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• THERE IS NO LEBANON: by Brothers Judd Blog on Nov 7, 2009

  Rival Lebanon factions agree on unity government (BASSEM MROUE, 11/07/09, Associated Press) Hariri's Cabinet lineup appears to have given the opposition the seats they have been demanding for months, including the Telecommunications Ministry. A Hezb...

• THE TAKEOVER WAS PRETTY SMALL BEANS COMPARED TO US COUPING THEM: by Brothers Judd Blog on Nov 3, 2009

  Iran opposition to apologise to US for embassy siege: Leaders of Iran's opposition movement are to make an unprecedented apology to the US on the 30th anniversary of the storming of the American embassy in Tehran. (Damien McElroy and Ahmad Vahdat, 02...

• IT WILL MAKE A FINE CAPITOL OF SOUTH LEBANON: by Brothers Judd Blog on Oct 23, 2009

  Beirut's Shiite bastion revives after '06 war (HAMZA HENDAWI, 10/23/09, Associated Press) The sprawling Shiite suburb of south Beirut has made a comeback after the destruction wreaked by Israel during 2006 fighting, a symbol of the community's resili...

• OVERPLAYING A BAD HAND by Brothers Judd Blog on Sep 11, 2009

  Lebanon's political crisis deepens as prime minister-designate abruptly quits (Borzou Daragahi, September 11, 2009, LA Times) If Suleiman designates him again as prime minister, Hariri could try to form a Cabinet without the support of the opposition...

• THE QUESTION IS WHY THEY STAY PART OF THE LEBANON: by Brothers Judd Blog on Aug 27, 2009

  Hezbollah Part of Next Government: Hariri (AFP, 8/27/09) Lebanese prime minister-designate Saad Hariri said on Wednesday Hezbollah will be part of the next cabinet "whether Israel likes it or not," as his bid to form a government entered its eight we...

• ALL THINGS COME TO HE WHO WAITS: by Brothers Judd Blog on Aug 25, 2009

  Sadrists Promised Major Positions in New Gov't (Shadha al-Jubori, 8/25/09, Asharq Al-Awsat) Asmaa al-Mousawi, a high-ranking member of the Sadrist trend that is led by Iraqi cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, revealed that the movement had received a number of...

• COLLABORATING WITH PHAROAH: by Brothers Judd Blog on Aug 19, 2009

  Who Cares About Human Rights?: Not the Obama administration. (Elliott Abrams, 08/19/2009, Weekly Standard) This week brought the odd juxtaposition of two seemingly unrelated events: the death of former South Korean president Kim Dae Jung, and the vis...