Comments on: A Trap http://beirutspring.com/blog/2007/04/25/a-trap/ Blogging Lebanese politics, business and society since 2005 Tue, 22 May 2012 20:42:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Best Of 2007 | The Beirut Spring, a Lebanese Blog http://beirutspring.com/blog/2007/04/25/a-trap/#comment-4601 Best Of 2007 | The Beirut Spring, a Lebanese Blog Mon, 31 Dec 2007 17:19:19 +0000 http://beirutspring.com/blog/2007/04/25/a-trap/#comment-4601 [...] • Can the Lebanese reduce the mobile phone rates?• The killing of Ziad & Ziad• Loans for bosoms• Hezbollah cheating on their exams? [...] [...] • Can the Lebanese reduce the mobile phone rates?• The killing of Ziad & Ziad• Loans for bosoms• Hezbollah cheating on their exams? [...]

]]> By: The Beirut Spring » Something Brewing http://beirutspring.com/blog/2007/04/25/a-trap/#comment-4600 The Beirut Spring » Something Brewing Tue, 01 May 2007 08:37:17 +0000 http://beirutspring.com/blog/2007/04/25/a-trap/#comment-4600 [...] Compromise is in the air, but who’s going to give? You know a solution to the Lebanese impasse is in the making when American Ambassador Jeffrey Feltman gives an Interview to Al-Akhbar, a notoriously pro-opposition newspaper, when Naim Kassem is not wagging his fingers too much, when Michel Aoun appears receptive and when Hariri’s Al-mustaqbal newspaper features Palestine, Iraq and Turkey as main news items on its main page. The initial spark that set this virtuous circle moving is the combination of Walid jumblat’s reaction to the murders of Ziad and Ziad, where he sent an olive branch to his political opponents, and Mr. Sanioura’s initiative where he hinted that he doesn’t mind giving the opposition a veto-wielding share of the government as long as they agreed to a pre-determined program.  It is unclear how far the PSP leader and his allies are willing to compromise without appearing to be selling out, but what’s clear is that the brutal murder presented March 14 with an opportunity to backtrack without sounding weak. Jumblat, who only recently criticized his own MPs for cheerfully hugging and greeting March 8 MPs whom he described as “peddlers of the culture of death”, might have calculated that the best response to forces who want to destabilize Lebanon is further Lebanese rapprochement. bookmark: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages. [...] [...] Compromise is in the air, but who’s going to give? You know a solution to the Lebanese impasse is in the making when American Ambassador Jeffrey Feltman gives an Interview to Al-Akhbar, a notoriously pro-opposition newspaper, when Naim Kassem is not wagging his fingers too much, when Michel Aoun appears receptive and when Hariri’s Al-mustaqbal newspaper features Palestine, Iraq and Turkey as main news items on its main page. The initial spark that set this virtuous circle moving is the combination of Walid jumblat’s reaction to the murders of Ziad and Ziad, where he sent an olive branch to his political opponents, and Mr. Sanioura’s initiative where he hinted that he doesn’t mind giving the opposition a veto-wielding share of the government as long as they agreed to a pre-determined program.  It is unclear how far the PSP leader and his allies are willing to compromise without appearing to be selling out, but what’s clear is that the brutal murder presented March 14 with an opportunity to backtrack without sounding weak. Jumblat, who only recently criticized his own MPs for cheerfully hugging and greeting March 8 MPs whom he described as “peddlers of the culture of death”, might have calculated that the best response to forces who want to destabilize Lebanon is further Lebanese rapprochement. bookmark: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages. [...]

]]> By: Joseph http://beirutspring.com/blog/2007/04/25/a-trap/#comment-4599 Joseph Sat, 28 Apr 2007 13:44:51 +0000 http://beirutspring.com/blog/2007/04/25/a-trap/#comment-4599 Trap and Trapped are one! And if you understand that, there isn't any trap left :-) Lets not switch the blame of either Syria or Israel to a Lebanese Sectarian Divide. Trap and Trapped are one! And if you understand that, there isn’t any trap left :-)

Lets not switch the blame of either Syria or Israel to a Lebanese Sectarian Divide.

]]> By: March 14 http://beirutspring.com/blog/2007/04/25/a-trap/#comment-4598 March 14 Fri, 27 Apr 2007 07:10:36 +0000 http://beirutspring.com/blog/2007/04/25/a-trap/#comment-4598 By now we should all the quality of people the 14 March movement are against. After the attacks that took place in the Tareek il jdeedeh, some supporter of the hizbolla regym went down to Wata mousaitbeh and started shooting, in return they were shot back,...when the Shamas was shot,..Ziab Kabalan was there at the shooting but he in return drove Shamas to the Hospital,..And they kill him for that DEED...What a murder...Who is behind this is definetly not Lebanese, or perhaps pretending to be one By now we should all the quality of people the 14 March movement are against. After the attacks that took place in the Tareek il jdeedeh, some supporter of the hizbolla regym went down to Wata mousaitbeh and started shooting, in return they were shot back,…when the Shamas was shot,..Ziab Kabalan was there at the shooting but he in return drove Shamas to the Hospital,..And they kill him for that DEED…What a murder…Who is behind this is definetly not Lebanese, or perhaps pretending to be one

]]> By: beirutspring http://beirutspring.com/blog/2007/04/25/a-trap/#comment-4597 beirutspring Thu, 26 Apr 2007 22:23:42 +0000 http://beirutspring.com/blog/2007/04/25/a-trap/#comment-4597 Sorry for your loss EF. It is that of every lebanese. The time now is for grief. Sorry for your loss EF. It is that of every lebanese. The time now is for grief.

]]> By: EF http://beirutspring.com/blog/2007/04/25/a-trap/#comment-4596 EF Thu, 26 Apr 2007 22:19:38 +0000 http://beirutspring.com/blog/2007/04/25/a-trap/#comment-4596 i knew both of them, the 12 y.o used to play football with my brother he lived a minute away from my place im now in Sweden and was shocked when i heard the news. R.I.P i knew both of them, the 12 y.o used to play football with my brother he lived a minute away from my place im now in Sweden and was shocked when i heard the news. R.I.P

]]> By: SAd SAD Day http://beirutspring.com/blog/2007/04/25/a-trap/#comment-4595 SAd SAD Day Thu, 26 Apr 2007 20:35:43 +0000 http://beirutspring.com/blog/2007/04/25/a-trap/#comment-4595 very eary , scary and quiet in Beirut right now , u shud have seen how the people vacated ABC when the news first broke out about their death. What a tragedy a 12 year old boy tortured and killed , one year younger than my brother...when will this end , i still remember the night when 4 phalangists were killed and thrown in ashrafiyeh by palestinians , forgive me for provoking these memories , scared to death and worried , till when will the lebanese continue to survive these incidents ,a will we endure it this time wth all those tempers flaring and rage surging. very eary , scary and quiet in Beirut right now , u shud have seen how the people vacated ABC when the news first broke out about their death. What a tragedy a 12 year old boy tortured and killed , one year younger than my brother…when will this end , i still remember the night when 4 phalangists were killed and thrown in ashrafiyeh by palestinians , forgive me for provoking these memories , scared to death and worried , till when will the lebanese continue to survive these incidents ,a will we endure it this time wth all those tempers flaring and rage surging.

]]> By: hady http://beirutspring.com/blog/2007/04/25/a-trap/#comment-4594 hady Thu, 26 Apr 2007 20:04:02 +0000 http://beirutspring.com/blog/2007/04/25/a-trap/#comment-4594 May Allah bless our two martyrs, Allah yente2em min l mejermeen May Allah bless our two martyrs, Allah yente2em min l mejermeen

]]> By: Joseph http://beirutspring.com/blog/2007/04/25/a-trap/#comment-4593 Joseph Thu, 26 Apr 2007 05:12:56 +0000 http://beirutspring.com/blog/2007/04/25/a-trap/#comment-4593 Lebanese are by 'default' very aware of any commencement of civil war. I think we can handle high restraint when needed. Someone is playing games, and its certainly NOT Lebanese! I am not saying it's Israeli, neither am I saying it's American, nor Syrian. AllI am saying, this is not a Lebanese act! Someone wants to create strife, and is has immense power of spreading rumors throughout the country. Reasonably, Syria had such influence on Lebanese social affairs, down to the social apparatus to be able to spread such rumors - But to be fair, I am not blaming them. It's about time the Lebanese settle this! It's been 6 Months they've been in Centre-Ville. Have they broke the world record for a demonstration? Can it still be called a Demonstration? Lebanese are by ‘default’ very aware of any commencement of civil war. I think we can handle high restraint when needed.

Someone is playing games, and its certainly NOT Lebanese! I am not saying it’s Israeli, neither am I saying it’s American, nor Syrian. AllI am saying, this is not a Lebanese act! Someone wants to create strife, and is has immense power of spreading rumors throughout the country. Reasonably, Syria had such influence on Lebanese social affairs, down to the social apparatus to be able to spread such rumors – But to be fair, I am not blaming them.

It’s about time the Lebanese settle this! It’s been 6 Months they’ve been in Centre-Ville. Have they broke the world record for a demonstration? Can it still be called a Demonstration?

]]> By: LebanesePatriot http://beirutspring.com/blog/2007/04/25/a-trap/#comment-4592 LebanesePatriot Thu, 26 Apr 2007 03:04:19 +0000 http://beirutspring.com/blog/2007/04/25/a-trap/#comment-4592 This is a scary situation. Couple of incidents like that and we have 1975 again. "They" have to contain it right away. I think Mr. "Divine Victory", has to contact the families himself to assure that they are not involved. There is a big possibility that a third party did that (Like the Syrians, for example). We all know that how much Syria is praying for stability in Lebanon! This is a scary situation. Couple of incidents like that and we have 1975 again. “They” have to contain it right away. I think Mr. “Divine Victory”, has to contact the families himself to assure that they are not involved.

There is a big possibility that a third party did that (Like the Syrians, for example). We all know that how much Syria is praying for stability in Lebanon!

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