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Cause And Effect

Decoded: The dynamic of the opposition’s activism. Cause: Lebanese Government passes the draft law for setting up the International Tribunal for trying Hariri’s killers.Effect: Shia Minister resigns, opposition protests and demands “National unity government” and “early elections.” Cause: Lebanese Government asks for the International Tribunal to be implemented under chapter 7Effect (coming to a street near you): Opposition to massively protest “unfair disbursements of war compensations” Spot the pattern..

Mustapha Hamoui · May 14, 2007

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Reactions To Seniora’s OP-ed

The letter writers, the bloggers and Hezbollah’s leader all react to P.M. Seniora’s opinion piece in the New York Times. In the Letters section of the Times, some readers were impressed by Seniora’s ideas. Lee from Albany writes:

Mustapha Hamoui · May 12, 2007

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Someone gets it

Israel should never ever try to play the Lebanese against each other because it always backfires. Micheal Totten, an American who lived in Lebanon explains:

Mustapha Hamoui · May 7, 2007

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Soyez Gentil Sarko..

Hezbollah wants the new French President to be more “balanced” than Chirac… If they only knew.

Mustapha Hamoui · May 7, 2007