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Nicolas Hanhan Why should an Islamic terrorist Militia sign in a church on democracy and strategic defense plan? Recently in an interview with France Press, Future Movement leader Sheikh Saad Al-Hariri said that he can not understand how a political leader as Prime Minister Michel Aoun can be simultaneously with the international justice and security counsel resolutions and in Alliance with a Hezbollah which is a terrorist group. Mr. Hariri continues to defend his past alliance with Hezbollah duri... Read More
November 20, 2007 at 2:10pmAoun supporters can not visualize him shaking hand with Jumblat, Salim Elhouse , Samir Gaggea etc. without shaking hands with Nassrallah . The Free Patriotic Movement still can ...
November 20, 2007 at 2:10pmFinally Hezbollah states that arms are not holly, for carrying arms is not an objective in itself. Rather, it is an honorable and sacred means exercised by any group whose land ...
November 20, 2007 at 2:09pmWe understand a request for all parties participation in the Dialogue, a consensual democracy remains the fundamental basis for governance in Lebanon. A modern electoral law and...
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Elias Aoun All Lebanese believe in those principles. The question is how to preserve them? In a recent interview Mr. Saad Hariri made a reference to the principles of sovereignty, independence, and freedom. All Lebanese believe in those principles. The question is how to preserve them? One aspect is to enhance national unity ? at the very least through developing a sense of citizenship and protection of constitutional rights for all citizens. However, there are measures committed by elements within... Read More
November 20, 2007 at 2:07pmMr. Hariri probably knows that if he had joined the Understanding since its inception and addressed any concerns he had through amendments, then he and Lebanon would have been i...
November 20, 2007 at 2:07pmNo one knows this lesson more than Samir Geagea ? and it is this lesson that will ultimately unify more parliamentarians with General Aoun. With regard to Hezbollah, Mr. Hari...
November 20, 2007 at 2:06pmIf an adequate electoral law was in place to ensure equitable representation and/or if the eleven contested seats were properly adjudicated by the Constitutional Council, then e...
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Cherifa Sirry's Blog There is a lot for Ban Ki Moon to do in Lebanon One would imagine that when the Secretary General of the United Nations visits Lebanon, he would be going there in order perhaps to meet the UNIFIL troops or address maybe the daily Israeli violations of Lebanese land and air sovereignty despite the cessation of hostilities and UN resolutions. There is a lot for Ban Ki Moon to do in Lebanon: To start with, there are 400,000 registered Palestinian refugees in hardship refugee cam... Read More
November 20, 2007 at 2:05pmIndeed, Ban Ki Moon is in Lebanon pimping for the United States and Israel. Ban Ki Moon is in Lebanon in order to try and give some kind of ?UN umbreallah of world legitimacy? t...
November 20, 2007 at 2:04pmThere is the problem of the Lebanese lands that are still occupied by Israel, the Shebaa farms and the Ghajar. There is the problem of Lebanese POW?s that Israel refuses to r...
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Security sources revealed to Al-Manar channel that Customs members in International Lebanese Former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri Airport are smuggling huge amount of ammunitions inside mail packages. While making sure from the bill of the package landing, it was clear that the information department in the internal security forces is the receiving side, what caused tension between the internal security forces and Customs members who refused to release the load from the airport. The story started Monday aftern... Read More
November 20, 2007 at 2:02pmThe Customs members refused to deliver the packages since importing of ammunitions need a resolution from the Cabinet and a written approval from the army command. These two con...
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Maronite Patriarch Nasrallah Sfeir is leaving to the Vatican on Wednesday morning. Some sources said that Sfeir was upset of the political situation in Lebanon and of the pressures practiced on him and that is why he intends to make a long trip outside the country. On Monday, Sfeir warned that if the feuding political sides were not willing to compromise, presidential elections will be very difficult. "If each group wants to stick to its stance, without taking any action to meet the other, then elections se... Read More
November 20, 2007 at 2:00pmSfeir said that the candidates on his list included names that have been published, and others who are "less known," but that all of his candidates could serve as a consensus pr...
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mid mounting tension on the eve of Lebanese presidential elections, Army Commander Geneneral Michel Sleiman indicated Tuesday that his troops would confront any attempt to destabilize Lebanon. In his order of the day marking the 64th anniversary of Lebanon's independence, Sleiman told his troops: "Your national role is dictated by the blood of martyrs and confidence of the citizens who would remain by your side ?They call upon you to safeguard their security and stability; to prevent aggression on their live... Read More
November 20, 2007 at 1:58pmThe army and security forces have been entrusted with the task of enforcing law and order as the nation faces controversial elections to choose a successor to President Emile La...
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Jeff Foxworthy on Ohio: First of all, I gotta say,"Go Bucks!" You might be from Ohio (pronounced a-HI-a), if: You think all pro football teams are supposed to wear orange! You know your 4 seasons: winter, still winter, almost winter and construction. You live less than 30 miles from some college or university. You know what a buckeye really is, and have a recipe for the candied kind. "Toward the Lake" means "north" and "toward the River" me... Read More
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Salam and Hello everyone We have been receiving many enquiries from you about how you can get involved and help raise funds for the people of Bangladesh. Islamic Relief has launched a ?3 million appeal for Bangladesh and if there is anything you can do to help us achieve this target, it would be fantastic. o The first thing that you can do is to donate yourself: www.islamic-relief.com o You can contact your local Islamic Relief Office and ask them what you... Read More
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Read all about 2009 Honda FCX www.autobloggreen.com
November 19, 2007 at 5:23pmHere is another review with pics of Honda FCX http://jalopnik.com/cars/first-drive/honda-fcx-clarity-324064.php
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Diplomatic Pleasantries Have Been Discarded Lebanon is Hanging by a Thread By KARIM MAKDISI The UN Secretary General (SG) Ban Ki-moon has just left the country warning that Lebanon stands at "the brink of an abyss," and yet the UN itself remains an ambivalent actor in the post 9/11 Middle East setting, torn between its traditional commitments under the UN Charter (including the non-interference in the domestic disputes of a Member State) and the radical imperatives of a US administration. The unfoldi... Read More
November 18, 2007 at 2:56pmKarim Makdisi is Assistant Professor of International Relations in the Dept of Political Studies and Public Administration at the American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon....
November 18, 2007 at 2:56pmWhile the UN has little decisive influence on the ground in Lebanon, the epic battle between the contradictory imperatives of Resolution 1559 and Resolution 1701 is represents t...
November 18, 2007 at 2:56pmIf the SG's dilemma could be illustrated in an old-fashioned Tom and Jerry cartoon (where an imaginary devil and angel appear as contradictory advisors to the main character), w...
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By Charley Reese ? AntiWar.com ? November 18, 2007 It is long past time for American politicians to quit carrying water for the state of Israel and its powerful U.S. lobby. Congress' craven obedience to the lobby is a disgrace. America's strategic interests in the Middle East lie with the Arab countries. Israel is a strategic and economic liability. The U.S. government's slavish support of Israel brands us as a hypocrite and is responsible for most of the hostility toward the U.S. Americans have been br... Read More
November 18, 2007 at 2:51pmThe Arab and Muslim people, with the exception of al-Qaeda, don't hate America or Americans. It is the pro-Israel foreign policy and, of course, our invasions of two Muslim coun...
November 18, 2007 at 2:51pmHaving created 700,000 Palestinian refugees, the Israelis have from the beginning refused to allow them to return to their homes, farms and businesses, all of which Israel confi...
November 18, 2007 at 2:51pmIsrael's goal is and always has been to take all of Palestine and to get rid of the Palestinians. The Israelis employed ethnic cleansing in 1948 and again in 1967 to make hundre...
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The Turkish envoy that visited occupied al-Quds in March to inspect the excavations at the Mughrabi Gate outside of the Temple Mount has concluded that the work is destroying artifacts from different Muslim historical periods, and called on Israel to coordinate their activities with the Palestinians and the international community, the Turkish newspaper A-Zamaan reported on Saturday. "The work being conducted by Israel does not abide by the appropriate , and the dig testifies to the fac... Read More
November 18, 2007 at 2:49pmThe seven-person Turkish technical team conducted their inspections in March; one month after Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan suggested the idea to Israeli Prime Min...
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In the final report which the Winograd Committee is set to publish by the end of the year, Israel Prime Minister Ehud Olmert will be blamed for the final 60 hours of the Second War against Lebanon, during which 33 Israeli soldiers died, the Sunday Times reported on Sunday. Quoting a source familiar with the details of the Winograd proceedings, the report says that the prime minister was responsible for the decision to continue with the fighting, despite the fact that the United Nations had already started to wo... Read More
November 18, 2007 at 2:48pmAnd Olmert must also be heald responsible for the death of more than 1,000 civilians in Lebanon, along with those who collaborated with him, within Lebanese borders and outside.
November 18, 2007 at 2:47pmThe panel was established to examine the preparedness of the Israeli government and the army for war against Lebanon and their conduct in the Second Lebanon War, which began on ...
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"The Annapolis conference aims to stabilize the situation in the West Bank, because Gaza is already a lost cause," Israeli Internal Security Minister Avi Dichter said Sunday while touring 'Nativ Haasara', a community on the border with Gaza. During his visit, Dichter heard criticism from angry Israeli residents who protested the town's ongoing bombardment by Qassam rockets and mortars fired from the Gaza Strip. During his tour of this border community of 700, which included inspecting homes and greenhouses d... Read More
November 18, 2007 at 2:45pm"It is not enough to cope with the rockets, we must also deal with the growing power of Hamas, which is bringing into the Strip weapons like antitank missiles, which Hezbollah u...
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Hezbollah has dismissed the idea of electing the country's president through half plus one vote procedure. Speaking to Al-Alam TV Channel in Beirut, member of the Loyalty to the resistance parliamentary bloc MP Hussein Al-Haj Hassan said the half plus one procedure is worse than political vacuum in Lebanon. He warned the February 14 bloc to stay away from clinching to stupid strategies, stressing that the president of Lebanon should be elected through consensus of all political parties. Al-Haj Hassan reitera... Read More
November 18, 2007 at 2:43pmHe stressed that the opposition leader General Michel Aoun has been nominated as the only candidate by the opposition for the presidency of Lebanon. "The pro-government camp has...
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IRAQI FIXERS AND THE GROWING REFUGEE CRISIS PANEL DISCUSSION Date: Monday, November 26, 2007 Time: 6:00pm - 8:00pm Where: Swayduck Auditorium, The New School Address: 65 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Iraqis working with Americans in Iraq, either as fixers with media organizations or as employees of the US government or non-governmental organizations, routinely face death threats, abduction, assasination, torture and extortion. These and other at risk populations are increasi... Read More
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Asalaam Alaikum and Greetings, The current FULL issue of AtifsList with all detailed event listings has now been posted on the website. If you wish to receive the FULL version of AtifsList with all events details, please subscribe directly at: groups.yahoo.com . AtifsList is now on Facebook. If you ever wanted to go to an event but did not know who else was going, then AtifsList & Facebook might be able to help. One proposed use would be to try and gather & coordinate peo... Read More
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Salaam, Does anyone have recipes that use grape leaves? :)
November 28, 2007 at 8:28pmThank you so much, Lynfasi!!! The recipe looks great....I'll let you know how it turns out. :)
November 28, 2007 at 2:37pmPinktulip, humm I like grape Leaves. I never make them. I buy them from a local algerian shop. I buy the fresh homemade from a kurdish restaurant. Thats the recipe I've foun...
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General Aoun: I urge MP Hariri to save the national unity and thus safeguard the republic in Hizb_N_Lebanon
Tayyar.org After heading a meeting of the Change and Reform Parliamentary Bloc at his Rabieh residence, MP Michel Aoun made the following statement: ?The situation is critical and that is why we went over the French initiative as we all know that it has no Constitutional framework. As a matter of fact, it showed a flaw in the democratic process as it asked Maronite Patriarch Nasrallah Sfeir to suggest X number of presidential candidates to be submitted to parliament for the deputies to choose from wherea... Read More
November 16, 2007 at 2:40pmSo the US is imposing on us a policy that we cannot accept. And even if we do accept it ? and it would be shameful for us to do that ? we are unable to implement it because it p...
November 16, 2007 at 2:40pm[b]I would like to tell you an anecdote about how the Lebanese people view the American policy in Lebanon. Let?s imagine a presidential candidate seeking the support of the Amer...
November 16, 2007 at 2:40pmConsequently, he would be blowing up in the air all the political and material heritage his father has left him. So if he is influenced by some other parties, he has to know tha...
