Tawheed movement leader Wiam Wahab on Wednesday slammed President Michel Suleiman and asked him to resign for allegedly failing to govern the country.
Following talks with Free Patriotic Movement leader Michel Aoun in Rabiyeh, Wahab said the president should resign “because after two years of rule we feel like we are in the last days of the presidency.”

Where did this guy come from ? Why now the attack on the president ?

IMHO, i don’t think we should go far with analyzing this one. Wahhab is off the political scene nowadays cause Jumblatt is reconciling with Syria ( No worthy Druze opponent to critisize) and there are no assassinations or major events on which he can feed.

Barmeel Zbele 3am bifadde chouwe

PS: Maybe this insult will occupy his very free time a little bit and make him issue lawsuits and expose us on TV

The situation in Jerusalem has been a timed bomb for a long time now, it is just some time before it explodes. I fear Israelies are not going to stop until they have Jerusalem for themselves, and who knows when will Al-Aqsa mosque crumble cause of the Israeli underground digging.

Latest Report on Hamas combat doctrine was released and confirms how it is using kids as human shields and invading mosques and taking cover in them.

Masked Palestinians clashed with Israeli police in multiple East Jerusalem neighborhoods on Tuesday, hurling rocks at security forces and burning tires.

Sevens people were arrested as dozens of youths hurled stones at Border Police officers in the Shoafat refugee camp and in the neighborhoods of Isawiyah and Wadi Joz. No injuries were reported.

Police presence is high in Jerusalem after Hamas called for a “day of rage” against Israel following its rededication of a synagogue in Jerusalem’s Old City on Monday. [AFP]

Lebanon to get additional internet bandwidth from India [From the DailyStar]
Government to buy 45 gigabytes for $45 million in coming months

Once i read this article’s title, i thought things are gonna improve, but it turns out the title is deceiving as the content implies we will never probably get that bandwith.

“The Ministry of Telecommunications announced that the additional bandwidth is expected to reach Lebanon in the month of May but I think that this will not happen on time because of the difficulties encountered by the Lebanese government with the Egyptian intelligence service,” Riad Bahsoun told The Daily Star.

“The entire society will migrate to an information society. You can have the best policy in the world but if you don’t have enough bandwidth then you have nothing,” he commented. “It will absolutely decrease internet services prices.”

When will we have a proper connection in Lebanon ? No one knows.

BEIRUT: Although it probably passed you by, Lebanon was one of many countries to experience an earthquake this week.

A quake registering 3.8 on the Richter Scale hit 50 kilometers off the coast of Sidon at just after 2:30 Tuesday morning. No damage was reported and, according to Ata Elias, assistant professor at the American University of Beirut’s (AUB) Department of Geology, it was in no way related to recent larger tremors.

“The earthquake that happened off the coast of Sidon was very small,” he told students at AUB Thursday.

[Full Article from The Daily Star]

The world’s richest man is currently in Lebanon and is having dinner tonight at Pr.Sleiman’s palace.

He beat Bill Gates by “only” 500 million dollars. Only 2el !
I was reading a bit about this man and he is very different from other billionaires. He does not use a computer, he has a very humble house, he meets with his kids for a regular dinner every Monday. [Article from the Telegraph].

More Info on Slim from Forbes
Net Worth: $53.5 bil
Fortune: Self Made
Source: telecom

Every civilized country in the world is proud to send their athletes to participate in international and regional competitions and promote the country’s image, with one exception: Lebanon.

My friend was telling me about a friend of his who had been training for months now for the World Junior Taekwondo Championships being held in Mexico. The government barely paid anything for his travel fees, but worse of all, he was asked to withdraw from the first game because his opponent was ISRAELI.

What utter nonsense is that ? What does politics have to do with sports? How will this 16 year old athlete be motivated again after this incident?

I can only imagine the frustration and dissapointment he must have felt. Maybe we are not yet civilized after all.

Eh walla sa7 el nom !

I don’t know when this masquerade M14 leaders are playing at the national dialogue will end, but i hope soon enough because it is a complete waste of time.

M14 WON the elections, and voluntarily LEGALIZED Hezbollah weapons in the Ministerial statement. Now it’s a controversial point ?

And who’s the one who first asked for it ? Crying Baby Sanioura ! that sissy who didn’t have the guts to come out and defend his own people when Hezbollah was invading Beirut.

On another note, I want to ask Pr.Sleiman why was Sanioura invited in the first place ??

As my good friend nora would say, MASKHARA !

Article & Caricature by the National.

Anyone who is anyone in advertising has a story about the first time they met Antoine Choueiri.

Ramzi Raad, an industry veteran who was recently named Advertising Person of the Year by the Dubai Lynx Awards, has one of the best.

It was the summer of 1968, in swinging pre-civil war Beirut, and Mr Raad, now the chairman and chief executive of TBWA\RAADCK, was a young advertising executive working for an agency while attending university. One afternoon, his boss sent him on an errand to the magazine where Mr Choueiri worked, called Arab Week, and when he reached the building he was pointed towards a large room with a big balcony.

[Read More]

As fanatic and extremist as Hassan Nasrallah might appear, he is nothing compared to Naim Qassem, Hezbollah’s Deputy Secretary-General.

This man is favoured by many to succeed to Nasrallah in case the latter is assassinated or removed by The Iranians.

Qassem never misses a chance to undermine Lebanon’s sovereignty, to speak on our behalf, to decide who’s right or wrong and deceive Lebanese with his statements.

Had it not been for the readiness of the resistance, Israel would have waged war on Lebanon yesterday before today.

When did Israel ever wage a war against us without being provoked first ? I think that’s the 1000th time i ask the same question without any valid answers from M8 readers.

“We do not depend on promises but on God and our mujahedeen warriors, and this is what prevents, postpones and delays Israeli aggression,” he added.

And Is God and your mujahedeen warriors that are reconstructing the damage you leave behind everytime you go on one of your adventures?

Qassem called for halting political bickering “to seize the chance of economic prosperity as the whole world observes Lebanon today respectfully and confidently.”

Indeed, Lebanon nowadays is known as a terrorist state and most countries in the world will strip and humiliate every Lebanese tourist before allowing him to enter. Respect indeed !

I spent some time yesterday watching old Sagesse movies back in 1999 when they first won the Asian Championship. I still have goose bumps watching those amazing times.
Those were unforgettable moments for me and many Lebanese and President Choueiri was behind all that. His devotion, commitment, financing and love to the sport and to his people pushed us to the top.

Thank you for everything and may you rest in peace.

Here is Choueiri’s speech during an LF event.

And a short movie remembering the Sagesse team golden years led by Antoine Choueiri and Elie Mouchantaf (Estez el Riyadi) .

Update: Funeral services will take place on Thursday 11th of March in Mar Gerges Cathedral in Beirut at 11 am then will be buried in his hometown in Bcharreh.

14:05 وفاة رجل الاعمال أنطوان شويري بعد معاناة طويلة مع المرض

Antoine Choueiri has passed away around 14:00 today. He was admitted to the hospital lately due to a pneumonia and had many health issues.

For those who are not familiar with this man, Antoine Choueiri dominates the media landscape in the Middle East as a representative of some of the major names in the local industry, including Lebanon’s LBC Sat, the Al Jazeera network, the daily newspaper Al Hayat based in London, the UAE’s Dubai Media Inc and Lebanese publications Al Nahar and Al Safir. [More]

But for us in Lebanon, and specifically the Sagesse fans, he was more known as “President” and as the man who turned the humble and modest Sagesse team into an multi-Arab and double Asian champion. He revolutionized basketball in Lebanon and made it reach international levels of competition. Basketball and other sports today still suffer in Lebanon because of his retirement from sports few years ago.

R.I.P President. You will be missed.

Last week in damascus, they stood for the press
Papa Najad,Mama Bachar,& Baby Hassan in a dress

Papa Najad had not changed at all, like his legs were cut in half
While Mama Bachar with her long neck, had been blowing a Girrafe

But Baby Hassan! what a darling , it couldnt be truer
Despite that an hour ago, he’d crawled out of a sewer!

What a family to behold, the sweetest couple and child
And The worlds most perfect cast for “Terrorists Gone Wild!”

Baby Hassan had brought along his little katyusha rattles
Papa mahmoud, in persian said “this is the mother of all battles”

But Mama bachar, the cheating slut, as she smiled for the shot
Hoped that neither figured out what the CIA had bought

You see, recently, Don CIA, has been seducing Mahmouds wife
& Papa najad and Baby Hassan have been worried for their life

Its only a matter of time you see,for the love to hate conversion
Especially when you try to marry off, an Arab to a Persian

Two Lying types with little trust and with treachery as their motto
With parents like that, as baby hassan, I wouldn’t play the lotto

Papa Mahmoud wants a new girlfriend, She really is “The Bomb”
And Mama Bachar, has never liked …to be the single Mom

Baby Hassan, dear baby hassan is now stuck in the middle
While these two Evil Parents, play his future like a Fiddle

And Just like in the search engines; Google chewed up Yahoo
This little hairy terror child, may be fed to Netanyahu

So as this evil charade, goes on and on and on
lets you and I say a prayer for dear old lebanon

Dear God, please take away from Lebanon, this hairy terror holy
And then replace him with the Tits and Ass of Angelina Jolie

AL MOWTOU LI SOUWIYYA
AL MOWTOU LI IWAN

LONG LIVE LEBANON 10452 KM2

[Original Article from lebanonfiles]

Translated by myself:

Imagine if this guy was caught by mistake, how many got away with whatever they were doing.

No one will give it much attention of course, because this army soldier could be supportive of the resistance and arming himself to face the Israelis in the upcoming war. How can we deny him this right?

Let’s focus instead on spreading rumors on the LF smuggling drugs in Elie Keyrouz’s car or getting military trainings in Meerab, or setting up checkpoints in the heart of Keserwan to arrest minors driving their old folks’ cars. Those are the real threat to Lebanon’s security and sovereignty.

A recent remix of ” You look Wonderful Tonight ” By Eric clapton.

Sung By Sayyed Hassan to Michel Aoun one evening

Its late in the dahieh
Micho’s wondering what words to swear
He uses some more Botox
And combs his three last hairs
And then he asks me
Hassouna do I look alright
And I say yes, you look Aounderful tonight

Its time for Aoun to go home now
Al mowtou li amwika I said
He said “skitouu!!”
So I sent him to Bed
And then I tell him
That my turban feels tight
But he says Hassan you looked Aounderful tonight
Oh dear Hassan, you looked Aounderful tonight

Mario Bassil is playing a key character in the new Hollywood movie : Jack Hunter and the Lost Treasure of Ugarit [Imdb].
He plays the role of a tourist guide for Jack Hunter.

For those who don’t know him, Mario Bassil is a Lebanese comedian and actor. He is mostly known for his “Comedy Night” shows. He is also an artist (Borat-like artist) and has few songs himself.

Mabrouk Mario !

I was forwarded a scanned image of an article published lately in an undentified paper that clearly states that there is oil in Lebanon. I’ve read similar stories in the past but never an official study was released in the news. A Norwegian company in coordination with the ministry of power did this research and confirmed there is oil in Lebanon. This same company confirmed there’s oil 3 years ago as well but the story stopped there.

Here’s another article by a certain Chadi Nachabe on how Oil can be Lebanon’s salvation and its way out of the crisis. To be honest, i believe we should have a capable government and a strong army and good diplomatic ties before going after our own oil, because at the time being, it will only bring us more trouble.

What are the most popular blogs in Lebanon and what is your favorite? Here are some of my favorites in no particular order:

http://theinnercircle.wordpress.com/
http://bloggingbeirut.com/
http://mayazankoul.com/
http://www.plus961.com/

This video was supposedly taken in Lebanon. [YouTube]

I’ve been repeating this for years now and it still irritates me when i talk about it.

Why doesn’t Samir Geagea open all cases related to the LF and clear his name and the party’s name once and for all ? Why doesn’t he use the ministry of justice that is in his hands to put an end to those false and shameful trials the LF was submmited to during the Syrian hegemony ?

There is nothing more frustrating than hearing a criminal and filthy individual like Jamil el Sayyid attacking Samir Geagea and the LF while each of us know his direct implication in the Saydit el Najet Church bombing.
Added to that, every now and then, we hear Omar Karameh accuse Geagea of being a criminal and killing his brother.

The LF should not answer those low-lifes by issuing press releases but in court.

We are talking about post-1990 assassinations that the LF had nothing to do with. If today is not the time to open those cases and clear the party’s image, when is it then ? what is Hakim waiting for ?

Mich chatreen 2ella lawsuits against Kandil and Wahhab on some pointless statements. What they, the LF, are missing though, is that no one would dare say a word about the LF if the cases are officially re-open and taken to justice.

You keep hearing M8 politicians labeling M14 forces as divided and weak and no longer representative of the Majority.

Yet they won the elections and looking at the current situation, it seems it is the Pro-Syrian team that is getting shattered all over the place.

- Berri & Aoun are in constant dispute.
- Omar Karami retired from M8.
- Sleiman Frangieh is reconciling with M14 Christians.
- Tashnag voted yesterday in favor of Hariri plans while FPM vetoed.
- Aounists have internal undeclared conflicts that will only grow deeper as Aoun gets older.

This probably justifies why they want Syria back asap, it is the only way they can stay united, that is under the Syrian boot