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ynetnews.com - 2 days ago
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Hezbollah-bound vessel carrying vast amounts of weapons, ammunition
left Iranian port 10 days ago; cargo was transferred
to German ship, seized a few hours after leaving Egyptian port on Tuesday. IDF: Syria planned to transfer arms to Lebanon by land ...
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Arms ship: How Iran tried to dupe Israeli intelligence
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powerlineblog.com - 2 days ago
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We've been focused on this year's elections for
the last couple of days, but the rest of
the world hasn't stood still. So we should take note of stories like this one : Israeli commandos seized a ship Wednesday that defense officials said was ...
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backspin.typepad.com - 2 days ago
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NY Times readers can be forgiven for not
believing Iran is connected to arms boat seized en
route to Syria. Reporter Myra Noveck writes: News reports quoted the Israeli president, Shimon Peres, and other officials saying the ship had been...
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NY Times Misses Iranian Connection
powerlineblog.com - 12 days ago
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There is something profoundly disgusting about President Obama's
October 23 anniversary statement on the 1983 attack on
the Marine barracks in Beirut that killed 241 Americans. Here is Obama's statement in its entirety: We remember today the ...
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Obama remembers to forget
whitehouse.gov - 13 days ago
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We remember today the 241 American Marines, soldiers,
and sailors who lost their lives twenty-six years ago
as the result of a horrific terrorist attack that destroyed the Marine barracks in Beirut, Lebanon. The military personnel serving in ...
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Statement by The President on the Anniversary of the ...
jpost.com - 11 days ago
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A Katyusha-type rocket landed in an Upper Galilee
kibbutz on Tuesday evening, causing no casualties. Both police
and IDF spokespersons confirmed the attack. Army Radio reported that a fire broke out at the rocket's impact site, near the northern town ...
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Water Authority blasts Amnesty on report
notesfromagrumpyoldman.blogspot.com - 11 days ago
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notesfromagrumpyoldman.blogspot.com —
David Brooks Dana Milbank James Surowiecki "Over the
past year, the bonfire of overconfidence has shifted to
Washington. Since the masters of finance have been exposed as idiots, the masters of government have concluded (somewhat illogically) that they must be really smart." - ...
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Lebanese Conflict, Saudis Have a Flogging Good Time
yourish.com - 12 days ago
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This is why Israel has more Nobel prize
winners than the entire Arab world combined. Lebanese chefs
prepared a massive plate of hummus weighing over two tons Saturday that broke a world record organizers said was previously held by Israel — a ...
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Compare and contrast
rubinreports.blogspot.com - 5 days ago
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[Please subscribe and follow these fast-moving issues with
fast-moving analysis.] By Barry Rubin Yesterday I discussed the
significance of Secretary of State Hilary Clinton’s praise for Israel’s policy during her trip to Jerusalem, saying Prime ...
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And Now the Truth Becomes Clear: Hilary Clinton ...
democracy-project.com - 9 days ago
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democracy-project.com —
Daniel Pipes reports that Hamid Karzai’s brother is
on the CIA’s payroll, and this is evidence that
Karzai is a kept politician, among others in the Middle East, i.e. Iraq’s Nuri al-Maliki, Lebanon’s Saad Hariri, and the Palestinian Authority’s Mahmoud Abbas. ...
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But what’s the alternative?
thehill.com - 29 days ago
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Sen. Jim Webb (D-Va.) said that a handful
of homegrown terrorist plots in the U.S. have been
thwarted recently.
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Webb: U.S. has foiled handful of terrorist plots in ...
haaretz.com - 25 days ago
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haaretz.com —
The Lebanese Army on Tuesday backed Hezbollah's claim
that one person was wounded and none killed in
an explosion in the southern Lebanese village of Tayr Filsi a day earlier. According to the Lebanon Army, the explosion at the home of a senior group ...
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Lebanon: Shell caused blast at Hezbollah official's home
youtube.com - 25 days ago
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On October 12, 2009, there was an explosion
at a Hezbollah weapons storehouse in Tayr Filsay, in
southern Lebanon. This aerial footage, taken shortly after t...
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Hezbollah Removes Weaponry from Explosion Site on 12 Oct ...
michaeltotten.com - 24 days ago
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According to the Washington Post , some White
House foreign-policy hands "may be willing to call it
a day in Afghanistan":http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/08/AR2009100804329.html if the U.S. military can beat the Taliban ...
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Hezbollah Isn't a Model for Afghanistan
directorblue.blogspot.com - 24 days ago
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The invaluable Stratfor Research provides some fascinating intel
from an increasingly volatile southern Lebanon. The Lebanese army
and the U.N. Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) continued an investigation Oct. 14 into a large munitions blast that occurred late Oct. 13 in an area of southern ...
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Stratfor: Hezbollah Gets Punk'd
rantburg.com - 25 days ago
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Khamenei has died. The formal announcement is expected
to be made tomorrow morning (Tehran time) . Relative
to this, all regime organizations including the official regime news agency "Seda va Sima" are being draped in black.
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Khamenei Reportedly Dead (unconfirmed)
jpost.com - 23 days ago
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Syria has transferred nearly a quarter of its
long- and medium-range missile arsenal to Hizbullah, the Kuwaiti
al Jarida reported on Thursday. According to the report, security sources in Jerusalem told the paper that the missiles, now held by ...
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Middle East Conflict
rubinreports.blogspot.com - 23 days ago
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[Warning! Satire. Since the Middle East can be
so grim, we have to laugh at it sometimes.
But all of the below also happens to be true.] By Barry Rubin Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad complains about Israel’s offer to the ...
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Palestinian Prime Minister Rejects "Mickey Mouse" State. ...
michaeltotten.com - 22 days ago
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I am amazed all over again every time
I meet a Westerner in Lebanon who admires Hezbollah
or gets defensive on its behalf. Last time I visited Beirut I ran into an American journalist who said Hezbollah "is trying to raise awareness of Global Warming. ...
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Patterns of Dictatorship
rubinreports.blogspot.com - 22 days ago
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By Barry Rubin The UN Human Rights Council
has now endorsed the Goldstone Report. There are important
implications to this decision that make it a turning point. It means the first make or break test for Obama's foreign policy. There is no easy way ...
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The Window of Opportunity is Now Closed and Locked Down: ...







