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Spiegel Online has an article with detailed information on the investigation into the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri — imagine my surprise to learn that New Evidence Points to Hezbollah in Hariri Murder. SPIEGEL has learned from sources close to the tribunal and verified by examining ...
Syria fought pretty determinedly to get this stopped; it must have been something of a shock to the chinless one and his Iranian string-pullers that the UN decided to do something more than send another strongly-worded diplomatic communiqué. And today the Baathists of Syria and the Islamofascists of Hizballah got ...
LGF, Syria, Assad, Hariri, Iran, Hizballah, Hesbollah, Hezbollah, United Nations
Iran’s designated madman can’t seem to get along with anyone these days. If he doesn’t watch out, the only place he’ll have friends is in the US House of Representatives. Syrian President Bashar Assad exchanged harsh words with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad during a phone conversation, the Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Siyassah ...
Iran, Syria, Assad, Ahmadinejad, Hariri
The standoff in Lebanon continues, as Hizballah thugs promise to bring down the government and chant “Death to Siniora!”
Lebanon, Israel, Hizballah, Hesbollah, Hisbollah, Civil War, Gemayel, Syria, Hariri
In the standoff between Hizballah and the Saniora government, violence has broken out in the streets of Beirut: Sectarian clashes in West Beirut kill 1. (Hat tip: Gateway Pundit.) BEIRUT, Lebanon - Violent clashes broke out Sunday between Shiite and Sunni Muslims in the capital, leaving one man dead from ...
Lebanon, Israel, Hizballah, Hesbollah, Hisbollah, Civil War, Gemayel, Syria, Hariri
Interesting results from a new Zogby poll for the University of Maryland, asking Lebanese Arabs tough questions: A wide gap exists between Lebanon’s Shiite and other communities in their opinion on a number of issues including the outcome of the recent war with Israel and the situation in Iraq and ...
Lebanon, Israel, Hizballah, Hesbollah, Hisbollah, Civil War, Gemayel, Syria, Hariri
Hizballah thugs continue their show of force in Lebanon, blocking roads to Prime Minister Fuad Siniora’s office and setting up a terrorists’ tent city: Anti-government protest swamps Beirut. A SEA of protesters swamped Beirut overnight in a mass outpouring led by the Shiite group Hezbollah which then set up camp ...
Lebanon, Israel, Hizballah, Hesbollah, Hisbollah, Civil War, Gemayel, Syria, Hariri
Hundreds of thousands of Hizballah and Syria supporters turned out in Beirut today: Huge crowd demands Lebanon government quit. As always, Michael J. Totten has excellent commentary on this display of force.
Lebanon, Israel, Hizballah, Hesbollah, Hisbollah, Civil War, Gemayel, Syria, Hariri
Hizballah will show their strength in Beirut tomorrow, and there’s a potential for serious violence. Power struggles in the Middle East have a history of turning incredibly ugly with very little warning. Hezbollah calls protests in Lebanon. UPDATE at 11/30/06 7:38:26 pm: Vital Perspective has the full text of Nasrallah’s ...
Lebanon, Israel, Hizballah, Hesbollah, Hisbollah, Civil War, Gemayel, Syria, Hariri
The driving forces of international terrorism, Iran and Syria, seem to be preparing a major move in Lebanon to wipe out the gains from the Cedar Revolution: Lebanon’s pro-Syrian opposition calls for protests. BEIRUT (Reuters) - Pro-Syrian Hezbollah and its allies called for a peaceful protest and open-ended sit-in in ...
Lebanon, Israel, Hizballah, Hesbollah, Hisbollah, Civil War, Gemayel, Syria, Hariri
MEMRI’s latest report from Lebanon is a disturbing glimpse into a country on the brink of civil war, as decades-old political alliances are suddenly fluid. In recent days, the Lebanese media has been reporting on impending large-scale street demonstrations planned by Hizbullah. According to several reports, last night Hizbullah and ...
Lebanon, Israel, Hizballah, Hesbollah, Hisbollah, Civil War, Gemayel, Syria, Hariri
Hizballah members of Lebanon’s Parliament are issuing threats, as Prime Minister Siniora moves forward with the investigation of the murder of Rafiq Hariri. BEIRUT (AFP) - Powerful Shiite movement Hezbollah has warned that Lebanon risked plunging into a “dark tunnel” after the pro-Western cabinet pressed ahead with a controversial emergency ...
Lebanon, Israel, Hizballah, Hesbollah, Hisbollah, Civil War, Gemayel, Syria, Hariri