20 Wednesday Mar 2013
Posted in LB Politics, Lebanon
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elections, Lebanese Elections, Lebanese Elections 2013, Lebanese people, lebanon, Michel Aoun, Orthodox Law, sectarianism
Michel Aoun is one of the direct and blunt politicians in Lebanon which makes him say stupid things a lot of time, if not most.
In his continuous and pointless sectarian defence to his sectarian electoral law proposal (Orthodox Law) which stipulates each sect electing its MPs, and getting the Christians to elect 50% of the parliament, he said:
06 Sunday May 2012
Posted in LB Politics, Politics
“I come before you today to urge you to be true to America’s nature, to aid those aspiring to freedom, to strike a blow to terrorism [...] the genuine nature of the Lebanese people is reflected in their love for freedom and their affection towards America; and the genuine nature of America is reflected in its support of those who seek freedom [...] We have never lost faith – and we never will – that our natural allies in the free world will finally see (the Lebanese struggle with Syria) for what it truly is: a fight for freedom against terrorism and oppression.” General Michel Aoun – September 2003 – In the United States Congress for the Accountability and Lebanese Sovereignty Restoration Act. Continue reading »
02 Friday Dec 2011
Posted in LB Politics, Lebanon, Politics
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Hezbollah, Lebanese government, lebanon, March 14, Michel Aoun, Nabih Berri, Najib Mikati, Saad Hariri, Special Tribunal for Lebanon, Walid Jumblatt
What an end for a story climax, the completion of challenge of the 2011 funding of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL). It ended peacefully this time, with the least damages possible to all parties concerned, by the announcement of PM Najib Mikati on Wednesday 30th November 2011 that he wired the required $32m to the STL. No further details were given; he told us that he just did it! No news where the money came from and how. Rumours spread that it will be covered from donations, or from the High Commission for Relief (HRC) budget, or may be from some dodgy black box type account! Anyway, HRC denied the news that it was funding the STL from its budget, but I couldn’t think of a better relief to avoid a better disaster!
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26 Monday Sep 2011
Posted in LB Politics, Lebanon, Media Monitoring, Politics, Press, Wikileaks
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Almustaqbal, Hezbollah, lebanon, March 14, Michel Aoun, Press, Saad Hariri, twitter, Wikileaks
The Lebanese daily newspaper Almustaqbal reported today that the head of Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) General Michel Aoun referred to Hezbollah as a ‘terrorist organisation’ in one of the Wikileaks cables (06Beirut413). Other media outlets reported the story referring to Almustaqbal, and one of them was Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International (LBCI) where I read this piece news (on their website).
Almustaqbal newspaper is owned by the political opponent and Former Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri. If this is true, it will be a blow to the current alliance that exists between Michel Aoun and Hezbollah.
Actually, I read this cable before Almustaqbal, and soon after its release. I decided then NOT to blog about it, as I didn’t find anything unusual or already not available in the public domain.
There is a huge amount of spin added to the reporting on Wikileaks cables. Some journalists are taking some cables out of context to serve their political inclinations and objectives. This blog aims to uncover as many cables as possible, irrespective of the political party being damaged from the leaked cable. And consequently, Lebanon Spring will ‘name and shame’ any media outlet adding their own spin to the story.
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12 Sunday Jun 2011
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26 Thursday May 2011
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I saw this coming, but not as abrupt as it happened today. The Information Branch of the Internal Security Forces (ISF) stopping by force the Telecommunication Minister Charbel Nahhas (or his staff) from entering his ministry building.
26 Thursday May 2011
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And again, we get another tip on the irresponsibility of the Lebanese politicians. This time from Hezbollah Secretary General Hassan Nassrallah, who said yesterday that the previous government was formed after 5 months of waiting, only because the Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad and Saudi King Abdullah Bin Abdel Azziz intervened then to make it happen!
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