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The Wizard of Beirut: August 2006
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The Wizard of Beirut. Lebanese and Middle-Eastern Political and Historical Developments. Thursday, August 31, 2006. Was it Shakespeare who wrote, "The world is but a stage, and we are all actors"? It certainly was not the Wizard who coined this phrase The Wizard is anything but a plagiarist. Having made this pithy remark, let us examine the characters who determine our lives on the stage of the Middle East. Lebanon concerns us most. Moving across the Jordanian frontier, we meet the young King Abdallah II...
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The Wizard of Beirut: Bush
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The Wizard of Beirut. Lebanese and Middle-Eastern Political and Historical Developments. Tuesday, November 21, 2006. 160; A voice in the wilderness, perhaps, but we cannot accept, let alone condone the so-called new vision of President Bush for the Middle East. A nightmare is a more adequate word. And God only knows what further destruction he will heap upon the world before his tenure of office is over. He's definitely guilty as charged. Ivan G. Goldman. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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The Wizard of Beirut: Israel and the Palestinians
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The Wizard of Beirut. Lebanese and Middle-Eastern Political and Historical Developments. Tuesday, September 19, 2006. Israel and the Palestinians. All this is water under the bridges. In the words of Arthur Koestler to the Wizard over dinner one evening: "let us stop arguing about the rights and wrongs of the case. They are coming and there is nothing you can do to stop them." Koestler was right in his prophetic words. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Israel and the Palestinians.
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The Wizard of Beirut: September 2006
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The Wizard of Beirut. Lebanese and Middle-Eastern Political and Historical Developments. Thursday, September 28, 2006. On the other side, the Christian rally which represented a reply to the Shia'a Moslem challenge, is intended to emphasize that the Christians of Lebanon are the "raison d'être" of that country and that without them, Lebanon would not have existed but would have been absorbed by Syria and that Hezbollah is no more than an instrument of Iranian-cum- Syrian politics in the Middle East.
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The Wizard of Beirut: National Union
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The Wizard of Beirut. Lebanese and Middle-Eastern Political and Historical Developments. Friday, December 15, 2006. In other words, we are back to square one, with no possible solution in view. Beirut 2006 = Teheran 1979 Berlin 1933. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Juan Cole's blog: Thoughts on the Middle East, History, and Religion. An independent and critical spirit. View my complete profile.
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The Wizard of Beirut: Mass rallies
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The Wizard of Beirut. Lebanese and Middle-Eastern Political and Historical Developments. Thursday, September 28, 2006. On the other side, the Christian rally which represented a reply to the Shia'a Moslem challenge, is intended to emphasize that the Christians of Lebanon are the "raison d'être" of that country and that without them, Lebanon would not have existed but would have been absorbed by Syria and that Hezbollah is no more than an instrument of Iranian-cum- Syrian politics in the Middle East.
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The Wizard of Beirut: Peace and not War
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The Wizard of Beirut. Lebanese and Middle-Eastern Political and Historical Developments. Thursday, September 22, 2011. Peace and not War. There can be no doubt that from a military point of view, Israel is the strongest nation in the Middle East, apart from the fact that if there is ever a real threat to the supremacy of Israel, the United States will come to its rescue. Happy to visit here. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Peace and not War. An independent and critical spirit. View my complete profile.
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The Wizard of Beirut: October 2006
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The Wizard of Beirut. Lebanese and Middle-Eastern Political and Historical Developments. Wednesday, October 04, 2006. Mass rallies, or demonstrations, if you prefer the term, have become the latest fashion in Lebanon. We had two over the last ten days. We were treated to a third last night convened by General Aoun and his party referred to as the "Courant Aouniste". We are promised a fourth rally next week convened by Hezbollah and its charismatic leader. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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The Wizard of Beirut: December 2006
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The Wizard of Beirut. Lebanese and Middle-Eastern Political and Historical Developments. Friday, December 15, 2006. In other words, we are back to square one, with no possible solution in view. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Juan Cole's blog: Thoughts on the Middle East, History, and Religion. An independent and critical spirit. View my complete profile.
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The Wizard of Beirut: July 2006
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The Wizard of Beirut. Lebanese and Middle-Eastern Political and Historical Developments. Sunday, July 30, 2006. We can assure the Rice woman that her conditions will be rejected and not only rejected but that she herself is not welcome in Lebanon. We have just been advised that her visit in Lebanon has been cancelled and that she herself will not be received by Prime Minister Fouad Siniora nor by Speaker Nabih Berri. And how right they are! Thursday, July 27, 2006. The American dictat over the Rome confe...
