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to defend liberty after US withdrawal from Vietnam. Ronald Reagan, whose fans credit him with having disarmed the "Evil Empire," sent Marines into Lebanon, and brought them home again after 241 soldiers died in the bombing of the USS Cole. Otherwise, Reagan only captured tiny Grenada in the name of li

actories and power plants, whilst electricity was sporadic in Lebanon anyway therefore it had nothing to lose! Is there anything more shameful than Nasrallah's words here? Please wake up and look at yourselves, even if the lights are turned off! Tariq Alhomayed is the Editor-in-Chief of Asharq Al-Awsat.

forces. Deputy Russian Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov er ported that Nasrallah had told him, when he met with him on April 27 during a visit to Lebanon, "I intervened in Syria to save the regime, which was on the verge of collapse." Hezbollah's participation in the battle of Qusair — which, accordi

ary efforts of the regime of President Bashar al-Assad in facing opposition forces. Deputy Russian Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov er ported that Nasrallah had told him, when he met with him on April 27 during a visit to Lebanon, "I intervened in Syria to save the regime, which was on the verge of coll

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ocused on the primacy of resistance against Israel as opposed to the bombings in Lebanon and the war in Syria. Within the present context, however, Nasrallah's overtures to the Palestinians cause make sense in that Hezbollah fears losing the Palestinian camps' support within Lebanon. Such support is base

o long, as the case with Colonel Muammar Gaddafi in Libya or Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh. Additionally his positions vis-a-vis Hezbollah in Lebanon and Hamas in Gaza, two topics that are dear to the hearts of grassroots Syrians, have given him a protective shield that other Arab leaders do not

ith Dr. Ahmadinejad. The president then followed the Saudi monarch, King Abdullah, in his royal bankrolling effort to lure the eye doctor away from Nasrallah. Even the dynast's billions couldn't do the trick. Barack Obama will not reflect on how in just a bit over two years he got himself and America int

rthrowing the regime in Syria is in the American and Israeli interest," he said in a speech marking the withdrawal of the Israeli army from southern Lebanon in 2000. "They want to overthrow the regime EFTA00629507 and replace it with a moderate regime." (AP) Defying a state-imposed media blackout, Syr

in Syria, there is no way the regime can stop information or footage, videos, and images from coming out," said a Syrian activist. (AFP) Lebanon: Nasrallah blasted Obama's Middle East vision and comments on the Lebanese group, urging the Arab League to withdraw its peace initiative. "What has Obama and

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his many redundant speeches, Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah has been adamant about supporting the Assad regime of Syria. A few years ago, when Nasrallah made a speech, almost everyone in Lebanon would leave whatever they were doing to listen to what he had to say. His words made headlines and caused

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Nasra=lah. Speaking to hundreds of students mainly on the subject of illiteracy and the dire need for greater access t= education in the Arab world, Nasrallah eventually turned to the anti-gove=nment protests in Syria that began in March 2011. Almost from the outset, he was especially fran= in equating th

making than with the blurring 4 the lines drawn in Arab sands decades ago. On the map, Tripoli, on the Med=terranean Sea, lies within the borders of Lebanon and is the country's s=cond-largest city. But Tripoli, staunchly Sunni, with an Alawite minority, has always been within the orbit of the S=rian cit

zbollah, to dispatch young foot soldiers to Damascus and drape his support for the Syrian dictator in the =arb of religious duty. Terrorist groups, Nasrallah sai= on April 30, had threatened to overrun and destroy the shrine. "If such=a crime were to take place, it will carry with it grave consequences,"

e was walking, talking and even work- ing a bit. It compared him to a resistant tropical See CASTRO. SA ► Hostilities escalate ahead of cease-fire Lebanon's Cabinet seems torn over Hezbollah disarmament. By HENRY CHU and BORIOU DARAGAHI Los Aviles news BEIRUT — By air and on land. Is- raeli forces an

Nasrallah. Their resistance on the battlefield makes them more dan- gerous adversaries — but also more plausible negotiating partners. Lit- tle in Nasrallah's past suggests that he will use his new stature to en- courage indirect negotiations with Israel, but, as 1973 reminds us, the aftermath of war c

But are there in fact distinct wings within the self-styled "Party of God"? Hezbollah is many things. It is one of the dominant political parties in Lebanon, as well as a social and religious movement catering first and foremost -- though not exclusively -- to Lebanon's Shiite community. Hezbollah is also

ind Hezbollah's political leadership with its international illicit activities are also unmistakable. According to a CIA document, even before Hassan Nasrallah rose to the position of secretary- general in 1992, he was "directly involved in many Hizballah terrorist operations, including hostage taking, airli