Targeting Education?

That they may have bombs and have it more abundantly

Almost a crime scene

It is hard to extract symbolism from today’s “warning” acts. In one day, two education institutions, a venerable American university, and a school in a Beirut suburb were shaken by security warnings.
The American University of Beirut (AUB) woke up to the news [...]

Spin The Picture

How the same picture can mean different things.

Not Just a Picture

So what does the picture above mean to you? The answer is: It depends on where you stand.
The picture of Saad Hariri, leader of the Lebanese parliamentary majority receiving a medal of honor from the French President Jacques Chirac was featured in just about every [...]

Axis Of Needles

A few months after the Iranians claimed that they found a cure for AIDS, a Lebanese doctor declared that he discovered a cure for Cancer.
You hear this stuff in the news all the time, but somehow it ends up fizzling.. Could these cases be any different? Could it be that all that is left is [...]

Michael Young responds to Joshua Landis (Remembe…

Michael Young responds to Joshua Landis (Remember him? the guy who won my award for the least insightful post on Lebanon?). Here’s a highlight:
“Having been denied a timely chance to respond on his site, I do so here. Why should a row matter? It matters to [...]

Philosophical words from Akbar Hashimi Rafsanjani…

Philosophical words from Akbar Hashimi Rafsanjani:
Now that Aoun has joined the Islamic resistance, the Islamic resistance is no longer… Euh, Islamic.
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Man2oush

Warning: Hazardous material if you’re hungry, Lebanese and living outside of Lebanon.

Other great pictures here

Party Poopers

How the opposition’s media is spoiling the fun.
While the March 14 media was celebrating the capture of a “Syrian-based terrorist network” and the March 14 Minister of Interior was busy pointing his official finger at Syrian intelligence, the Syrian-apologists immediately began casting doubt.
According to Assafir for example, the Interior minister “rushed into” accusing Syrian [...]

Busted

Why it matters that the perpetrators of recent terrorist activities are caught.

They did this

Beirut is rejoicing. The police caught a terrorist network that confessed to committing the double-bus explosions on February 13 and to planning the assassination of 36 prominent Lebanese personalities. So why are the Lebanese so happy?
This event is significant for three reasons:
1- [...]