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Tag Archives: Walid Jumblatt
A Question of Power
Jerusalem Post- 10/05/2008 The recent events in Beirut pose a simple, fundamental question: Who rules in Lebanon? The answer proposed by Hizbullah last week is that the government of Fuad Saniora and Saad Hariri is to be permitted to hold … Continue reading
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Tagged Beirut, Fuad Saniora, Hizbullah, Iran, Lebanon, Rafik Hariri, Walid Jumblatt
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Lebanon enters a Tunnel, the End of which can’t be Seen
Jerusalem Post-18/01/2011 The political crisis in Lebanon precipitated by the resignation last week of ministers affiliated with the Hizbullah- led March 8 bloc is now entering its second stage. The countdown has already begun toward the issuing of indictments for … Continue reading
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Tagged Hizbullah, Michel Suleiman, Nabih Berri, Rafik Hariri, Saad Hariri, Walid Jumblatt
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The Weatherman and the Wind
05/04/2010 Bob Dylan wrote that “you don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows.” With great respect to Dylan, however, if you are truly looking to ascertain the direction of the winds in a particular place and … Continue reading
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Tagged Bashar Assad, Damascus, Druse, Hassan Nasrallah, Hizbullah, March 14 movement, Syria, Teheran, Walid Jumblatt
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The Question of Power in Lebanon
Global Politician- 12/05/2008 When recent events in Beirut pose a simple, fundamental question: Who rules in Lebanon. The answer proposed by Hizbullah last week is that the government of Fuad Saniora and Saad Hariri is to be permitted to hold … Continue reading
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Tagged Beirut, Fuad Saniora, Hizbullah, Lebanon, March 14 movement, Saad Hariri, Shi'ites, Walid Jumblatt
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Homecoming for a Child-killer
Global Politician -17/07/2008 The deal for the return of convicted terrorist Samir Kuntar, four Hizbullah men captured in the 2006 Second Lebanon War and a number of corpses in return for the remains of kidnapped IDF soldiers Eldad Regev and … Continue reading
Syrian Games Without Frontiers
16/01/2008 The ongoing impasse over the appointment of the next Lebanese president, after Emil Lahoud stepped down on November 24, is the product of Syrian machinations and interference in Lebanese politics. The agreement reached on Sunday in Cairo may finally … Continue reading
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Tagged Assad regime, General Michel Suleiman, Hizbullah, Lebanon, Sarkozy, Syria, Walid Jumblatt
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Democratic Converts in Borrowed Array
Haaretz-11/03/2005 Euphoria is back. Democracy, it appears, is about to experience a late birth in our region. The Berlin Wall of the Arabs has fallen, and all will shortly be transformed. But the new and emerging political language in the … Continue reading
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Tagged Al-aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, Fatah, Mahmoud Abbas, reformers, Walid Jumblatt, Yasser Arafat
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