Jordan: Views on Lebanon Conference
By Amira Al Hussaini
Jordanian blogger Mohammad Azraq is back from a conference in Lebanon. Read his observations here.
www.globalvoicesonline.org/2007/12/
20/jordan-views-on-lebanon-conference/

What Kind of Deal Should Lebanese Make? Bush, Sarkozy and Mualem …
By Joshua
“So if he’s listening, he doesn’t need a phone call, he knows exactly what my position is,” Bush said at a year-end press conference after being asked whether he would talk to Assad to work on ending Lebanon’s political crisis. …
joshualandis.com/blog/?p=528

First Stage In Increasing Oversight Of Lebanon-Syria Border …
The first stage in the plan for tightening oversight of the Lebanon-Syria border was implemented December 18, with some 700 Lebanese army and other security apparatus troops deployed along a stretch of several hundred kilometers in the …
www.thememriblog.org/blog_personal/en/4217.htm

Syria: Hassan Al Quwatli RIP
By Amira Al Hussaini
Hassan al-Quwatli, the oldest son of Syrian President Shukri al-Quwatli [1943-1949, 1955-1958] has died in Saudi Arabia. Syria Comment has an obituary here.
www.globalvoicesonline.org/2007/12/20/syria-hassan-al-quwatli-rip/

Gaza Hamas Leaders Ordered-Behave From Syria Headquarters
By Fred Stopsky
Khaled Mashal, the Hamas leader who is currently in Syria, was behind the recent offer of a “hudna”-cease fire- to the Israel government. He specifically ordered Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh who is in Gaza to enter into mediation talks …
theimpudentobserver.com/world-news/gaza-hamas
-leaders-ordered-behave-from-syria-headquarters/

Bush: No patience for Syria’s Assad
AFP –
The US leader said he was particularly vexed by Syria’s continued alleged efforts to foment instability in Lebanon, despite having formally withdrawn troops …
afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5htWWoVFqTocGSvoW5F99Zqn1bb_g

Bush ‘loses patience’ with Syria
BBC News – UK
US President George W Bush says he has long since lost patience with Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad, and has ruled out opening a dialogue with him. …
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7154473.stm

S Blamed for Lebanon Interference
Alalam News Network – Tehran,Iran
BEIRUT, Dec 20-Some Lebanese political wings have warned Washington against interference in Lebanon’s political affairs. Under-Secretary General of Lebanese …
www.alalam.ir/english/en-NewsPage.
asp?newsid=031030120071220184720

Bush: Patience with Syria’s Assad ran out long ago
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – US President George W. Bush said on Thursday his patience with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad had run out long ago. “Syria needs to stay out of Lebanon,” Bush told a White.
www.aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=1&id=11211

Iraq Surge Displaced a Million to Syria
The US troop escalation that began last February seems to be implicated in the displacement of over one million Iraqis to Syria between March and October of this year, adding to the nearly 450000 that fled there in 2006. …
shininglight.us/archives/2007/12/iraq_
surge_displaced_a_million_to_syria.php

Who is selling out Lebanon?
By Charles Malik(Gustave)
The Syrians seem to have come to a deal with the French, and it is America that is blocking the agreement. So much for Michel Aoun’s argument about America always selling out its Lebanese allies…
lebop.blogspot.com/2007/12/who-is-selling-out-lebanon.html

Syria says working for end to Lebanon crisis
Reuters – USA
By Khaled Yacoub Oweis DAMASCUS (Reuters) – Syria is working to help resolve Lebanon’s presidential crisis, the foreign minister said on Thursday, …
www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSL2087009620071220

Syrian Foreign Minister flays US stand in Lebanon’s presidential …
Hindu – Chennai,India
Moallem said Syria and France, whose foreign minister has been mediating among the Lebanese, both support the choice for Army Commander Michel Suleiman as a …
www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/001200712201965.htm

Syria, US, France foil Lebanon agreement
Al-Bawaba – Amman,Jordan
Syria’s Foreign Minister Walid Muallem on Thursday accused Washington of“blocking a Syrian-French attempt” to settle the ongoing political crisis in …
www.albawaba.com/en/countries/Syria/220218

Syria hits back at US over Lebanon
PRESS TV – Tehran,Iran
Muallem dismissed US Assistant Secretary of State David Welch’s accusations that Syria was the one blocking the Lebanese presidential election. …
www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=35731&sectionid=351020206

Bush: Patience with Syria’s Assad ran out long ago
Reuters – USA
“Syria needs to stay out of Lebanon,” Bush told a White House news conference when asked whether he would be willing talk to Assad about stabilizing Lebanon …
www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSWBT00811420071220

2007 Brings More Crisis to Lebanon
By tearsforlebanon
A political stalemate in Lebanon that started at the end of 2006 has dragged on through the entire year, culminating in a crisis that has left the country without a president. VOA Middle East Correspondent Challiss McDonough reports …
tearsforlebanon.wordpress.com/2007/12
/20/2007-brings-more-crisis-to-lebanon/

Lebanon man, woman hurt in two-vehicle collision, patrol reports
A Lebanon man was airlifted to a Springfield hospital Wednesday after a two-vehicle crash that also resulted in moderate injuries to a Lebanon woman, according to the Missouri HIghway Patrol. Daniel L. Grimes, 49, was flown to St. …
www.news-leader.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071220/BREAKING01/71220008/-1/RSS

Syria’s leader says his country was approached by head of nuclear …
VIENNA, Austria – Syria says it was approached by the head of the same nuclear black market that supplied Iran and Libya with…
www.wishtv.com/global/story.asp?s=7522653

Lebanon’s Cycle Continues…
By MarxistFromLebanon(MarxistFromLebanon)
One week later, on December 1st, the opposition launched the largest protest in the history of Lebanon, and the government remained standing. By late January of 2007, tension was high, the country almost entered a civil war. …
marxistfromlebanon.blogspot.com/
2007/12/lebanons-cycle-continues.html

Lebanon captures six extremists
PRESS TV – Tehran,Iran
In 2004, Jund al-Sham was formed in the Palestinian refugee camp of Ain al-Hilweh, after breaking away from Osbat al-Ansar, a Lebanon-based Sunni…
www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=35702&sectionid=351020203

Lebanon International Tribunal will be setup in February 2008
The Purpose of the International Tribunal is to try the killers of Lebanon’s former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri and other Lebanese leaders that were assassinated since. Hariri was assassinated on February 14, 2005 and several other …
www.rantburg.com/poparticle.php?D=2007-12-20&ID=214312

Washington Would Not Allow Syria-Iran a Free Hand in Lebanon
Naharnet – Beirut,Lebanon
Welch, by his unscheduled return to Beirut on Tuesday, wanted to “relay a message to Iran and Syria that Washington would not give them a free hand in …
www.naharnet.com/domino/tn/Newsdesk.nsf/0/9D
FE886E0E02C2DFC22573B7002B4E8B?OpenDocument

Secret Meeting In Syria
MEMRI – Washington,DC,USA
Yesterday’s headline of the new Turkish daily Taraf read, “A secret meeting in Syria”. The liberal daily wrote that a large Turkish delegation flew to Syria …
www.thememriblog.org/turkey/blog_personal/en/4207.htm

Presumed Lebanese chief of staff assassinated; Was not pro-Syria
December 13, 2007 – Presumed Lebanese chief of staff assassinated; Was not pro-Syria.
www.worldtribune.com/worldtribune/
WTARC/2007/me_syria_12_13.asp

Head of state leads Lebanon’s Christmas list
Financial Times – London,England,UK
By Ferry Biedermann in Beirut “What most Lebanese people want for Christmas
is a president,” jokes a comedian dressed up as Santa Claus on the stage of
an …
www.ft.com/cms/s/ab90023a-ae9b-11dc-97aa-0000779fd2ac.html

Sarkozy gives Syria an ultimatum over Lebanon
For more details, please click on the link to read the article.
www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?contex
t=viewArticle&code=20071219&articleId=7653

Syria Contacted by Nuclear Black Market
The Associated Press –
VIENNA, Austria (AP) — Syria received a letter purportedly written by the head of the same nuclear black market that supplied Iran and Libya with technology …
ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5h4ETNy_
9Osx424Bd2vZrqaDwlvnQD8TKQ8M80

Assassination of Al-Hajj in context of Syria’s plan to topple …
Al-As’ad writes that the assassination of the head of operations in the army command, General Francois Al-Hajj, could be a protest against the nomination of General Michel Suleiman. More likely, it is a protest against the current …
www.opinionsource.com/article.jsp?article
identifier=22983&password=1197895517218

2007 Brings More Crisis to Lebanon
Voice of America – USA
By Challiss McDonough A political stalemate in Lebanon that started at the end of 2006 has dragged on through the entire year, culminating in a crisis that …
www.voanews.com/english/2007-12-19-voa57.cfm