And On The 14th Day, Will We Rest?

The government’s ministerial statement is scheduled to be born tomorrow. How much will it matter?

So finally, after 14 meetings (coincidence?), it seems the government will finally have a mission statement at hand. As soon as it will be published, a massive public scrutiny will follow. Here are some of the things we should be looking [...]

Who Needs Jumblat When You’ve Got…Mika ?

The “Lebanese born” star got his 15 minutes of fame and gave tens of thousands of Lebanese an outlet to reject politics.
Mika in Beirut (Reuters)
Eventually, someone’s going to take it upon himself to dig and find out to what sect Mica Penniman –a.k.a Mika– belongs to. If that person hits jackpot and find out that [...]

Photos: Lebanese Army In Tripoli

The Lebanese army has finally managed to restore the calm in Tripoli. Here are some pictures of how they did it.
(Photos credit: Reuters)

Last Week Recap

Below is the list of posts I wrote last week, ordered from the most to the least controversial. Perhaps you’d like to revisit the responses to old comments you made?

“We Should Bomb All Of Lebanon, Not Just Hezbollah”

Coexisting With Hebollah

Hezbollah’s Independent ‘Foreign Policy’ Forges Ahead

The Army Should Be More Firm In Tripoli

Hezbollah’s Case For Itself

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The Army Should Be More Firm In Tripoli

The only way to prevent an all out outbreak of violence in Tripoli is for the army to adopt a zero tolerance approach.
Families fleeing the violence hiding in Tripoli public school
There is already talk in Tripoli that the army cannot to be trusted with protecting the citizens, and that if you want to protect your [...]

“We Should Bomb All Of Lebanon, Not Just Hezbollah”

The warm reception of Kuntar by the Lebanese has allowed Israeli nutjobs to publish hatred with abandon.

They don’t teach you this in journalism:
The only good thing that happened in the last war [July 2006] was the relative damage caused to Lebanon’s population. The destruction of thousands of homes of “innocents” preserved some of Israel’s deterrent [...]

Hezbollah’s Independent ‘Foreign Policy’ Forges Ahead

As the official government squabbles over its ministerial statement, the government of Hezbollah quietly conducts its own foreign policy.

The party of God couldn’t care less about what the official government has to say about the indictment by the International Criminal Court of Mr. Omar Al Bashir, the Sudanese president . Instead, they decided to [...]

List Of Lebanese Detainees In Syrian Prisons

On Wednesday Almustaqbal newspaper published a list of all Lebanese detainees in Syria (More details). I am republishing it here for online reference’s sake.