Sayyed Nasrallah Holds Press Conference
http://www.manartv.com.lb/NewsSi...009&
language=en
"Jumblatt's government declared proxy war on the resistance for of Israel and the US…This bloc is exposed. One of their goals is to push the Lebanese army into a confrontation with the resistance after all previous conspiracies proved futile. Our response to the decisions is: Whoever launches war against us, even if it were my father, we will confront him and we will defend ourselves and our weapons. The communications network is the most important part of our weapons. After the black decisions of Jumblatt's government, we consider that a war has been launched against us and our duty is to defend ourselves and our weapons; he who warns is excused. All red lines have been crossed, so we will not be lenient with anyone. We have information that says that the communications network is only the first step to strip the resistance of its capabilities.
"The network is Hezbollah's, and I'm the party's secretary general, I own the network and I use it. Everyone who worked on it is a Mujahid…It is forbidden to target those people…targeting them is targeting the arms of the resistance,"
the situation is very bad.
gunfire is occurring across beirut right now, even in areas where you wouldn't expect it.
please post more on this.
bush is not going away silently. the dynamics are building for the big fight, starting in lebanon and then moving to iran.
Hey guys;
A friend in Beirut just told me there is an outbreak of civil war, and it started like 2 hours ago with Haraket Amal (Shiite anti government) vs Tayyar al Mostakbal (mini Hariri).
holy shit it's pretty bad in Ras Al Nabeh right now. There are hunters on a building with RPG launchers.
The fight is taking part into the area of Osman ben Afan Musk, Bshara el khoury Area, Mohamad al hout St.
A helicopter that belongs to the lebanese army was seen in the area.
I'm giving you direct news from the lebanese channel NEW TV.
Until now there is no wounded people, but so far there is huge loss in materials.
The political movement of tayyar al mostakbal belongs to hariri,and special fighters (sunni extremists) were ordered from akar far north Lebanon to go fight at the moment in Beirut agaist the shi'ite party of Amal and Hizbullah.
Many buildings and cars were damaged, some buildings are being evacuated, no civilian loss at the moment.
My friend Boudi is going to send you guys a text in english narrating about the situation, but he's pretty pissed right now.
Lotfan be lobnan hamleh nakonid it's in Iranian (farsi) and it means please don't attack Lebanon.
I don't know where Tony is, but we sure do need him.
In the meantime if you want some news in Lebanon you can check the blog of one of my friends @ http://marxistfromlebanon.blogspot.com
Tony can no longer blog from work.
He told me so last night. We just gonna have to use the Comment section to add links.
Anyone knows where i could hear the speech of Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah ? Please , Im gutted i missed it , i had thought they ll show it early evening .
fatima:
See it here: http://almanar.com.lb/NewsSite/V...view.aspx?
id=51
Tony
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The radio over here has just informed (news 20H) that Hariri has backtracked, offered talks to Hizbullah saying all was a "missunderstanding"... (such traitor)
[This guy and Jumblat are the Dahlan-Fayyad of Lebanon, while Siniora is the Abbas Karzai]
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tony ,lucia ,
do you know Haitham sabbah , he started a new site with gilad Atzmon check it out
http://palestinethinktank.com/
Yes, I know that Fatima -- Tony
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can people recommend any other blogs in english coming out of beirut? progressive ones especially.
Oh, I did not know Fatima, thanks for your info. Both Haitham and Gilad are nice guys. I'll check it out now.
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Feeling the Heat
Hariri: What Happened was Misunderstanding!
http://www.manartv.com.lb/NewsSi...s.aspx?
id=43030
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NBN: Berri Contacted by Hariri, Jumblatt; No Progress
http://www.manartv.com.lb/NewsSi...034&
language=en
Beirut wracked by street battles
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/
...582CDB93AE3.htm
Two people have been killed and eight people wounded in fighting in Beirut, as Lebanon's long-running political crisis threatened to spiral out of control.
Fighting intensified on Thursday, the second day of anti-government protests, after a speech by Hassan Nasrallah, the Hezbollah secretary-general, in which he called a government crackdown on the Shia group "tantamount to a declaration of war".
In several neighbourhoods across the capital automatic rifle fire could be heard as fighters in support of Hezbollah and the allied Amal group exchanged fire with pro-government fighters in the worst domestic fighting since the 1975-90 civil war.
Clashes were reported to have broken out in other parts of the country, but the Lebanese army did not participate in the fighting.
"The fighting seems to be spreading," reported James Bays, Al Jazeera's correspondent in Beirut. "It's something all the political parties said they wanted to avoid."
Thursday's fighting occurred on Corniche Mazraa, a major thoroughfare in Beirut that has become a demarcation line between mainly Sunni and Shia neighbourhoods, and the nearby Ras el-Nabeh area.
The violence later spread to Khandaq el-Ghamiq, adjacent to the centre of the city.
Television footage showed armed and masked men taking cover on street corners next to shuttered shops. Shootings and explosions were also reported near the office in Aisha Bakkar, the Sunni spiritual leader allied with the government, and in Ein el-Tineh where the opposition-aligned parliament speaker has his official residence.
There was no immediate word on casualties in the latest Beirut fighting.
Hezbollah speech
Fighting broke out after Nasrallah, in a televised address, said the political crisis in Lebanon had "entered a new phase" because of what Hezbollah claims are government moves against the Shia group, including launching an investigation into Hezbollah's private telephone network.
"This decision is a declaration of war against the resistance [Hezbollah]," said Nasrallah.
"This decision [by the government] is designed to push the resistance and the military into direct confrontation."
He warned that Hezbollah would act to stop any attempt by the government to dismantle the network.
Later, in his own televised address, Saad Hariri, leader of the Lebanese parliamentary majority and son of the assassinated former prime minister, put the blame back on Hezbollah, saying: "What fate are you dragging the Muslims to - are you dragging us back to civil war?"
He proposed a compromise solution spearheaded by the army - seen as neutral - to end the fighting and "save Lebanon from hell". He called for Hezbollah to lift its "siege" of the capital and for the immediate election of a consensus presidential candidate.
In the US, the White House demanded Hezbo
Lucia | 05.08.08 - 3:06 pm |
The link should be in your email Lucia.
2 friends from Beirut should stop by on Tony's blog, and give us some details about what's going on in Lebanon.
The link should be in your email Lucia
Steven Rix | 05.08.08 - 3:26 pm
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Sorry, but I do not understand what you mean
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Lucia | 05.08.08 - 3:32 pm |
Ask the Saker to add you on his mailing list if it hasn't been done yet.
I found news coverage on Lebanon at this link: www.france24.com
But it just gives us a glance at the situation, there are no details whatsoever. I can't believe that we live in a world that gives us news coverage 24 hrs a day, and we can't find a damn source on Lebanon.
Does anyone know if Eurosat covers the US for news coverage? It's the only source to get the news from the Middle-East. Of course there is Al Jazeerah in the US but they filter the content before being viewed so we are screwed.
In a world of freedom, information should be free.
New links:
http://www.nowlebanon.com/Default.aspx
It's pro government
http://www.tayyar.org/Tayyar
It's pro opposition
tony dont worry i found the link to the video im over the moon
http://almanar.com.lb/NewsSite/V...view.aspx?
id=51
Tony you will love this cartoon
http://www.alquds.co.uk/today/08e29.jpg
photos Lebanon (slideshow)
http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/
Le...E7lGcIZisYUewgF
Iran says explosion in mosque last month was deliberate
killed 14 people and injured more than 200.
... "and those responsible had ties to the west"
The mosque was packed with about 1,000 worshippers at the time of the explosion
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/
20080...tela_PyS6QLewgF
The best the 20 yeards old zio-girls can expect is asking for female-travellers' bras at the aiport ... and call it "security"
So much por the 60 years of zionistan!
And still cannot hold on its own legs to support itself. If this is not a failed state I don't know what is.
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Al-Qaeda leader in Iraq arrested
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/
...ED34EEE74DB.htm
That buddhist thing about reincarnation must be true, becaune the USA said weeks ago it had killed him.
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"The Americans promised that Nato wouldn't move beyond the boundaries of Germany after the Cold War but now half of central and eastern Europe are members, so what happened to their promises? It shows they cannot be trusted."
For a man hailed as one of the heroes of the 20th century, Mr Gorbachev, now 77, often sounded like the ageing hardliners he struggled against in the Kremlin during the 1980s.
He railed against a "military-industrial complex" that he insisted was the "real government" of the US and, quoting a Russian documentary on state television, suggested that Margaret Thatcher had supplied weapons to Chechen terrorists.
Still, while Mr Gorbachev may be delighted by the rebirth of what many see as Russian imperialism, many wonder whether he approves of the way in which Mr Putin has eroded freedom of expression to such an extent that some claim glasnost is dead.
"I do not think that glasnost is dead in Russia," he said.
"There is a phenomenon in the West to criticise Putin's domestic record. But in Russia he has mass support. His popularity ratings are 70 to 80 percent.
"Is this not democracy?"
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/...w-Cold-
War.html?
Lucia | 05.08.08 - 10:16 pm |
LOL yeah it's a buddhist thing and it's called Kharma 
Steven, it shows a lot of countries seem aprehensive about Russia...not that I necessarily agree with the expansion of NATO. At this point I'm not sure I even see a reason for NATO to exist.
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