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Saudi Arabia abandons Lebanon

artappraiser — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 16:42:46 +0000

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Saudi Arabia abandons Lebanon mediation

By By Abeer Allam in Riyadh

Published: January 19 2011 16:15 | Last updated: January 19 2011 16:15

Saudi Arabia has “washed its hands” of Lebanon after mediation efforts to reconcile the country’s competing political factions reached deadlock, leading to a “dangerous” situation in the country, a Saudi official has said.

King Abdullah “directly contacted the Syrian president and they agreed to solve the Lebanese issue, but it did not happen,’’ Saud al-Faisal, Saudi foreign minister, told the Saudi-owned Al-Arabiya television, adding that the king had decided after that to “wash his hands of Lebanon’’.....
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d3a3f938-23dd-11e0-8bb1-00144feab49a,s01=1.htm...

Hezbollah leader Nasrallah in

artappraiser — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 05:39:48 +0000

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Hezbollah leader Nasrallah in no hurry to spark civil war in Lebanon

By Amos Harel and Avi Issacharoff, Ha'aret/MESS Report, January 13

Security sources tell Haaretz that at this point the developments in Lebanon are internal and there is no immediate risk of a conflict on the northern border.

http://www.haaretz.com/blogs/mess-report/hezbollah-leader-nasrallah-in-n...

Think along the lines that

artappraiser — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 01:05:40 +0000

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Think along the lines that it's not gone, the Levant as the current Ottoman Empire, like it was back in the day? Seems to me they still might need quite a few more centuries to get over crusades (notice I did not say The Crusades.) Either that or you could move the Levant to the moon, that might help the world a lot.

Struck me with this story that it would behoove many in the political blogosphere to comparatively ponder a bit more, U.S. politics vs. this Levantine democracy and perhaps another. They have real tribe tribes equalling their political parties, because they know nothing else, but we are currently chosing to make ours tribal. Fake tribalism. Why would we do that?

When, oh when, will the dust

jollyroger — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 21:40:52 +0000

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When, oh when, will the dust settle from the beakup of the Ottoman Empire?

apparently, almost a century is no where near long enough.

Now, 'Everyone Will Hold

artappraiser — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 21:21:52 +0000

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Now, 'Everyone Will Hold Their Breath':

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2011/01/12/132865027/lebanese-govern...

Al-Jazeera coverage:Lebanese

artappraiser — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 21:07:31 +0000

In reply to Hezbollah-led pullout brings down Lebanon's government

Al-Jazeera coverage:

Lebanese government collapses
Government falls after Hezbollah and allies withdraw from coalition in row over UN probe into murder of Rafiq al-Hariri.

http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2011/01/2011112151356430829...

Syria-Saudi fail on Hariri deal
Efforts to reach an agreement to ease political tensions in Lebanon reach a "dead end", MP says.

http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2011/01/201111204453669848....

Lebanon simmers as Hezbollah braces
The movement has made it clear that to cooperate with the Special Tribunal is to collaborate with its enemies.

http://english.aljazeera.net/indepth/2010/10/201010318415152651.html