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Syrian Activists Using Carrier Pigeons to Communicate?

Very nice story (French) to share. But I looked at the YouTube video and something felt wrong. I finally realized what it is: It’s really weird to use a cellphone camera to take a video of a message being sent by a carrier pigeon, and then upload that video to YouTube. Why not send the message using a cellphone in the first place?

Mustapha Hamoui · Feb 16, 2012

Lebanon’s Next Twitter Scandal ?

Ofir Gendelman is the Israeli Prime Minister’s spokesperson to the Arab media. Here’s a tweet he posted today:[blackbirdpie url=”https://twitter.com/#!/ofirgendelman/status/169810002910003201"]

Mustapha Hamoui · Feb 16, 2012

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Hezbollah’s Guide To Fighting Assad’s Army

Lebanon’s Hezbollah has managed to resist Israel’s invading army — the region’s most powerful armed force — by successfully deploying guerrilla tactics in what is known as an asymmetric war (where one side is much more powerful than the other).

Mustapha Hamoui · Feb 14, 2012