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“Just as none of us is outside or beyond geography, none of us is completely free from the struggle over geography. That struggle is complex and interesting because it is not only about soldiers and cannons but also about ideas, about forms, about images and imaginings.”
Edward Said (1994)
Tag Archives: Hizbollah
Nasrallah: Israel assassinated Hariri and we will provide evidence
Hezbollah Secretary-General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah has just delivered a significant short speech in Lebanon in the aftermath of the border clash and the STL (Special Tribunal for Lebanon). We provide a live-delivered translation courtesy of tweeter Roqayah below. The most … Continue reading
The Battle for Lebanon
Except for employing the inaccurate and hackneyed description of Hezbollah as “the Iranian-backed Shiite fundamentalist group”, Robert Dreyfuss has a worthwhile piece commenting on the upcoming Lebanese elections and US foreign policy perspectives, in which he notably scans the hysterical … Continue reading
Posted in Elections, Hezbollah, Lebanon, US Foreign Policy
Tagged Hizbollah, Robert Dreyfuss
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Der Spiegel's Sensational Hariri Tribunal 'Breakthrough': "Hezbollah Did It" (Updated)
With six updates appended. Der Spiegel has just come out with quite a sensational(ist) piece by Erich Follath, translated from the German by Christopher Sultan. Follath claims that his sources close to the United Nations Hariri Tribunal investigators, who in … Continue reading
Did Hezbollah thwart a planned Bush/Olmert attack on Lebanon?
NB Just in (18 May) see also this subsequent Israeli intel connected DEBKAfile piece Israel’s Missed Boat in Lebanon: Sunday night, May 11, the Israeli army was poised to strike Hizballah. The Shiite militia was winding up its takeover of … Continue reading
Posted in Hezbollah, Israel, Israel Watch, Lebanon, Middle East, US Foreign Policy, USA
Tagged Future Movement, Halba massacre, Hizbollah, Lebanese Resistance, Mustaqbal, Saad Hariri, Secure Plus, UNSCR 1701
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