From: Oliver Miles Sent: Mon, Jan 31, 2011 9:07 pm Subject: Lebanon MEC Analytical Group 1 February 2010 Lebanon The Lebanese president has appointed Najib Miqati, former prime minister and billionaire, as Prime Minister after he received 68 votes in support in the Lebanese parliament including those of the Druze leader Walid Jumblatt and his …
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Jan 30 2011
On the streets of Cairo
Egypt: Death throes of a dictatorship By Robert Fisk, Sunday, 30 January 2011 … The Egyptian tanks, the delirious protesters sitting atop them, the flags, the 40,000 protesters weeping and crying and cheering in Freedom Square and praying around them, the Muslim Brotherhood official sitting amid the tank passengers. Should this be compared to the liberation …
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Jan 30 2011
View from the castle
The Egyptian masses won’t play ally to Israel By Gideon Levy, published 01:55 30.01.11 Three or four days ago, Egypt was still in our hands. The army of pundits, including our top expert on Egypt, Benjamin Ben-Eliezer, said that “everything is under control,” that Cairo is not Tunis and that Mubarak is strong. Ben-Eliezer said …
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Jan 29 2011
Isolated
Without Egypt, Israel will be left with no friends in Mideast By Aluf Benn, published 13:01 29.01.11 … The fading power of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak’s government leaves Israel in a state of strategic distress. Without Mubarak, Israel is left with almost no friends in the Middle East; last year, Israel saw its alliance with Turkey …
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Jan 29 2011
Sic semper tyrannis
Arab states: a quagmire of tyranny By Soumaya Ghannoushi, Friday 28 January 2011 23.00 GMT … We are witnessing the breakdown of the Arab state after decades of failure and mounting crises. The Arab political establishment has never looked weaker than it does today. It is either dying a protracted silent death, corroded from within, or …
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Jan 29 2011
The end begins
[tube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vo5Fn1-2E8o[/tube] A people defies its dictator, and a nation’s future is in the balance By Robert Fisk, Saturday, 29 January 2011 … It might be the end. It is certainly the beginning of the end. Across Egypt, tens of thousands of Arabs braved tear gas, water cannons, stun grenades and live fire yesterday to demand the …
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Jan 22 2011
Back to the future?
Walid Jumblatt: Lebanon’s kingmaker By Lamis Andoni Last Modified: 22 Jan 2011 15:10 GMT +++ Walid Jumblatt, the leader of Lebanon’s 300,000-strong Druze community, has thrown his weight behind Hezbollah and Syria in the political showdown with the US-backed March 14 alliance that is brewing in Beirut. Jumblatt leads a bloc of 11 parliamentarians and …
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