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WMR - Public Displays of Political Support in Beirut

•Jordan Bach-Lombardo, October 3, 2008

 

•”Beirutis Happy to Wave Goodbye to Party Flags” Column

 

•Asharq Alawsat (Arabic International) — http://panet.andover.edu/bin/common/course.pl?course_id=_9780_1&frame=top

 

•Article Summary
 
Time – September 29, 2008
 
Place – Beirut, Lebanon
 
Key People/Groups – Hezbollah; the Future Movement; the general public of Lebanon.
 
Vocabulary — Sectarian
 
Main Ideas
     Political party flags disappeared from public view all across Beirut in an effort to [...]

2008 10 19 Jordan Bachlombardo Middle East
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Syria and Lebanon Establish Diplomatic Relations for the First Time

In a historic step forward especially for Lebanon,  Syria and Lebanon have established diplomatic relations between their two nations for the first time since Lebanon was carved out of part of Syria following World War I.  Lebanon up to now had been struggling to assert itself as a sovereign nation. 
Story at the BBC
Additional background piece from [...]

2008 10 15 Ted Thornton Arab World
Middle East
Syria Comments (2)

Syria Builds up Troop Levels on Border With Lebanon

Story at the BBC
More on Syria
More on Lebanon

2008 10 12 Ted Thornton Arab World
Middle East
Syria Comments (0)

Lebanon factions launch dialogue

The various political factions of Lebanon, including the pro Syrian Hezbullah and the current westernized government, headed by Prime Minister Fouad Siniora, have agreed to talks after a guns battle nearly lead to civil war.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7618167.stm

2008 09 16 Cam Margeson NMH-PA Media Reports Comments (1)

Lebanon hails militants freed in prisoner swap.

Samir Kuntar, a convicted murderer, along with 5 Lebanese militants(captured during Hezbollah-Israel War) were returned to Lebanon.  In exchange, the bodies of 2 Israeli soldiers abducted during 2006 were returned to Israel.  Hezbollah included in the exchange a coffin containing body parts of IDF soldiers killed during the Second Lebanon War.  The Israelis were not [...]

2008 09 09 Leah Heyman Israel
Middle East
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Shrine in Lebanon to Imad Mughniyah

Lebanon’s Hizbullah  has opened a shrine in Nabatiye  to its recently deceased commander Imad Mughniyah.  Mughniyah, a high ranking member of Hizbullah, died on February 12 in a car bomb attack in Damascus that Hizbullah blamed on Israeli agents. Mughniyah was implicated in the 1985 hijacking of a TWA airliner which was diverted to Beirut [...]

2008 09 03 Ted Thornton Arab-Israeli Conflict
Islam and Politics
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Call for Investigation into High Suicide Rate Among Foreign Domestic Workers in Lebanon

Foreign domestics are committing suicide in high numbers in Lebanon.  Similar concerns have been raised about the conditions under which foreign domestics work in Jordan, among other countries.
Story at BBC

2008 08 26 Ted Thornton Women Comments (0)

Lebanese Christian Writer Brigitte Gabriel Interviewed

In yesterday’s (Sunday) New York Times Magazine, one will find excerpts from an interview Deborah Solomon conducted with Lebanese born Christian writer Brigitte Gabriel.  Gabriel emigrated to the United States.  She is a vociferous critic of radical Islam. 
Go to Article

2008 08 18 Ted Thornton Christianity
Islam and Politics
Islam and the West
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Lebanon: Agreement Reached on Unity Government

Today, political leaders in Lebanon reached agreement on the particulars of a unity government as stipulated in the general agreement reached in Qatar in May. 
Story at the BBC
More on the political crisis in Lebanon
 

2008 07 11 Ted Thornton Comments (0)

Lebanon at a Crossroad

Joshua Hammer writes about Lebanon’s predicament today as it stands at a critical crossroad.  He notes the “alluring, sensual Lebanon” of wine, jet setters, and beaches, and, he describes the other side of Lebanon: the Lebanon “riven by rivalries” among its leading religio-political sects: Maronites, Shiites, Sunnis, and Druze, each a part of what he [...]

2008 06 27 Ted Thornton Middle East
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