Q & A- Chomsky on Iran, Iraq, Lebanon … the World

"Saturday, 17 February, 2007 @ 8:23 PM Noam Chomsky is a noted linguist, author, and foreign policy expert. On February 9, Michael Shank interviewed him on the latest developments in U.S. policy toward Iran, Iraq,...

Olmert faces commission over war in Lebanon

"Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has begun testifying before a government commission investigating last year's war in Lebanon. Israeli newspapers say Mr Olmert is expected to defend his decisions and to tell the commission Israel won the war against the militant group,...

Peres: Cluster bombs a mistake

"Shimon Peres, Israel's deputy prime minister, has told Al Jazeera that his country's use of cluster bombs in Lebanon during last year's war with Hezbollah was a "mistake". Unexploded ordnance in the country has killed at least 27 people and wounded more than 140 since the...

Measured Response

" Israel may have violated agreements with Washington on the use of US-made cluster bombs in its war with Hizbullah in Lebanon last summer, the state department said today."

U.S: Israel may have misused cluster bombs

"Israel's use of U.S.-made cluster bombs in last year's war in Lebanon may have violated agreements with the United States governing their use, the State Department said Monday."

Hezbollah chief accuses Lebanon leaders of stirring conflict

" After the clashes that happened last Thursday 25 January that started in Beirut Arab University between pro-government students and opposition supporting students, which turned into a violent sectarian riots in...

Brace yourself, WWIII is coming so lets buy time.

Hypothetical Film WWII Scene: Lights, camera and action. As the film progresses, four brave American soldiers in Germany had exited out of their helicopter only to find themselves killed execution style by four Jewish men who had escaped from the Nazi Concentration Camp....

Western Asia heats up...

" The new Middle East cold war is being waged on such diverse battlefields as Baghdad, Beirut and Gaza between the proxies of Tehran and Riyadh. In Lebanon, the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is taking covert action against Hezbollah as part of a plan by President...

Iran, China Intent on Countering Navies

U.S. and Israeli Ships Targeted, Hezbollah Successfully Strikes with Iranian Missile........On November 13, roughly 24 hours before experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) reportedly discovered traces of plutonium and enriched uranium at an Iranian nuclear...

Hezbollah Driven By Iran and Syria, Lebanese Premier Claims

"The Lebanese Prime Minister has blamed Iran and Syria for organising a general strike in Beirut that led to rioting and the deaths of at least three people Fouad Siniora, the pro-Western Lebanese premier whose...

Finally, Israel admits Hezbollah’s victory in Lebanon

"The most significant result of the recent conflict in Lebanon is a change to the balance of fear in the Middle East, and this is why Israel has been resisting the fact that its army got defeated by Hezbollah fighters in the war. But after months of denial, Israel admitted...

Iran's Secret Plan For Mayhem

"The news that American forces had captured Iranians in Iraq was widely reported last month, but less well known is that the Iranians were carrying documents that offered Americans insight into Iranian activities in Iraq. An American intelligence official said the new...

Lebanon's deaths in Israel-Hezbollah war

"BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) — More than 1,000 Lebanese civilians and combatants died during the summer war between Israel’s army and Hezbollah guerrillas, according to tallies by government agencies, humanitarian groups and The Associated Press. Israeli authorities put the death...

Mufti Juzo: Hizballah using 'mafia tactics' in Lebanon

"Beirut – According to the Mufti of Mount Lebanon, Hezbollah has transformed itself from a resistance group to a Mafia organization, trying to force its will on the Lebanese people by using Mafia tactics. Mohammad Ali Jozu said of Hezbollah that they are in the middle of a...

Tensions mounts in Beirut

"Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa has renewed efforts to end a political standoff in Lebanon. Many fear violence could erupt as the country faces its worst political split since the 1975-1990 civil war."

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