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Beneath Lebanon's New Political Deal, a Fear of Violence

Gilbert — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:51:07 +0000

It’s been an almost endless summer in Lebanon, with beach weather and relative political harmony continuing well into November. The only thing marring what could have been a perfect year for a country more accustomed to serving as a battleground in regional power struggles was the fact that Lebanon has had no government since parliamentary elections in June. That was until Monday, when the majority U.S.-backed political bloc and its rivals in the Syria- and Iran-backed minority coalition finally agreed on a new power-sharing Cabinet. But while the deal ends the three-year political crisis that brought the country to the brink of civil war, it doesn’t address the question underlying the dispute: Should Lebanon be a Westward-looking business-oriented tourist

Easy Money Fuels Rise in Kidnappings in Kenya

Gilbert — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 11:57:59 +0000

A month ago, he was snatched on the way to his grandmother’s house. Four days later, after his middle-class family received calls asking for $70 or else — calls the family was not sure were even genuine — his uncle found his corpse stuffed in a sugar sack. His head had been bludgeoned and his eyes were gouged out.

Emmanuel was 6 years old.

“These people knew what they were doing,” said his uncle, Mariak Aguek. “What they did was so traumatizing, I can’t even express it.”

Nairobi, Kenya’s capital, is a teeming city of have-nots and have-lots, so notorious for violent crime that it is often called “Nai-robbery.” But there is a new problem, or at least one that is causing new fear — kidnapping, and several recent attacks have been on children and Western women.

Role of Mossad in Mumbai Attacks

Gilbert — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 12:15:42 +0000

“This brutal attack once again shows that terrorists single out Jews. The attack is a reminder that the world must stand up against all terrorism, because in the end no one is safe until terrorism is combated in all its manifestations.” View Entire Story Here.
Well of course Jews like Foxman use the Mumbai incident as an opportunity to promote the ‘war on terror.’ Once again, Muslims are made the ‘enemies’ of all mankind, rather than the Zionist Jews, who are engaged in ethnic cleansing of Arab Muslims & Christians in Palestine and responsible for world wide chaos since the inception of their rogue state of Israel.

Rights group questions W. Bank shootings

Gilbert — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 10:51:13 +0000

The killing of four armed Palestinian fugitives in a hail of Israeli gunfire is raising new questions about the military’s practices during arrest operations in the West Bank.
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The Israeli human rights group B’Tselem is calling for a criminal inquiry into the shooting, citing witness accounts contending the men were summarily executed. B’Tselem says that would violate a ruling by Israel’s Supreme Court that troops must try to take wanted men alive.

Physical evidence, television footage, and testimony reviewed by the Associated Press point to a surprise attack. Even the military does not contend the suspects tried to resist or were urged to surrender.