Archive for November, 2006

Scaremongering

Here’s something I’ve noticed in both Tayyars in this country.
Much like George Bush, they’re using scaremongering and victimization to drum up their bases.

Arman Homsi, Annahar

Yesterday, the Future Movement mobilized its media with loud headlines about a Syrian plot to assassinate 36 Lebanese figures, just to get one message across to its core Northern Sunni [...]

Scaremongering

Here’s something I’ve noticed in both Tayyars in this country.
Much like George Bush, they’re using scaremongering and victimization to drum up their bases.

Arman Homsi, Annahar

Yesterday, the Future Movement mobilized its media with loud headlines about a Syrian plot to assassinate 36 Lebanese figures, just to get one message across to its core Northern Sunni [...]

Yet Another Franken-Party

Question: If you mix the profiles of two parties who belong to one side of the political divide, what do you get?
Answer: A new party on the other side of the political divide.
Meet March 14’s newest member: Attayar Al-Shee3y Al-Hurr, or FPS (Free Patriotic Shiaas.) They have just issued a statement, check it out.

Yet Another Franken-Party

Question: If you mix the profiles of two parties who belong to one side of the political divide, what do you get?
Answer: A new party on the other side of the political divide.
Meet March 14’s newest member: Attayar Al-Shee3y Al-Hurr, or FPS (Free Patriotic Shiaas.) They have just issued a statement, check it out.

Playing Dirty?

How fair is it for the March 14 group to invoke a 9-year-old Nassrallah statement to further their political objectives?

In today’s edition, the March 14 official website digs up an obscure Nassrallah interview with Assafir back in November 1997. In the interview, Hezbollah’s head said that civil disobedience in principle is unacceptable unless it is [...]

Playing Dirty?

How fair is it for the March 14 group to invoke a 9-year-old Nassrallah statement to further their political objectives?

In today’s edition, the March 14 official website digs up an obscure Nassrallah interview with Assafir back in November 1997. In the interview, Hezbollah’s head said that civil disobedience in principle is unacceptable unless it is [...]

Make love, not war, Lebanon style… From the “…

Make love, not war, Lebanon style…

From the “fertile” brains of columnist Georges Nassif.
Also notice the title of the piece. It can read: Lan yabka baladon litourakkibouh (there won’t be any country left to be fixed), but it can also read: Lan yabka baladon litarkabouh (there won’t be any country left to “ride”)
PS: If anyone can [...]

Make love, not war, Lebanon style… From the “…

Make love, not war, Lebanon style…

From the “fertile” brains of columnist Georges Nassif.
Also notice the title of the piece. It can read: Lan yabka baladon litourakkibouh (there won’t be any country left to be fixed), but it can also read: Lan yabka baladon litarkabouh (there won’t be any country left to “ride”)
PS: If anyone can [...]

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