Lebanon

A Third Lebanon War Could Be Much Worse than the Second

Muslims Against Sharia (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago

by Michael J. Totten Hezbollah's Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah recently announced that he could hit any and every place in Israel with long-range missiles. That would mean that, unlike in 2006, Hezbollah could strike not only the northern cities of Kiryat Shmona and Haifa but also Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Ben-Gurion International Airport, and the Dimona nuclear-power plant. I dismissed his claim as...

• A Third Lebanon War Could Be Much Worse than the Second - Michael J. Totten

Something To Declare: León, Spain; Lebanon; Colombia, via Florida; Answers on Australia

The Independent (Free subscription) | 20 hours ago

Since Colombia fell off the route map from the UK in 2004, reaching South America's most diverse, fascinating country has been tricky and expensive. While fares to the capital, Bogotá are reasonably competitive, at about £500 return from London, other, more alluring destinations have typically been £200 more. But Spirit Airlines has this week expanded its Colombian flights from its...

Kellan Lutz To Star In Cedars of Lebanon

Cinema Blend (Free subscription) | yesterday

Bye bye Forks. Hello Lebanon.

A Third Lebanon War Could Be Much Worse than the Second

1913 Intel (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago

If Israel’s nuclear power plant comes under fire, if Tel Aviv skyscrapers explode from missile attacks, if Hezbollah manages to turn all of Israel into a kill zone where there is no place to run, Israelis will panic like they haven’t since the 1973 Yom Kippur War when it briefly appeared the Egyptian army might [...]

Israel's border with Lebanon heats up

Israel Matzav (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago

Sunday is Lebanon's Independence Day, and the country's leadership has seen fit to celebrate the occasion by heating up the border with Israel. On Saturday, Lebanese newspaper Al-Quds Al-Arabi reported that Lebanon's army commander instructed his troops to raise the alert level along the border in preparation for an attack by the 'Israeli enemy.' In a statement published ahead of Lebanon's

MICHAEL TOTTEN: A Third Lebanon War Could Be Much Worse Than The Second….

Instapundit.com (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago

MICHAEL TOTTEN: A Third Lebanon War Could Be Much Worse Than The Second.

Ethiopian maids in Lebanon

Angry Arab News Service (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago

Ethiopian suicides. (thanks Yolanda)

Palestinian Children in Lebanon

Angry Arab News Service (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago

" Palestinian children in the camps of Lebanon are losing faith in the value of an education, with record numbers leaving school to work. “We are facing a big problem here,” said Ray Virgilio Torres, the head of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in Lebanon. “There seems to be a growing number of children in the camps that do not think that a school education will...

• Child labor rises as Palestinian children lose faith in learning - Daily Star

Body found in Lebanon belongs to lost British journalist: report

People Daily (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago

DNA test results showed that the body recovered by an official British team in Lebanon's Bekaa valley was that of British journalist Alec Collett who disappeared more than two decades ago, daily As-Safir reported on Friday. The British team searching for Collett announced that they recovered human remains on Tuesday in an area called Khellit al-Zayti, on the edge of the town of Aita al-Fakhar in the...

Lebanon ranks second in Arab world in economic freedom

Daily Star (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago

BEIRUT: The Fraser Institute’s annual Index of Economic Freedom in the Arab World ranked Lebanon in second place in 2009 among 15 Arab countries included in the survey, up from fifth place in 2008 and fourth place in 2007, as reported by Lebanon This Week, the economic publication of the Byblos Bank Group. The index measures the degree of economic freedom in each country on the basis of 18 variables...

Lebanon body may be that of Briton

Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | yesterday

A FORENSICS team searching for the body of a British journalist kidnapped by Palestinian militants more than 20 years ago have recovered human remains in Lebanon, the Foreign

• Body found may be journalist's - Scotsman.com
• Body found in Lebanon could be British journalist - The Guardian

A Third Lebanon War Could Be Much Worse Than The Second -- A Commentary

War News Updates (Free subscription) | yesterday

Israel - Hezbollah War 2006. Photo from The L.A. Times From Commentary Magazine: Hezbollah's Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah recently announced that he could hit any and every place in Israel with long-range missiles. That would mean that, unlike in 2006, Hezbollah could strike not only the northern cities of Kiryat Shmona and Haifa but also Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Ben-Gurion International Airport,...

Anti-African racism in Lebanon

Angry Arab News Service (Free subscription) | yesterday

It is not that there is no racism in the West, or in the US, in particular. But the fake culture of PC talk, has made blatant sexist and racism speech unacceptable socially or legally in some instances. In Lebanon, there are no restraints. Samir Franjiyyah is considered part of the Left of the March 14 Movement, and he never ever mentions Lebanon without saying: we are not the Congo, or we are not...

Lebanon hands over six alleged terrorists to Saudi Arabia

The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | yesterday

Beirut - Six Saudis facing terrorism charges in Lebanon will briefly return to their home country at the request of the Saudi government, a Lebanese judicial source said Friday. The men allegedly participated in bloody gunfights with the Lebanese arm...

LEBANON: Hassan Nasrallah is re-elected head of Hezbollah

France24 (Free subscription) | yesterday

Hassan Nasrallah was re-elected head of Hezbollah on Thursday following a congress that also adopted a new manifesto, which is to be revealed in coming days, the militant Shiite party announced.

Rosarita Tawil Miss Lebanon 2008

arabic | 11/07/2008

Rosarita Tawil Miss Lebanon 2008