More On The Complex Relationship Between Hezbollah and the Lebanese Army
Nadim Koteich argues that the Army could serve as useful fig leaf for Hezbollah in the future:
Mustapha Hamoui · Aug 5, 2010
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“deeply divided over who should run the sovereign fund”
Remember how I wrote that creating a SWF (sovereign wealth fund) to manage potential oil finds would be fraught with too many political land mines in Lebanon?
Mustapha Hamoui · Aug 5, 2010
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Reducing US Military Aid To Lebanon Would Send A Terrible Message
This congressional staffer represents the opinion of many US congressmen who might be thinking of reducing military aid to Lebanon:
Mustapha Hamoui · Aug 5, 2010
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Beirut “a city with more texture than diamond-studded sandpaper”
The Dieline is an international authority on packaging design. One of their partners, jonathan ford, visited Beirut and found it to be “brilliant”:
Mustapha Hamoui · Aug 5, 2010
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Hezbollah And Lebanese Army are “Frenemies”
As Angie Nassar notes in NowLebanon’s Blog, the army and Hezbollah are both competitors and partners:
Mustapha Hamoui · Aug 4, 2010
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(Part 2) That Damned Confusing Blue Line
The Israelis have released the aerial photograph below. Take it with a grain of salt of course, but remember, the UN said that the incident happened on the Israeli side. The beige (hardly visible) dotted line is supposed to be the security fence that the Israelis crossed to remove the tree.
Mustapha Hamoui · Aug 4, 2010
❊ That Damned Confusing Blue Line
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Mustapha Hamoui · Aug 4, 2010
The Future Movement Is Not Responding To Nassrallah
It seems to me that Hariri’s Future Movement still doesn’t know how to respond to Sayyed Nassrallah’s allegations yesterday that Israel killed Hariri the father.
Mustapha Hamoui · Aug 4, 2010
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Tourism Minister Upbeat (As Tourism Ministers Always Are)
(Cartoon By Sareen Akharjalian)
Mustapha Hamoui · Aug 4, 2010
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