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Heading to the Gulf

Posted on July 18, 2007 by Christopher Allbritton

Hello all. I’ll be in the Northern Arabian Gulf for a few days starting tomorrow to check out the training of the Iraqi Navy, the two oil terminals there (which supply Iraq with 90%+ of its income) and maybe I’ll even bump up against some Iranians. Stay tuned…

Escape from Iraq

Posted on June 8, 2007 by Christopher Allbritton

A story I wrote appeared Monday in the Newark Star-Ledger, a great smaller paper that cares about foreign news. The story dealt with the plight of the Iraqi refugees in Jordan. Lives suspended by war AMMAN, Jordan — Rana crosses her legs on the threadbare carpet in her living room in this poor Palestinian section …

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Lebanese Army on the Move

Posted on June 1, 2007 by Christopher Allbritton

BEIRUT — The Lebanese army is on the move toward Nahr el-Bared. For the last three hours, the army has been pounding Fatah al-Islam positions with artillery, tanks and mortars. Some believe this is a softening up of position before a full-scale assault on the camp, which would break a 37-year-old precedent keeping Lebanese troops …

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Going in?

Posted on May 26, 2007 by Christopher Allbritton

BEIRUT — In my previous post, I mentioned that Maj. Gen Ashraf Rifi, the head of the Internal Security Forces told me, he “thinks the army will have to go in” to Nahr el-Bared to uproot the militants of Fatah al-Islam. “They are very dangerous,” he told me in his plush office. “We have no …

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About that showdown…

Posted on May 26, 2007 by Christopher Allbritton

BEIRUT — Lebanon is truly a strange — yet tasty — place. Two hours ago, I had Lebanese soldiers pointing guns at me over a traffic snafu (my driving or theirs, I’m not sure which and I’ll bet neither do they) and now I’m at Julia’s enjoying a righteous grilled chicken salad with a subtle …

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