forbes.com - 2/18/2009
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BEIRUT--Valentine's Day was a big day in the Middle East, as Lebanon mourned the fourth anniversary of the assassination by car bomb of its former Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri. On a junket of journalists from the West, I flew into Beirut to see the street party on a piece of waste ground called ...
michaeltotten.com - 2/25/2009
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michaeltotten.com —
Last week Christopher Hitchens and I were attacked
in Beirut. Less than 24 hours after we landed...
at the international airport, a half dozen members of the Syrian Social Nationalist Party jumped us on Hamra Street when he defaced one of their signs. ...
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Christopher Hitchens and the Battle of Beirut
angryarab.blogspot.com - 2/18/2009
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angryarab.blogspot.com —
At the invitation of Hariri-Saudi group, Hitchens is
visiting Lebanon. A source sent me this: "I dont...
know if you find this as news worthy or not, but Christopher Hitchens is currently in Beirut sponsored by the same group that owns that crap NOW ...
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Hitchens is in Beirut
lebanonrenaissance.org - 2/22/2009
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Christopher Hitchens Attacked in Beirut
Little Green Footballs —
... Looks like Michael Totten was in this fight too: Weekend In Lebanon: A Dispatch From Beirut. ...
Hitch And The Syrian Nazis
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan —
A man could get a reputation. He defaced a poster for the Syrian Nazis and all hell broke loose:
Later that night, three of our "scoop" brigade--Jonathan Foreman, Michael Totten and Christopher Hitchens--got involved in a street brawl with some thugs of a Syria-loving skinhead party called the SSNP after Hitchens rather gallantly insulted their swastika flag. On our way to a meeting with Minister of State Nassib Lahoud, Hitchens showed me the gashed knuckles and bruises suffered during the punch up. The attackers had apparently come out of ...
Remainders: Linguistics
Ben Smith's Blog —
... Wayback Machine.
Chas Freeman will head the NIC. Israel hawks not happy about this.
CREW goes after the Armenians.
Paul-ites go after Dodd.
Conservatives go after Holder.
Brad Todd explains Steele's win.
Acorn's Bertha Lewis backs the Obama housing plan, and more.
Peretz considers the low-level delegation to Durban II preparations.
Val Kilmer hires consultants.
And Hitchens survives a scuffle in Lebanon.
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