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Israel, Oil and the “planned demolition” of Lebanon By Mike Whitney

ICH | 7 Aug 2006 | Whitney concludes: The Middle East is being reshaped according to the ideological aspirations of Zionists and the exigencies of a viciously-competitive energy market. Behind … Continue reading

8 August, 2006 · Leave a comment

Siniora’s sensible seven point plan

• The release of Lebanese and Israeli prisoners; • Israel’s withdrawal from Lebanese soil; • Shebaa Farms to be placed under temporary UN jurisdiction; • Lebanese authority to be extended … Continue reading

8 August, 2006 · Leave a comment

Hezbollah Rides a New Popularity By Dahr Jamail

Dahr Jamail’s site *BEIRUT, Aug 7 (IPS) – As the war in Lebanon approaches the one-month mark, and amid the destruction of much of Lebanon, Hezbollah appears to be gaining … Continue reading

8 August, 2006 · Leave a comment

Noam Chomsky on Israel, Lebanon and Palestine

By Kaveh Afrasiabi of Global Interfaith Peace 7 Aug 2006 Information Clearing House Do you agree with the argument that Israel’s military offensive in Lebanon is “legally and morally justified?” … Continue reading

8 August, 2006 · Leave a comment

Timely Reminders

"Those who crusade, not for God in themselves, but against the devil in others, never succeed in making the world better, but leave it either as it was, or sometimes perceptibly worse than what it was, before the crusade began. By thinking primarily of evil we tend, however excellent our intentions, to create occasions for evil to manifest itself."
-- Aldous Huxley

"The only war that matters is the war against the imagination. All others are subsumed by it."
-- Diane DiPrima, "Rant", from Pieces of a Song.

"It is difficult
to get the news from poems
yet men die miserably every day
for lack
of what is found there"
-- William Carlos Williams, "Asphodel, That Greeny Flower"


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