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Across the Bay (Free subscription) | 06/29/2008
Back in February, Walid Jumblat made critical statements in an interview with Future News Channel. Jumblat spoke of the need for an "amicable divorce" between Hezbollah and the rest of Lebanon, as coexisting with such a group is an impossibility. Jumblat's comments resonated deeply as they didn't come from a vacuum. The brave An-Nahar columnist, Ali Hamade, for instance,...
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Across the Bay (Free subscription) | 06/16/2008
I apologize for the long absence, and I'll be back very shortly with my promised post on Walid Jumblat's significance in the recent crisis. Meanwhile, here's a quick analysis I wrote for Transatlantic Issues a short while ago. More to come.
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 05/16/2008
... Hassan would represent Nasrallah at the talks. Meanwhile, the daily As Safir said Druze leader Walid Jumblat telephoned Hajj Wafik Safa, Hezbollah's security coordinator, late Thursday in the first such contact between the two sides in a long time. Quoting sources close to Jumblatt, As Safir said the Druze leader told Safa that "throughout my life I used to fight with honour...
