23/10/07

Lebanon’s presidential election delays again
Xinhua – China
BEIRUT, Oct. 22 (Xinhua) — Lebanon on Monday delayed its presidential
election again to allow more time for rival pro- and anti-government groups
to agree …
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-10/23/content_6925975.htm

Lebanon president choice stalled
Guardian Unlimited – UK
Lebanon’s parliament has again delayed choosing the country’s next
president to allow more time for its pro- and anti-Syrian factions to agree
a consensus …
www.guardian.co.uk/syria/story/0,,2197224,00.html

Officer who pulled Israel out of Lebanon may assist US in Iraqi …
Jerusalem Post – Israel
As a division commander in the Northern Command in 2000, Gantz spearheaded
the IDF’s withdrawal from Lebanon, and in his new post he could be called
upon by …
www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1192380627
802&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

Saleh aims for podium finish in Lebanon
Gulf Daily News – Manama,Bahrain
MICHAEL Saleh is hoping for a trouble-free run in his native Lebanon next
month to keep alive his hopes of a podium finish in this year’s FIA Middle
East …
www.gulf-daily-news.com/Story.asp?
Article=197602&Sn=SPOR&IssueID=30217

22/10/07

Efforts to resolve Lebanon’s crisis may be too little, too late
Daily Star – Lebanon – Beirut,Lebanon
By The Daily Star A sense of urgency seems at last to have taken hold in
some quarters among Lebanon’s political elite. Certain key figures in both
the …
www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition
_id=10&categ_id=17&article_id=86150

GOP lawmakers want Syria attack info
Jewish Telegraphic Agency – New York,NY,USA
Two Republican lawmakers want the Bush administration to make public
information about an Israeli airstrike on alleged nuclear targets in Syria.
…
www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/breaking/104813.html

Hezbollah Warns It Would Consider A US Base In Lebanon A ‘Hostile Act’
By forums@www.military-quotes.com (Team Infidel)
Arizona Daily Star (Tucson) October 22, 2007 BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) —
Hezbollah’s deputy leader warned the US on Sunday against setting up a
military base in Lebanon, saying the guerrilla group would consider
such a move “a hostile act. …
www.military-quotes.com/forum/showthread.php?t=46197

Hezbollah Warns US Not to Set Up Base in Lebanon
Sheik Naim Kassem’s warning came days after a senior Pentagon official
said the US military would like to see a ‘’strategic partnership’’ with
Lebanon’s army to strengthen the country’s forces so that Hezbollah
would have no excuse to …
www.mathaba.net/rss/?x=568113

Syria Shuts Main Exit From War for Iraqis
DAMASCUS, Syria, Oct. 20 — Long the only welcoming country in
the region for Iraqi refugees, Syria has closed its borders to all but
a small group of Iraqis and imposed new visa rules that will legally
require the 1.5 million Iraqis …
www.michaelmoore.com/words/latestnews/index.php?id=10458

Syria shuts border to Iraqi refugees
By abock
Syria, until now the only Middle Eastern country that has welcomed
refugees from Iraq, has closed its borders to all but a tiny sliver —
academics, merchants with commercial interests in Syria, taxi and truck
drivers — of those who want …
eyeontheempire.freedomblogging.com/2007/
10/22/syria-shuts-border-to-iraqi-refugees/

Lebanon rivals given more time to agree on new president
By Sana Abdallah in Amman
A special Lebanese parliament session to elect a new president has once more been postponed to give political rivals more time to agree on a candidate, as the country faces its worst political crisis since the end of the 1975 to 1990 …
www.metimes.com/storyview.php?
StoryID=20071022-124045-1204r

Syria Schmyria, Nuclear Schmuclear
By RickB
The only, only, sources for the inference that the Israeli strike on
Syria was on a nuclear -SCARY- facility look to be war pimping hacks
(Murdoch!) playing Darth Cheney’s tune, a tune with a second verse
that begins with Iran- …
tenpercent.wordpress.com/2007/
10/22/syria-schmyria-nuclear-schmuclear/

Hezbollah warns against creation of US bases in Lebanon
AFP –
BEIRUT (AFP) — The militant group Hezbollah warned on Monday against the
alleged creation of US military bases in Lebanon, saying the foreign troops
would …
afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5h
E5zhFB4kdsURkx1Ko0IFd1YbggA

Lebanon’s majority open to presidential candidates from all …
Ya Libnan – Beirut,Lebanon
He stressed that “we are open to the other sides … because consensus on
the person who is capable of confronting threats and defending Lebanon’s
supreme …
yalibnan.com/site/archives/2007
/10/lebanons_majori.php

What Did Israel Bomb?
Washington Post – United States
Why did Israeli aircraft fly into Syria in early September? And what, if
anything, did they bomb? Six weeks later, those questions remain
unanswered. …
blog.washingtonpost.com/earlywarning/2007/10/jus
t_what_did_israel_bomb_in_s.html?nav=rss_blog

UN apologizes to Syria over interpreter error on Israel strike
Middle East Times – Cairo,Egypt
UNITED NATIONS — The United Nations has apologized to Syria over an
interpreter’s error that created the false impression Damascus had admitted
that an …
www.metimes.com/storyview.php?StoryID=20071022-114226-5779r

Riverbend Reports from Syria
By Michael van der Galiën
Famous Iraqi blogger known as Riverbend wrote a great post today about
life in Syria (as a refugee). She writes that there are approximately
1.5 million Iraqi refugees in Syria at this point in time. “Walking
down the streets of …
mvdg.wordpress.com/2007/10/22/riverbend-reports-from-syria/

Lebanon postpones session to elect president
By Rana Moussaoui
Lebanon’s parliament speaker October 22 again postponed a special session to choose a president to allow the divided country’s feuding political factions time to agree on a consensus candidate.
www.metimes.com/storyview.php
?StoryID=20071022-044216-7992r

Lebanon delays presidential vote
BBC News – UK
Lebanon’s president, a Maronite Christian by convention, is elected by MPs
rather than by a popular vote. The foreign ministers of France, Italy and
Spain …
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7056494.stm

Abbas Wants Lebanon and Syria in Peace Talks
Naharnet – Beirut,Lebanon
The Palestinian president also said that Syria and Lebanon “both have land
under occupation and should be included in international conferences. …
www.naharnet.com/domino/tn/NewsDesk.nsf/0/1A
4F24EA4132D377C225737C004D2AD6?OpenDocument

Syria’s Assad meets North Korean official
Syria’s Assad meets North Korean official.
www.eux.tv/article.aspx?articleId=16412

Lebanon presidential vote postponed
Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri on Monday postponed a
parliamentary session to elect a new president until Nov. 12 to give
rival factions time to agree on a compromise candidate, a statement said.
rss.usatoday.mlogic3g.com/detail.jsp?key=778845&rc=main

Hezbollah Warns US To Not Set Up Base In Lebanon
By Pat Dollard
BEIRUT, Lebanon — Hezbollah’s deputy leader warned the US on Sunday
against setting up a military base in Lebanon, saying the guerrilla
group would consider such a move “a hostile act.” Sheik Naim
Kassem’s warning came days after a …
patdollard.com/2007/10/22/hezbollah
-warns-us-to-not-set-up-lebanon-base/

Caramel receives more credit
Lebanon: Lebanese Director Nadine Labaki has received the New Arab
Women Forum Award for the screening of ‘Caramel’ film. The film is the
first to be screened by a female Lebanese director and was previewed
during the 2007 Cannes Film …
www.ameinfo.com/135472.html

Army Chief inspects Garuda contingent for Lebanon
Jakarta Post – Jakarta,Indonesia
The 23rd-B Garuda Contingent would replace the 23rd-A Garuda Contingent
which had served in Lebanon for one year. The Indonesian contingent which
would join …
www.thejakartapost.com/detailgeneral
.asp?fileid=20071022132934&irec=0

North Korean delegation wraps up Syria visit
Jerusalem Post – Israel
Tae-Bok expressed his pleasure in visiting Syria and stressed North Korea’s
support to Syria in its struggle to restore the Golan Heights, lost to
Israel in …
www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=119238061
9683&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

‘The Lebanon war strengthened Iran’
Jerusalem Post – Israel
And during the Second Lebanon War, “The Saudis [and the] Arab League
remained silent. They’re no friends of Hizbullah, given that Hizbullah is a
Shi’ite …
www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=119238061
6078&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

Ankara ‘offered to help reconcile’ Beirut, Damascus
Daily Star – Lebanon – Beirut,Lebanon
BEIRUT: Turkish Foreign Minister Ali Babacan has offered his country’s
mediation to improve relations between Lebanon and Syria, London’s Al-Hayat
newspaper …
www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?ed
ition_id=1&categ_id=2&article_id=86130

NKorea envoy in Syria amid nuclear talk
AFP –
The visit by Choe, who arrived in Syria on Friday, follows an Israeli air
raid on Syria last month that Western media reports have said targeted a
nuclear …
afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5j6
0TFHOwy0AgXuxxFfazo8AmcD8Q

Syria and UN sign agreement to assess number of Iraqi refugees
International Herald Tribune – France
AP DAMASCUS, Syria: Syria and the United Nations Development Programme
signed an agreement Sunday to determine the number of Iraqi refugees in the
country …
www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/10/21/a
frica/ME-GEN-Syria-UN-Iraqi-Refugees.php

Lebanon’s Jumblatt calls on US to impose sanctions on Syria …
International Herald Tribune – France
AP BEIRUT, Lebanon: A senior Lebanese pro-government leader called on the
United States on Sunday to impose sanctions against Syria, warning that
Lebanon …
www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/10/21/
africa/ME-GEN-Lebanon-Politics.php

Syria denies Assad backing for Turkish action in Iraq
AFP –
DAMASCUS (AFP) — Syria denied on Sunday that its President Bashar
al-Assad had given his backing to any Turkish military strike against
Kurdish rebels in …
afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5hBuh
mcTqHEpsGWP7RwSox0e15A7A

Iran, Syria urge diplomatic means instead of military incursion …
Today's Zaman – Istanbul,Turkey
Syria, which like Iran, Iraq and Turkey has a considerable Kurdish
population, infuriated Baghdad by saying it would back Turkish military
action against …
www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/de
taylar.do?load=detay&link=125187

NEWS: Syria shuts main exit from war for Iraqis
By Paul Woodward
Syria shuts main exit from war for Iraqis By Thanassis Cambanis, New York Times, October 21, 2007 Long the only welcoming country in the region for Iraqi refugees, Syria has closed its borders to all but a small group of Iraqis and …
warincontext.org/2007/10/21/news-syria
-shuts-main-exit-from-war-for-iraqis/

21/10/07

Iraqi Refugees Reluctantly Leave Safe-Havens of Syria or Jordan …
By Jill G.
Growing wave of Iraqis leaving Syria for home, not due to confidence in Iraq’s future, but because money’s run out. Others returning because Syrians’ve made it more difficult to stay. Most Iraqis can’t work legally in Syria, …
www.care2.com/news/member/597720583/516751

Iran lambastes US base in Lebanon
PRESS TV – Tehran,Iran
The Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman has lambasted a US plan to establish
military bases in Lebanon describing it as ‘destructive’. …
www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=28036&sectionid=351020101

Appeal for Lebanon refugee rights
By Dave
Rights group Amnesty International has condemned Lebanon for what it
describes as discrimination against generations of Palestinian refugees
in the country. Some 300000 refugees are denied access to work,
education, adequate housing and …
justice4lebanon.wordpress.com/2007
/10/21/appeal-for-lebanon-refugee-rights/

Huffington Post: Syria Closes Its Borders, Requires 1.5 Million …
Long the only welcoming country in the region for Iraqi refugees, Syria
has closed its borders to all but a small group of Iraqis and imposed new …
www.inform.com/articles/44155262/?puburl=http%3A%2F%2
Fwww.huffingtonpost.com%2F2007%2F10%2F21%2Fsyria-
closes-its-borders_n_69252.html&source=feed

AI report on Palestinian refugees in Lebanon
By César Salgado
Today, some 300000 Palestinian refugees reside in Lebanon and
constitute nearly a tenth of the country’s population. Most are
people and their descendants who were expelled from or otherwise fled
their homes and lands nearly 60 years …
cesarsalgado.wordpress.com/2007/10/21/
ai-report-on-palestinian-refugees-in-lebanon/

EU mission fails to unite Lebanon foes
By AFP
A session of parliament due October 23 to elect Lebanon’s next
president is expected to be postponed, analysts said October 21, after
an EU diplomatic mission failed to break a political deadlock.
www.metimes.com/storyview.php?StoryID=20071021-080639-7079r

Top Lebanese Muslim cleric: US offering Lebanon military base or …
International Herald Tribune – France
AP BEIRUT, Lebanon: The administration of US President George W. Bush wants
the Lebanese to choose between having their country turn into an American
…
www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/10/21/africa/ME-GEN-Lebanon-US.php

FM Livni meets with UNIFIL commander in southern Lebanon
Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs (press release) – Israel
There is no doubt that the change in the situation in southern Lebanon and
the movement of Hizbullah northwards, away from the border, is a direct
response …
www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/About+the+Ministry/MFA+Spokesman/
2007/FM+Livni+meets+with+southern+Lebanon+UNIFIL
+commander++21-Oct-2007.htm

Did Israelis bomb nuke site in Syria?
By Chicago Sun-Times
4:00 AM, Oct 21, 2007 -. VIENNA, Austria — UN experts have begun analyzing satellite imagery of the Syrian site struck last month by Israeli warplanes, looking for signs it was a secret nuclear facility, diplomats said Friday. …
www.windychat.com/did-israelis-bomb-nuke-site-syria-1856.html

Syria destroys the evidence and why we didn’t call the IAEA
By Carl in Jerusalem(Carl in Jerusalem)
The Washington Post reported on Friday that Syria is systematically
destroying the evidence of that ‘mysterious’ building in the middle of
the desert that was attacked by Israel six weeks ago. The dismantling
of the damaged site, …
israelmatzav.blogspot.com/2007/10/
syria-destroys-evidence-and-why-we.html

Comment on Did Israel Take Out Syrian Nuclear Facility? by UN …
By U.N. Interpreter Apologizes to Syria “…
Interpreter Apologizes to Syria Did Israel bomb a Syrian nuclear
facility on September 6th? Well, according to Syria, no. Of course the
original version of UN transcripts recorded Syrian […]
djkonservo.wordpress.com/2007/10/17/did-i
srael-take-out-syrian-nuclear-facility/#comment-1451

NYT: Iraq President Assails Syria’s Support for Turkish Cross …
By A-News(A-News)
Syria also has a large Kurdish minority and, like Turkey, fears that
the substantial autonomy that Kurds inside Iraq have won will impel
Kurds in Syria to seek similar concessions, or even independence.
Turkey says about 3000 rebels …
www.eu-digest.com/2007/10/nyt-i
raq-president-assails-syrias.html

Robert Fisk: Secret armies pose sinister new threat to Lebanon
By mlyon01
Lebanon is peopled with ghosts. But the phantoms now returning to haunt
this damaged country –the militias which tore it apart more than 30
years ago – are real. Guns are flooding back into the country –
$800 for an AK-47, …
mlyon01.wordpress.com/2007/10/21/robert-fisk
-secret-armies-pose-sinister-new-threat-to-lebanon/

Lebanon presidential election set to be postponed again
By AFP
A scheduled parliament session this week to elect Lebanon’s president
is expected to be postponed again, as feuding political parties are
unable to agree on a consensus candidate, analysts and politicians say.
www.metimes.com/storyview.p
hp?StoryID=20071021-052740-5046r

Lebanon Elections Likely to Be Postponed
The Associated Press –
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) — Lebanon’s presidential election scheduled for
Tuesday will most likely be postponed to give room for rival Lebanese
factions to agree …
ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hqJ_5O
mNTlIdB4U-SVQM73KkzH7wD8SDFL1G0

European FMs in fresh bid to end Lebanon crisis
AFP –
BEIRUT (AFP) — The foreign ministers of France, Italy and Spain met on
Saturday with Lebanon’s feuding political leaders in a bid to break a
long-running …
afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gtNprdRRavnafR0-SNqoKsPksjKg

Lebanon vote may be delayed again
Aljazeera.net – Qatar
Lebanon’s parliament is set to postpone presidential elections scheduled
for next week, in order to allow more time for rival groups to agree on a
candidate …
english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/A51D41
07-C827-4F06-9CBE-B5FA81383F7C.htm

Turkey Offers Mediation Between Lebanon and Syria
Naharnet – Beirut,Lebanon
Turkish Foreign Minister Ali Babacan has offered Ankara’s mediation to
improve relations between Lebanon and Syria. The pan-Arab newspaper
al-Hayat reported …
www.naharnet.com/domino/tn/NewsDesk.nsf/0/6FA9
68101417476CC225737B002C7C61?OpenDocument

Lebanon’s press unmoved by EU troika
France24 – Paris,France
Lebanon’s leading newspapers said on Sunday that a visit by a troika of EU
ministers aimed at breaking a months-long political deadlock had failed to
…
www.france24.com/france24Public/en/administration/
afp-news.html?id=071021091347.ok6vott9&cat=null

EXCLUSIVE: The Case for Israel’s Strike on Syria – ABC News
UN Eyes Pics Of Possible Syria Nuke Site CBS NewsUN Atomic Agency Sees Photos of Syrian Site Bombed Last Month BloombergFort Worth Star Telegram – Winston-Salem Journal – Ha’aretz – Washington Postall 205 news articles.
news.originalsignal.com/article/535383/exclusive-the
-case-for-israeland-39-s-strike-on-syria-abc-news.html

North Korean official discusses ways to develop relations with Syria
International Herald Tribune – France
AP DAMASCUS, Syria: A high-level North Korean official held talks in
Damascus with senior officials of Syria’s ruling Baath Party on ways to
develop …
www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/10/21
/africa/ME-GEN-Syria-NKorea.php

‘Warmonger’ Syria rapped
Gulf Daily News – Manama,Bahrain
DUBAI: Iraqi President Jalal Talabani was quoted yesterday as saying he was
angry over Syria’s support for military action against Kurdish rebels in
…
www.gulf-daily-news.com/Story.asp?Artic
le=197472&Sn=WORL&IssueID=30215

French, Italian, Spanish FMs to urge Lebanese factions to agree on …
International Herald Tribune – France
The parliament has scheduled a session on Tuesday to try again to choose a
successor to pro-Syria President Emile Lahoud, who steps down Nov. 24. …
www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/10/20/
africa/ME-GEN-Lebanon-Politics.php

The stakes in the Lebanon’s Presidential Election
By Nur-al-Cubicle(Nur-al-Cubicle)
The 127 MPs were to have met in an electoral college on September 25th
to elect a new President of Lebanon. Sixty-eight majority MPs and a
handful of opposition MPs turned up, but the Parliamentary Speaker and
leader of the Amal …
nuralcubicle.blogspot.com/2007/10/
stakes-in-lebanons-presidential.html

A Comeback for Lebanon’s Hashish
By Eagle Eye
Lebanese hashish is the best in the world, better than Turkey and Afghanistan,” says Ali, a Bekaa farmer standing in his field of knee-high hashish plants,with two harvests since March, Ali’s income this year from hashish growing is …
donoevil.propeller.com/story/2007/10
/20/a-comeback-for-lebanons-hashish

European FMs call for ending Lebanon crisis
Daily Times – Lahore,Pakistan
NAQURA: The foreign ministers of France, Italy and Spain on Saturday
reiterated their commitment toward ending a long-running political crisis
in Lebanon …
www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=
2007%5C10%5C21%5Cstory_21-10-2007_pg4_6

Hezbollah accuses US of seeking to dominate Lebanon
Taipei Times – Taiwan
Washington has dramatically increased military aid to Lebanon’s pro-Western
government over the past year. On Thursday, US Undersecretary of Defense
for …
www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2007/10/21/2003384064

Lebanon’s election may delayed
PRESS TV – Tehran,Iran
The presidential election in Lebanon may be postponed in order to give the
rival political factions more time to agree on a compromise. …
www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=27954&sectionid=351020203

EXCLUSIVE: The Case for Israel’s Strike on Syria
By forums@www.military-quotes.com (rock45)
EXCLUSIVE: The Case for Israel’s Strike on Syria This web page covers a wide range of articles By MARTHA RADDATZ Oct. 19, 2007 Israeli officials believed that a target their forces bombed inside Syria last month was a nuclear facility, …
www.military-quotes.com/forum/showthread.php?t=46106

Iraqi President Criticizes Syria’s Support for Turkey on Border Issue
Voice of America – USA
The Iraqi president says Syria should adopt the European and US position,
seeking a peaceful solution to the cross-border problem. …
www.voanews.com/english/2007-10-20-voa14.cfm

Kaplinsky suggests ‘carrot’ to lure Syria away from Iran
Jerusalem Post – Israel
However, in his remarks he also suggested that the stick of decisive
sanctions against Syria had not yet been tried. “There are no real
sanctions today …
www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=119238060
7781&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

The Line on Lebanon
By Mytwords(Mytwords)
On the dangerous situation in Lebanon NPR turns this morning to “expert” David Schenker. Schenker is from WINEP (The Washington Institute for Near East Policy), a right-wing, pro-Zionist think tank. (At least NPR mentioned that Schenker …
nprcheck.blogspot.com/2007/10/line-on-lebanon.html

UN interpreter said Syria has a nuclear facility
Syria denied that one of its representatives told the UN General Assembly’s disarmament committee on Tuesday that Israel had attacked a Syrian nuclear facility. It said the representative was misquoted, demanded a correction, …
digg.com/world_news/UN_interprete
r_said_Syria_has_a_nuclear_facility

Iraqi President Criticizes Syria’s Support for Turkey on Border Issue
Iraqi President Jalal Talabani is criticizing Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for his support for possible Turkish military action against Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq.The Iraqi president sa…
en.epochtimes.com/news/7-10-20/61011.html