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Friday at 3 p.m. is the “Zero Hour”

Posted on November 30, 2006 by Christopher Allbritton

Hezbollah secretary-general Hassan Nasrallah has announced that Friday at 3 p.m. (conveniently after Friday prayers) would be the “zero hour” that his supporters and political allies would take to the streets to force the resignation of the current Lebanese government. This will be a defining moment in the modern history of the Middle East.

Ready to Blow

Posted on November 23, 2006 by Christopher Allbritton

BEIRUT — After today’s “funeral for Pierre Gemayel”:http://www.back-to-iraq.com/archives/2006/11/mourning_in_beirut.php, Lebanon is ready to blow. Tonight, about 1,000 Shi’ite youths gathered along airport road and began protesting what they said were the insults made against Hezbollah secretary-general Hassan Nasrallah at the funeral this afternoon. (Saad Hariri more or less said the majority claimed by Hezbollah and others …

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Mourning in Beirut

Posted on November 23, 2006 by Christopher Allbritton

The Birthplace of Civil War

Posted on November 22, 2006 by Christopher Allbritton

AIN EL-RUMMANE, Lebanon — It’s an odd place to start a war. Ain el-Rummane, a Christian neighborhood in the hills above Beirut occupies an ominous place in Lebanese history. It was here, in 1975, near a statue of the Virgin, that a bus full of Palestinian refugees was ambushed by Christian militiamen. It was a …

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Pierre Gemayel has been assassinated

Posted on November 21, 2006 by Christopher Allbritton

BEIRUT — Pierre Gemayel, industry minister in the Siniora cabinet, a major Christian leader and an anti-Syrian politician has been shot to death in the street. This comes at an extremely tense time in which the anti-Syrian and pro-Syrian camps are close to coming to blows. I don’t know much right now, but this could …

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