Killing Mr. Lebanon: The Assasination of Rafik Hariri and its Impact on the Middle East
The Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
For a primer on why the European Union is likely doomed to shrivel on its own very sorry vine, you will not do better than this amazing piece of weekend analysis from Deutsche Welle . After a delay of five years owing to the objections of some member states to forging a partnership with the assassins of Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri (among other violations), Brussels is finally “poised”...
Connecting the Dots in the New World Order (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009
A Swiss newspaper said that a number of UN employees in Geneva have concluded that Israel is eavesdropping on UN court sessions. The Neue Zuericher Zeitung (NZZ) added that bugging devices have been found in the organization’s deliberations room in the Swiss capital. The newspaper pointed that during regular maintenance procedures on the electrical network, three years ago, two bugging devices...
Knight Talk: Politics and World Affairs (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Great demands are being made of our armed forces, and many of the forces in the UN. But we must be mindful that in winning this war on terror we do not turn a blind eye to Hezbollah. It shouldn’t be forgotten that Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah the leader of Hezbollah threatened Israel with open war two years ago and vowed that the end of the Jewish state was imminent. Nasrallah delivered his threat...
Daily Star (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Rafik Hariri birthday marked at Al-Amin MosqueDaily Star staffTuesday, November 03, 2009- Powered by BEIRUT: A celebration was organized on Sunday for the occasion of the birthday of late Prime Minister Rafik Hariri at the hall bearing his name at the Al-Amin Mosque in Beirut. The celebration was organized by Hariri’s widow Nazek Hariri and the women’s organization affiliated with the Future...
Angry Arab News Service (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
Robert sent me this: "Read the fourth paragraph of this article from the Daily Star: "Le Gray is located in the historic heart of Downtown Beirut, a 15-minute drive from Rafik Hariri International Airport, in the smart Beirut Central District. It offers cool, modern interiors, with 87 wonderfully spacious rooms and sensational suites, exciting restaurants, all accompanied by warm and highly...
The Asparagus (Free subscription) | 10/07/2009
Syria's President Bashar al-Assad is holding talks in Damascus with King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia. The two countries had a big falling out a few years ago when the Saudi-backed Lebanese politician Rafik Hariri was assassinated, apparently on Syria's orders. The dispute between these two major regional players has hindered efforts to solve problems such as Israel/Palestine, Iran's nuclear ambitions...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 09/17/2009
New York - Syria said Thursday it reserves the right to take legal measures against former prosecutor Detlev Mehlis of Germany, accusing him of politically targeting Damascus in the murder of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. Mehlis headed...
Iraq the Model (Free subscription) | 09/01/2009
Iraq continues to insist on internationalizing the crisis with Syria, which began after Iraq demanded that Syria hands over senior Ba’ath Party members. Iraq now plans to persuade the international community to form an international criminal court, similar to the one investigating the assassination of the late Lebanese premier Rafik Hariri. Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki stressed at a meeting...
Syria (Free subscription) | 09/01/2009
Mr. Jumblatt is widely seen as one of the leading trend-spotters in the rapidly shifting world of Lebanese politics. His ominous statement in this case certainly appears to reflect a growing unease in Lebanon. The threat of criminal indictments issued by the UN tribunal investigating Rafik Hariri’s death has been hanging over Lebanon’s political arena since 2005, but recent hints in the...
PrairiePundit (Free subscription) | 08/03/2009
Opinion Journal: Since taking power nine years ago, Syrian strongman Bashar Assad has: turned his country into a safe haven and transit corridor for jihadists en route to Iraq; funneled sophisticated munitions to Hezbollah and probably Hamas; sought to build an illicit nuclear reactor with North Korean help; mostly failed to liberalize Syria’s economy and resisted liberalizing its politics; publicly...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 07/16/2009
Diplomats tasked with investigating details of assassination which remains shrouded in conspiracy theories and speculation Armed with a modest mandate and a limited time-frame, a United Nations unit investigating the assassination of the Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto today arrived in Islamabad. The three-man team, headed by the Chilean diplomat Heraldo Munoz, wil find themselves plunged...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 07/09/2009
New York - David Tolbert, a lawyer with extensive experience in international criminal law, was Thursday appointed a registrar for the special tribunal prosecuting the assassination of former Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri. Tolbert will begin w...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 07/09/2009
Beirut - French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner arrived Thursday in Beirut for talks with Lebanese leaders on the situation in Lebanon and regional peace efforts. Cabinet formation is an internal issue, Kouchner said on arrival at Rafik Hariri in...
Exposing Liberal Lies (Free subscription) | 07/09/2009
Americans have been bamboozled by the author of hope and change. President Obama may very well be one of the finest orators our nation has known, but how exactly will his fancy rhetoric keep our citizens safe when he is also proving to be one of our nation’s weakest leaders in terms of foreign policy ? Our new president is on a fast course to cut our nation down to size. Why does America’s...
J O S H U A P U N D I T (Free subscription) | 07/06/2009
Why is President Barack Hussein Obama so weak and dysfunctional on foreign policy? While there are a great many items since he took office we could cite, let's examine just a few of the more recent items... *For all his blather about being 'disturbed' by the Iranian regime's violence towards its own people and not being 'reconciled to a nuclear Iran', Obama is doing absolutely nothing at all to prevent...
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