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Saudi Arabia involvement in Tripoli

Today's explosion in Tripoli is going to decide who will inherit the Sunnis extremists in Lebanon after the fall of Hariri's Al-Mustaqbal Trend. Last Saturday Al-Akhbarpublished an article explains Al-Qaeda ideology meets this of 14 March-group. The report uses a wahabi book called "Lebanese Hezbollah and the Palestinian cause: a revealing vision" published by Al-Sahab Agency [Al-Qaeda publishers] and written by Atyah-Allah, ...

Petraeus visit, a joke for the Lebanese media

Not a single Lebanese newspaper believes that Petraeus visit is to discuss American aid to the country's army. Al-Akhbar connects the visit to Lebanon with recent Israel's nightmare about Hezbollah's Anti-Aircraft weapons, making fun of this "surprise" visit: They [the media] described his visit as "surprise" and "unannounced", but this "surprise unannounced" visit did not prevent the existence of a formal meeting ...

Mahdi Army and Hezbollah unarmed parades

Al-Hayat reported about an unarmed Mahdi Army parade in Najaf, was it an answer to the "A Shiite Militia in Baghdad Sees Its Power Wane" report? Interesting is that yesterday Hezbollah also organized an unarmed parade in Ba'lbak.

Hariri smuggles Iraqi oil to Tripoli

There is no transcript available of Junblatt interview on Lebanese New TV, but in one of his attempts to leave the 14 March group and in one part of the interview he said the following: The port of Tripoli "is used to smuggle the Iraqi oil from Kirkuk. Junblatt do not give details about this issue and he do not mention any ...

Lebanon president to visit Iran

Newspaper Al-Khaleej revealed that Lebanese president Michel Suleiman received an invitation to visit Iran.

The two theories behind Hariri’s visit to Baghdad

Two theories behind Hariri's visit to Baghdad: 1- The Americans sent him to mediate with Maliki, just like he played the same role a year ago with Musharraf of Pakistan. 2- To find more investment opportunities for his reconstruction company, just like he bought half of Amman - Jordan despite the Jordanian.

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