Apparently, Amal, one of Aoun’s allies in the March 8 group, is complaining to Hezbollah about Aoun’s tactics in the Jezine election campaign. They accuse his candidates of using divisive language with sectarian tones to get Christians to vote for him in the upcoming elections.
Dah! Did they just find out that this is how Aoun always wins [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Hariri’
Even his allies accuse him of dirty tricks
Posted in Politics, tagged Aoun, Berri, Elections, Hariri, Lebanon, March 14, March 8, Middle East, Sectarianism, Sunnis, Syria on May 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Detlev Mehlis clarifies the issues
Posted in Politics, tagged Aoun, Detlev Mehlis, Hariri, Hariri Case, Hezbollah, Israel, Lebanon, March 14, Middle East on May 8, 2009 | 2 Comments »
This morning Now Lebanon published an article in which the former investigator into the assassination of Rafiq Hariri, Detlev Mehlis, explained some of the facts surrounding the investigation. Most importantly, he dismissed criticism coming form the March 8/Hezbollah camp that the investigation has been politicized.
The pro-Syrian “opposition” has been celebrating the release recently of the four heads of security that [...]
The truth about the Aoun/Hezbollah alliance
Posted in Politics, tagged Hariri, Elections, Aoun, Lebanon, March 14, Middle East, March 8 on April 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The other day I was having a discussion about the political situation in Lebanon with a reluctant supporter of the March 8/Aoun camp. He approached his support for this group as an Arab nationalist of the old school. For them, standing up to Israel comes first, and hating Hariri is high on the list.
When I [...]
Hillary Clinton makes surprise visit to Beirut
Posted in Politics, tagged Clinton, Elections, Hariri, Lebanon, Middle East on April 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday, two of Lebanon’s latest helicopters were hovering over the city. Traffic stood still and army personnel were on all major thoroughfares. It was as if the city was getting ready for an invasion. Instead, Hillary Clinton was in town.
I could observe Clinton’s motorcade racing from the presidential palace in Baabda towards the center of [...]
Rethinking Hariri’s legacy
Posted in Politics, tagged Hariri, History, Lebanon, Middle East on August 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
When Rafic Hariri was assassinated in February 2005 most Lebanese were willing to set aside their differences to stand up for a cause: we will not allow our leaders to be killed simply because they stand up for Lebanon’s own interests. As a result, many of us remember Hariri’s good side. Its maybe time to [...]
Why do we even bother to hope anymore?
Posted in Politics, tagged Hariri, Lebanon, Middle East on February 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Are we stupid? Every time Mousa comes and meets Lebanon’s leaders I actually have hope that a solution might finally be had. I start imagining the election of a president happening and us, Lebanon, moving on to the next set of obstacles. Instead, we get another failed attempt. If Mousa had so little hope [...]
