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Paper: US preparing ‘massive’ military attack against Iran

According to a study written by a well respected British scholar and arms expert, The United States has the capacity for and may be prepared to launch without warning a massive assault on Iranian uranium enrichment facilities, as well as government buildings and infrastructure, using long-range bombers and missiles, according to a new analysis. Read the coverage on The Raw Story.Also:Will it happen? Read this analysis by the BBC’s Paul Reynolds

Mustapha Hamoui · Aug 29, 2007

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Insulting The Prophet

A newly established public school in Brooklyn (NY) named after the Lebanese poet Gibran Khalil Gebran causes an uproar.

Mustapha Hamoui · Aug 29, 2007

Soldiers, Hariri And Banned Newspapers

Three articles to print and enjoy.-Is all this fighting in the Bared camp demoralizing the Lebanese Army? Quite the contrary reports the Christian Science Monitor, the Army is in fact gaining cult status.-So what is Saad Hariri up to? Is he staying away from it all and taking a break from politics? Euh, actually, he’s secretly trying to solve the political crisis in… Pakistan- Malaysia Sun.-Finally, whenever I think of the newspaper Alhayat, I also think of Alsharq Al Awsat and Al-Arabiya, all being part of a gigantic Saudi media network. So why would the kingdom ban one of its own? The LA Times tries to find out.

Mustapha Hamoui · Aug 28, 2007

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Defeat For Peace?

One of Lebanon’s most respected commentators speculates on the nature of a probable war scenario between Syria and Israel.

Mustapha Hamoui · Aug 28, 2007

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Revealing Quote

“I used to think that the Lebanese exaggerate when they accuse Syria, but now I realized that she is the foundation of all troubles”

Mustapha Hamoui · Aug 27, 2007

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