general of the Arab league Hisham Youssef that asses...
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Wednesday November 7, 2007 8:01 PM By HUSSEIN DAKROUB Associated Press Writer BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - A senior Shiite Muslim cleric says that American forces in Iraq could end up virtual ``hostages in Iran's hands'' if the United States attacked Iran. Grand Ayatollah Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah, former spiritual guide to the Iran-backed Hezbollah and still influential with many militants, told The Associated Press on Tuesday that President Bush's war on terror has encouraged extremists, not curbed them... Read More
November 8, 2007 at 9:03pmFadlallah, who has followers throughout the region, has not visited Iran since his relations with Tehran's ruling clergy were strained more than a decade ago over who represents...
November 8, 2007 at 9:02pmA Lebanese born in the Iraqi city of Najaf, the Shiite holy center, Fadlallah, 72, was spiritual mentor for Hezbollah during the 1980s, when militants linked to the group were b...
November 8, 2007 at 9:02pmThere are increasing worries among some Arabs that the U.S. or Israel plans to strike Iran, which is suspected by the West of trying to develop a nuclear weapons program. Though...
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Tayyar.org The following are excerpts of the interview of MP Michel Aoun to Al Jazeera TV on November 6, 2007. ? It is a shame that the Lebanese people seek external help for electing their president but this foreign interference is happening because some Lebanese parties do have external ties. I totally oppose this and that is why I called for internal dialogue. ? I feel that any external interference that might be occurring is due to the fact that the Lebanese parties who are letting it happen are ... Read More
November 8, 2007 at 3:31pm? I thank the patriarch for his initiate and he knows why it failed. But if the agreement among politicians has failed, let us resort to the people and see who won and is still ...
November 8, 2007 at 3:30pm? If there is no elections with the 2/3 we consider that the prolongation of the Siniora government mandate and the election with the 50% + 1 as a coup against the Constitution....
November 8, 2007 at 3:29pm? There is the State of Syria and the Syrian regime. If the Syrian regime is found guilty for the assassinations, then the culprits should be taken to court. But I am asking for...
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LACD (Lebanese American Council for Democracy) Why Consociational Democracy? Introduction: Since the Cedar Revolution of 2005, a great deal of attention has been given by American policymakers to reviving Lebanon?s democratic system. However, little attention has been given to the nature of democracy in Lebanon. The most common misconception is that which regards Lebanon?s democracy as a Westminster-style of democracy based on the principle of a simple majority. However, Lebanon?s democracy is what ... Read More
November 8, 2007 at 2:29pmElecting a Lebanese president without the consent of the Christians and Shia is expected to lead to conflict. The simple majority quorum defies and overrides the principle of co...
November 8, 2007 at 2:28pmThese factors have led in Lebanon?s recent history to increasing the socio-economic and ideological cleavages amongst Lebanon?s diverse communities, and have also dragged the co...
November 8, 2007 at 2:28pmWhy Consociational Democracy? When Lebanon was established as a modern state in the 1920s, it united over its territory a highly heterogeneous and pluralistic society - at ti...
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Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah said that the recent maneuvers carried out by the Islamic Resistance stressed the preparedness to defend Lebanon and its people against any aggression. Sayyed Nasrallah was speaking to Islamic Resistance fighters during the massive military exercises last week. "The recent maneuvers convey a clear message to the enemy which was carrying out military exercises since days," his eminence said. "The Islamic Resistance is ready to defend the country and is more deter... Read More
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For the second consecutive year, an Israeli opinion poll has revealed that Israeli prime Minster Ehud Olmert is the most corrupt member of the "Israeli government." Fifty-six percent of participants rated Olmert as their most corrupt minister. The Zionist Prime Minister has been under police scrutiny three times for corruption and abuse of power. Former Israeli Finance Minister Avraham was close behind Olmert in the poll. Hirchson, a close ally of Olmert and a trade union leader, is suspected of embezzli... Read More
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Italy's foreign minister, part of an EU troika seeking to end Lebanon's political deadlock, will return to Beirut next week when parliament meets to elect a new president, his envoy said on Thursday. "Mr. Massimo d'Alema will come to Lebanon next week," Cesare Ragaglini told a news conference at the Italian embassy after a week-long visit to Lebanon. Diplomatic sources said there was a strong possibility that French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner would also return to push for a smooth end to the long-runni... Read More
November 8, 2007 at 2:23pmRagaglini said he met the head of the unconstitutional government Fouad Saniora and many officials from both the ruling bloc and the Lebanese national opposition. "The leader...
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Hezbollah has described the United States move to block assets of a number of Lebanon's leading opposition figures as obvious dictatorship. Washington recently decided to block assets belonging to a number of Lebanese and Syrian figures whom US President George W. Bush has accused of carrying out attempts to harm the unconstitutional government of Fouad Saniora. Based on this new measure, American citizens are prohibited from commercial cooperation with the listed individuals. "The United States' decision, w... Read More
November 7, 2007 at 11:17amHezbollah also called on active forces in the Arab and Muslim world to learn from this US act of dictatorship, which is neither the first nor the last count of U.S. interference...
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Mohamad Shmaysani Lebanon's Maronite bishops warned on Wednesday that the deadlock between the ruling coalition and the opposition over the presidential poll due next week was threatening the unity of the country. "The persistence of both sides to stick to their position is placing the country in a big crisis and complete paralysis," said the Maronite bishops statement. "It is obstructing the democratic regime ... and leading Lebanon into unprecedented divisions," the statement added. "We reiterate our call f... Read More
November 7, 2007 at 10:58amAlso on elections, Aoun stressed the Lebanese can agree on a candidate and elect a president. "We believe that it?s the same thing if Saniora remained in office or elections wit...
November 7, 2007 at 10:58amAoun: The Lebanese Can Agree On President The head of the Change and Reform parliamentary bloc MP General Michel Aoun said that US has trespassed the UN Charter through interfe...
November 7, 2007 at 10:56amArab League Envoy Tour In Beirut Meanwhile, the fact finding mission carried out by Arab League chief Amr Mussa's Under Secretary General Hisham Youssef also adds to the Arab e...
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Spokeswoman for the UN Interim Force in Lebanon Yasmina Bouzian has urged the Israeli regime to stop violating Lebanese airspace. "We have protested to the Israeli army against the air violations and we have asked that they be stopped," Bouziane said on Tuesday. The over-flights "do not only constitute a violation to Lebanese sovereignty, but also to (UN Security Council) Resolution 1701... and they create a tense atmosphere," she added. She pointed out that they had already submitted reports to the UN Securi... Read More
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hey! if anyone in the tri-state area is interested, the Teachers convention in Atlantic City, NJ, is tomorrow-Thursday Nov. 8 and Friday the 9th. Is anyone going? I wanted to go, because i've never been there before, but unfortunately I have class :( OK well i just wanted to let everyone know its tomorrow, ttyl take care
December 1, 2007 at 10:33amhey Amina. I heard about that convention. my teacher friend in NJ, her name is Sofia Nawaz, did attend that teacher convention that you just talked about here. from her, I heard...
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I hear that there is a Maria B. fashion show being held in New Brunswick, NJ on Nov. 17 and I also hear that it's sponsored by CAMP. If anyone has detials about this upcoming event, please let me know. It sounds really cool. Thanks in advance.
November 7, 2007 at 12:55pmI paid via the site today and then got the below notice (and was immediately refunded my $, needless to say). I guess we'll have to sit tight and wait until March '08 for this s...
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I hear that there is a Maria B. fashion show being held in New Brunswick, NJ on Nov. 17 and I also hear that it's sponsored by CAMP. If anyone has detials about this upcoming event, please let me know. It sounds really cool. Thanks in advance.
November 7, 2007 at 12:57pmI paid via the site today (www.enchantingmoments.net) and then got the below notice (and was immediately refunded my $, needless to say). I guess we'll have to sit tight and wai...
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I hear that there is a Maria B. fashion show being held in New Brunswick, NJ on Nov. 17 and I also hear that it's sponsored by CAMP. If anyone has detials about this upcoming event, please let me know. It sounds really cool. Thanks in advance.
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Hezbollah Deputy Secretary General Sheikh Naim Kassem has confirmed that thousands of the party's resistance fighters have staged secret military maneuvers without weapons or uniforms near occupied Palestine's border in southern Lebanon. On Monday Lebanese daily Al-Akhbar, reported that Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah personally supervised the maneuvers, which it said were carried out in the last three days and were the biggest ever staged in Lebanon. In an interview with the Lebanese 'O... Read More
November 6, 2007 at 12:16pmIsraeli Channel 10 said that the Hezbollah maneuvers were the most public yet. "This was not a simulation on papers, as Saniora had claimed, this is what we call leadership trai...
November 6, 2007 at 12:16pmSome Israeli security officials were quoted as saying that Israel has to send a suitable warning in response to these maneuvers and urged Israel to do something about them and n...
November 6, 2007 at 12:16pmIf Israel Can Do Drill, So Can We Speaking to The Daily Star in a telephone interview, former senior UNIFIL adviser Timur Goksel said ?Hezbollah is sending a political messag...
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The UN Security Council on Monday demanded free and fair presidential polls in Lebanon later this month without foreign meddling. After closed-door consultations on Lebanon, the 15-member body issued a non-binding statement stressing the "need to hold free and fair presidential elections in conformity with the Lebanese constitution and without any foreign interference and influence." The statement, read out by Indonesia's UN ambassador Marty Natalegawa who chairs the council this month, reaffirmed "the need for... Read More
November 6, 2007 at 12:12pmLebanese lawmakers have failed to agree on a consensus presidential candidate to replace President Emile Lahoud, whose term expires on November 24. Last month, Lebanon's parliam...
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Mohamad Shmaysani The word is that the November 12 presidential vote session could be delayed to a yet undetermined date, indicating complications to reach a consensus candidate to head the state of Lebanon. The Lebanese file has reportedly moved to the top of the Bush-Sarkozi agenda set for their Tuesday meeting in Washington. French ministerial sources told Lebanese Al-Akhbar daily that the French President has never been more convinced that Lebanon, Palestine, Iran and Iraq are four inseparable file, addi... Read More
November 6, 2007 at 12:09pmKouchner had earlier said that he tackled in his recent encounter with his Syrian counterpart Walid Muallem in Istanbul, the constitutional void in Lebanon. "A political void wi...
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Hi, I would like to get to know converts/reverts to Islam who are in or around NYC and, preferably, in their 20's or early 30's.
