Lebanese newspaper Al-Akhbar says that Hassan Nasrallah will get an invitation to visit Egypt in the coming two months. The newspaper added that this is the new Egyptian policy to keep the same distance from all the parties in Lebanon.
This is exactly what the American ambassador in Lebanon "Michelle Sison" said in her interview with Qatari newspaper Al-Raimedia. Lebanese newspaper Assafir comment: The armament of the Lebanese army is nonsense. What they described as "great gift" by the Americans three years ago is lifting of the ban on M16 ammunition, and the ban on medium-range machine guns 12,7 mm still exists. The U.S. ...
Assafir puts it like this: The hope of the armament mountain of the U.S. to the Lebanese army delivered an automatic rockets launcher. The U.S. already provided the Lebanese with something similar in 1983 also owned by every militia in Lebanon.
As if there are not enough militias in Iraq, former Lebanese president Amin Gemayel offers to send his own "Kata'ib" militias to protect Iraqi Christians in Mosul. Who appointed this guy as the Middle- East Christians representative?
The newspaper connects the timing of announcing the diplomatic ties between Syria and Lebanon with the Lebanese president Suleiman visit to Saudi Arabia saying that Suleiman is mediating between the Saudi Arabia and Syria and Syria answered with a positive sign.
According to the Palestinian newspaper Al-Manar - published in Quds - in the coming weeks the Lebanese army will starts a major assault operation on the Palestinian "Ain Al-Hilwa" camp in Lebanon.
The capture and dismantle of "Fatah al-Islam" is reported on every Arab newspaper today. Syrian newspaper Al-Watan added this: Al-Mustqbal [Hariri] MP Khalid Dhahir is mediating between the Lebanese authorities and the Families of the only member on-the-run "Jawhar". Newspaper Assafir said today, CIA chief Michael Hayden will visit Beirut this week Thursday to discuss security cooperation to fight terrorism on the regional ...
As reported on the French Liberation today: Bulgarian authorities searched a Russian ship headed to Syria uncovered pipes cargo with dual-use (civilian and military) being secretly transferred to Syria. The French Liberation asks: Since Moscow and Damascus signed a military cooperation agreement, then why the secrecy of this cargo? Unless the cargo being transferred later to Hezbollah.
Reported today on Kueaiti Al-Qabas quoting an Iranian newspaper called "Khurshid" saying: Nasrallah appointed Hashim Safi Al-Din the chairman of Hezbollah's executive office [Nasrallah's cousin] as his successor, if Israel succeeded in assassinating Nasrallah.
Lebanese newspaper Aliwaa reported today that Syria reduced its forces on the northern Lebanese borders from 12 thousand to 5-6 thousand saying that European spy satellites revealed the nature of the Syrian army on the border is non-offensive.
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Just listened to Zawahiri's speech after I read these reports say that he used "insult" words.
Zawahri uses the word "Abid" or "Abd" translated directly to English as "slave" but it also means "addicted" or "loyal".
You can find the same word in many Arabic names such as these of the King of Saudi Arabia or Jordan "Abd"dullah.
The English word "negro" transited to Arabic as "Zinji" is more racial and insulting than "Abd", because "Zinji" or even "Aswad" = "black" usually refers to an ethnic inferior minority.
According to Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Jarida, Davis Miliband in his visit to Syria, had a letter from Israeli Prime Minister Olmert to Bashar Al-Asad assured him of Israel's willingness to continue the negotiations.
According to Al-Akhbar, Gadhafi's son visit to the U.S. aimed to promote the transfer of power and to approve father-son succession in Libya, especially that he will visit Jewish activists in the U.S.
As reported on Al-Akhbar:
Western countries intelligence services and particularly France started to accuse Saudi Arabia of arming the fundamentals in Lebanon after they found special guns and arms sold by France at the time of the former President Jacques Chirac to Saudi Arabia.
Good report on the Palestinian newspaper Al-Manar on Hamas options and the next move:
Sources close to Hamas said that the movement is in a very difficult position, reluctant to launch attacks on Israel and would prefer to wait until the U.S. political situation to stabilize.
Hamas leaders in exile want to exercise restraint, but they are unable to control the military commanders. Hamas has three options:
1- To go towards Egypt and continue the peace dialogue [with Fatah] immediately and unconditionally.
2- To continue the "calculated" escalation, without pushing the situation to the exploding point.
3- Its called the suicidal option:
A- Armed operation in areas surrounds Gaza strip, joined by other armed factions, but any direct confrontation will hurt Hamas heavily.
B- To confront the Israeli pressure with attacks outside the Gaza strip, in the West Bank or inside Israel, trying to boost its negotiations demands.
The story of the hijacked Saudi oil tanker "Sirius Star" is escalating but yet there are few confusing reports on the Saudi media.
The strange thing is what Saudi funded newspaper AL-Sharq AL-Awsat reported this morning:
The Saudi border guards denied the reports of a hijacked Saudi ship; they [border guards] did not receive any distress call from any ship or Saudi oil tanker exposed to a piracy operation.
The most confusing is what Saudi newspaper reported this morning:
[Saudi oil tanker] "Sirius Star" is liberated.
A Saudi source confirmed the release of "Sirius Star".
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