On April 18, 1996 IDF artillery hit a UN compound filled with Lebanese civilians, killing 106 and injuring 116 ( most of the killed were children). Four Fijian United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon soldiers were also seriously injured. [...]

The world condemned this barbaric attack (except the US), but that did not stop Israel from continuing its “Grapes of Wrath” Operation, against the terrorit Hezbollah militia.

Following the attack, Lt.-Gen. Amnon Shahak, Israel’s chief of staff, at a press conference in Tel Aviv on April 18 defended the shelling: “I don’t see any mistake in judgment… We fought Hezbollah there [in Qana], and when they fire on us, we will fire at them to defend ourselves… I don’t know any other rules of the game, either for the army or for civilians…”

Regardless of whether Hebzollah was using the compound as a hideout and the civilians as a human shield ( he did that repeatdly during the 2006 July war), the attack was a barbaric one and Israel should have been punished for it. However, there is another side that should be considered and that will never get those killed civilians any justice, is the fact that the same Hezbollah who is condeming such attacks was supporting similar terrorits attacks 13 years earlier, but this time against the Americans.

On the 18th of April 1983, a suicide bombing was conducted against he US embassy in Beirut, killing 63 people, among them 32 Lebanese and 17 Americans.

What is the difference between this bombing and the Qana ?? None.

What is certain is that the main reason for all Israeli atrocitis in Lebanon for the past 20 years has been Hezbollah, and if you dont remove it, we have no reason to ask for justice and we have every reason to hide when Israelis strike.

The solution ? Disarm Hezbollah’s militia and sign a peace treaty with Israel and let the UN monitor the borders.

(from wikipedia)

Once again, Michel el Murr is re-arranging the political scene to his consent and putting himself in a ‘godfather-like’ position.
After defeating Amine Gemayel in the Last Matn elections and causing a major upset, he meets with Amine and announces days earlier that he regrets going against him …

His aim this time is electing a Maronite president before Michel Suleiman’s time as head of the army expires.
A huge festival was organized in Dbayyeh and another followed in Jbeil yesterday and today more are expected in all regions.

Pressure is building on the Maronite mps from Aoun’s bloc to take a historic step and fill the gap in the presidency !

Will he succeed this time ? Well I dont recall the last time he failed in achieving his goals ( not that i admire his methods) …

A very true article ! Why are Lebanon’s Muslims still stuck behind the idea that Israel is an eternal enemy ??

Dr. Joseph Hitti
April 18, 2008
For four decades, the Arabs have forced Lebanon into being the only Arab war front with Israel, while they themselves embarked on peace overtures and treaties with the Hebrew State.

To the Lebanese fell the role of the village idiots. Their country burned so that Yasser Arafat could “liberate” Palestine, so that Fuad Siniora could brag about being “the last Arab country to sign peace with Israel”, so that the other hypocrite Lebanese Sunnis from Salim Hoss and Rafik Hariri down could uphold “Arab honor”, and so that Shiite Hassan Nasrallah and his herd of Iranian-paid Lebanese Shiites could inflate their gonads in pride at “resisting” and drag the entire country behind them into the dirt. And so, while the Lebanese were forced to agree (beginning with the 1969 Cairo Accord) to get beaten up on the head by Israel, other Arabs like Egypt and Jordan officially made peace with the Israeli “enemy”, the Palestinians´ PLO made peace with Israel and returned to Palestine to start a country, and now in broad daylight, Israeli Foreign Minister Livni pays a visit to Qatar and speaks at a trade and democracy convention there. Mind you, this is the tip of the iceberg. God only knows how much trade and cozy relations are being had by many other Arab countries with the “enemy”, while the idiotic Lebanese, led by Hassan Nasrallah on the Shiite side and Fuad Siniora on the Sunni side, continue to set their country backwards and “resist”, “defend Arab honor” and “liberate” Palestine for the Palestinians, all at Lebanese cost in blood and treasure.

The hypocrisy of Lebanon´s Muslims – Sunnis and Shiites alike – regarding the issue of Palestine and Israel is causing great harm to Lebanon´s future. Having burned Lebanon through 40 years of war on the pretense of “resistance” and “liberation”, they are now letting Lebanon fall behind economically and technologically by keeping the country chained by false and obsolete slogans.

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I was watching Kalam el Nass “Bassel Fleihan” special episode tonight and what caught my attention most was a young lady from Australia named Rebecca Samarani who won a price on her research on implementing the federal system in Lebanon ..

Her proposal was way more different and daring and interesting than others this year, in fact one proposed that we have more public gardens and parks and the other was on social security ..

Even though Rebecca did not advocate her proposal properly, i am glad Marcel hosted her and promoted Federalism.

I wish we could get a copy on her paper .
Anyone knows her back in Australia ?

Excellent article !

By Michel Touma - L’Orient Le Jour
Le 15 décembre 1952, Maurice Gemayel donnait au Cénacle libanais une conférence ayant pour thème évocateur « Tel peuple, tel gouvernement ? Tel gouvernement, tel peuple ? » Il s’interrogeait, d’entrée de jeu sur le fait de savoir « qui, du peuple, des gouvernants ou des institutions, est responsable, au Liban, de la situation rien moins que brillante dans laquelle ce pays se débat de plus en plus désespérément ». Une petite phrase qui, plus d’un demi-siècle plus tard, n’a rien perdu de son acuité. Dans le cadre de ces mêmes conférences du Cénacle, Hamid Frangié apportait peut-être un élément de réponse en soulignant que « la direction des collectivités ne peut s’assumer sans l’engagement d’une petite élite » ; une perception que semblait partager Georges Naccache qui relevait l’importance pour les élites de jouer un « rôle de médiation entre le peuple et le chef ».

Force est de préciser que le pays est aujourd’hui confronté, entre autres problèmes, à une grave crise dont pâtit l’élite libanaise. Celle-ci est, de fait, pratiquement écrasée, dans une large mesure marginalisée, par le poids de leaders omnipotents ou de partis aux relents totalitaires et quasi fascistes. Cela est le cas dans les principales communautés du pays, mais la crise se fait ressentir particulièrement en milieu chrétien, déchiré entre deux courants ayant opté pour des choix politiques foncièrement contradictoires.

La crise subie par l’élite chrétienne est d’abord le résultat de l’absence d’esprit d’institution dans la plupart, sinon la quasi-totalité, des partis et courants qui mènent le jeu sur la scène chrétienne. L’action politique y est le fait d’un chef, d’un leader, incontesté – et très peu contestable – qui se fait seconder par un cercle très restreint et fermé de collaborateurs dont le rôle se limite, le plus souvent, à celui de suiveurs, d’exécutants des décisions et des choix pris par le chef. Pas d’approche à caractère institutionnel, par d’alternance possible, donc, au niveau de ces courants et partis, mais plutôt une personnalisation poussée à l’extrême de l’action politique. À cette faille structurelle viennent s’ajouter des failles humaines, encore plus lourdes de conséquences : l’orgueil, l’égocentrisme, l’ambition outrancière et démesurée, les susceptibilités personnelles de certains chefs et leaders influent souvent sur le cours de certains événements beaucoup plus qu’on ne le pense.
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Proposed by Mark.

Hilarious site .. check it out

Geagea’s special move:

Geagea vs Saad:

I was reading an article on Tayyar about the secrets of the civil war that were shared by a Mourabitoun old fighter ..
Even though it is quite interesting, i reached a point where they asked him to describe many personalities who lived and influenced this period in one word.

And to my surprise, almost all major names were mentioned except Michel Aoun !

كميل شمعون: رمز لليمين المتطرف
كمال جنبلاط: زعيم وطني
بشير الجميل: عميل صهيوني
سمير جعجع: عميل صهيوني مجرم
ايلي حبيقة: عميل مجرم
نبيه بري: زعيم في طائفته
أمين الجميل: رمز لليمين المتطرف
جورج حاوي: قائد وطني
طوني فرنجيه: قائد زغرتاوي من بيت وطني
ياسر عرفات: رمز القضية الفلسطنية وشهيدها
حافظ الأسد: قائد عربي

Added to that the title of the article speaks for itself:
بشير الجميل عميل صهيوني وحافظ الأسد قائد عربي

This is the level Tayyar has reached, this is the message they wanna spread nowadays .. interviewing people who label Bashir as a traitor and put it on the front page !!

As for not mentioning Aoun, he probably told them general akhwat wou khallis la allah bass la 2elloun 3en yi7attouwa .

Next thing, we will see them issuing fatwas asking Christians not to drink alcohol and eat pork, fida sermeyto lal sayyid 7assinn.

200 000 is the “Official” number of the 1975-1990 Lebanese civil war victims.

On this occasion, I recommend this year that everyone watchs the movie entitled : Zozo.

It is a story of a Lebanese boy who lost all his family and left Lebanon to Sweden in the middle of the war. It was directed in 2005 by Josef Fares and won many awards.

This movie says it all and hopefully made the Lebanese realize how horrific is a civil war for us and for our children and families

Tinzakar la ma tin3ad!

I keep asking again and again the same question to HA members and whomever defends them and i never get a clear answer but instead subjective replies on how cruel and mean is Israel !

My question is simple :
If Hezbollah & Palestinian armed groups did not exist, why would Israel attack us ?

Lets talk dates and facts then ..

Ironically in 1948, after Israel proclaimed its independance, five Arab countries tried to attack Israel and put an end to it before it starts, among them Lebanon.

Did Israel attack us back then ?? I dont think so ..

As a result of their failure, Palestinians fled everywhere and settled first in Jordan, until 1970, when their resistance was crushed by the Jordanian king (Black September). Next thing we know PLO settles in Lebanon and starts its operations against Israel.

Israel decides to retaliate and in 1978, Operation Litani is launched.

25,000 Israeli troops invaded southern Lebanon on March 14, 1978 in a campaign to drive the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) out. This attack was in response to PLO raids into northern Israel from their bases in southern Lebanon.

Why did Israel attack us ?? PLO !

In 1981, same scenario .. Israel bomb PLO targets in Lebanon as a response to the attacks by the PLO.

1982: Operation Galilee
Israel begins a massive offensive in response to two major terrorist acts ( bombing of a bus in North-Israel, assassination attempt against Shlomo Argov). Israel invades Lebanon and reaches Beirut, destroys the PLO and goes back out.

In 1986, Hezbollah starts its attacks against Israel ..

As a result, in 1993:
Israel launches Operation Accountability directed against Hezbollah.
It lasted a week

In 1996, Operation Grapes of Wrath
Israel launches a massive offensive in response to the rockets sent by HA against Israeli villages.

In 2006, Hezbollah kidnapps 2 Israeli soldiers within the Israeli borders.
As a result, Israel starts a destructive 34 days war against Lebanon

Those are the major headlines, many minor attacks occured as a response to Hezbollah operations.

Israel is a monster, Israel is evil, Israel has no respect for human rights, Israel is run by racists and Zionists !!

Those are the types of replies i will be getting now, simply because some people are too blind to see Israel has lost its interest long time ago in invading Lebanon .. in fact It never showed any interest in invading it in the first place…

Lets assume i agree on the labelings of Israel i just listed.
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I took my time to re-read all the comments on my previous post in order to answer everyone in the most comprehensible way …

However, i’ve noticed that many replies were more instinctful and immature, as if it is forbidden to speak ur mind when it comes to the HUGE mistakes being done on the LF level. Let me clarify again and again to all those Aounists, Snoopies (SSNP) and all those 8-March supporters out there :

I will always stand behind the 14 March principles and the Cedars Revolution, i will always support the LF ideology ( the one i know and was raised on), and i will always critisize those who are on this same path but committing mistakes. One comment caught my attention ( By Anonymous) as to changing the blog and quitting the LF ..

I do not belong to the LF Party, never said i did .. i support the LF thought and project and i defended Samir Geagea’s cause .. however the New Hakim and the new LF are not the ones i used to defend, they changed their political line and are doing mistakes ( in my opinion mistakes) and not regretting them ..

It is my right to keep this blog running and critisize whomever i want, the LF does not belong to anyone … the LF to me can be resumed in 3 things:
-The Cause
-The Martyrs
-Federalism

As for All other parties, they are not worthy my time nor any true Lebanese’s time when it comes to critics, their goal is crystal clear and that is destroying Lebanon and weakening its Christians. I will not include Aoun here, however he is even worse than all those, he is unintentionally destroying us for his own selfish goals and cares less whether we make it or not, as long as it gets him to presidency.
He is a megaloman and a clown and a virus spread in our community that we should have eliminated long time ago !

Back to the questions :

1- Adwan is the VP of the New LF, whatever he says Geagea agreed on previously, and every word he says counts. He should know better how to choose his words, if he cant, dont choose him as ur VP.

2- We are no one’s ally in any regional conflict, We fought our asses off and had thousands of martyrs to keep Lebanon’s Cause its 10452 wou bass … We want a neutral Lebanon !!

3- Being smart in politics is one thing and changing major guidelines and principles is a TOTAL different thing.
Hayda tazeke mich zaka !

4- Those who are trying to defend Adwan’s point and telling me i misinterpreted his words, probably should read the tons of mistakes i ve posted in the past few months, speeches and Press releases done by LF officials … wou la 7ayat liman tounadi !

Finally, i thank all the impolite and disrespectful people for their insults, it truly shows what you are made of .. again & again !

Cheers

Suggested by cedars.

Wayna Adwan ??? 7aleef Souriyya dod Israel ????

Today the families of Lebanese arbitrarly arrested in Syria celebrated the third anniversary for their open sit in in Beirut.

The LF was no where to be seen in this event.

If the families of Lebanese in Syrian prisons you are not going to support then there is no 3atab on everything you come up with.

Nisyo that we have prisoners in syria, nisyo their families. Zaman ……

I am truly surprised how a comment such as this passes without anyone replying or without even Hakim clarifying or correcting it …

I am truly outraged as an LFer and as a Christian and as a Lebanese to hear such horrific statements by the LF VP, Mr.Georges Adwan !! I am not sure what LF is that ! Shame shame shame !!

عدوان: نحن حلفاء سوريا في الصراع العربي ـ الإسرائيلي
Full Interview

How is Mr.Adwan allowed to change principles thousands of martyrs died for and that Hakim himself got jailed for ??
The LF since its foundation has asked for Lebanon to stay neutral and away from all regional conflicts and has fought specifically to keep the Palestinian Cause In Palestine and not make Lebanon a battlefield for the whole region !!

We are Syria’s allies in its fight with Israel ??? That is the biggest load of crap i’ve heard from an LF official in years !!

I ask you again :

Is this the new LF ? Is Dr.Geagea ok with the above statement ??
Who gave Adwan the authority to change our historical line ??

If it were up to me, i would kick him out immediatly from the LF and have him apologize !!

If Hakim doesnt reply to that or correct it, i am afraid i will have to change Samir Geagea tej raskoun to “Ken tej rasoun” cause i do not know if this is the same person i defended and stood for before.

HA official wants to put Mughniyeh’s picture” on shoulders of LA officers !!!

Well if Sleiman wasnt a sissy, he should have answered them properly …

Byiswo ra2ebto la Imad Mughnieh kel shab ra7 bi nahr el bared !

I d say his picture would fit perfectly on toilet papers …

From Naharnet

The southern town of Khiyam, which is just across the barbed wire fence from Israel, on Wednesday named its main street after Hizbullah’s slain commander Imad Mughniyeh.
Hizbullah official Sheik Hassan Izziddine, addressing the rally, said the party’s Islamic resistance, would maintain its course to “defeat the enemy, liberate the occupied Shebaa Farms and obtain freedom of prisoners and detainees held in jails of the Israeli enemy.”

He said Israel’s drills “reflect aggressive intentions against Lebanon and the region.”

“That is why the resistance is needed today, more than ever, to protect this homeland. All the homeland is in need of the resistance,” he added.

Izzat Qadri, head of Kfar Shouba municipality, also addressed the rally stressing that “had I been president … I would issue a decision placing Mughniyeh’s picture” on shoulders of Lebanese Army officers.

The libelous remark was not included in the text of the report distributed by the state-run National News Agency, however it was noted by local news reporters.

It was reported today in several papers ( Reuters, Sofia News Agency, etc .. ) that profits from drug trafficking through Bulgaria is being used to fund terrorist organizations like Hezbollah & the Islamic Jihad.

So we have a terrorist party who is accused of drug traffic, crimes against humanity (July war), assassinations, plots against the government and getting armed illegaly, and yet we are still thinking of holding dialogues with them to elect a president !

Not to forget they are still invading the downtown and ruining hundreds of businesses.

Bulgarian crime groups trading in synthetic drugs and Arabs linked to militant groups had been cooperating in the trafficking, said the draft report obtained by Reuters and due to be debated in parliament this week.

I was reading the headlines today and i honestly lost count of how many times i ve heard the same statements from the same people ..

Berri is preparing a new initiative and is commenting on the positive or negative feedbacks he heard ..
Geagea is critisizing Berri’s initiative saying its not serious.
Some M14 member is praising Berri’s new effort saying we should consider it.
Hezbollah is babbling about destroying Israel and how Sanioura is helping the Americans.
Jumblatts wants Bashar el Assad’s head.

I think once again that M14 should be pragmatic in their approach rather than thinking strategically or even diplomatically.
If we cant make them vote for a tribunal, impose it on them .. and this is what happened.

If we cant make them vote fo a president, impose it on them once again !!

Ironically i read today an article that seemed like a start to a draft that might allow the UN to appoint a president for Lebanon or approve whomever M14 designates, but i think its very soon to make such conclusions ..

People seem to forget the 11 years Hakim spent in prison !!! They forgot the suffering and torture he went through while being jailed in the most inhuman conditions !

If i critisize today Hakim’s actions, that doesnt mean i stopped respecting him or his past achievements!!
I used to defend Hakim like no one else did, i even helped making a site dedicated to him !!

The man was a great warrior once, he was the one who started the first war against Syrians in Bcharreh !
He was the one who freed Koura and Dedde of the Syrians and Palestinians !!
He was the one who defied Elie Hobeika and failed the tri-party agreement !!
He was the one who defeated Amine Gemayel and Elie Hobeika and Michel Aoun and kept the Christian regions free !
He was the one who defied Jumblatt and his forces in the Mountain war and saved thousands of Christians !

Many mistakes were done during the war, but no Aounist or whomever has any right to critisize Geagea in anyway !

The man was jailed for 11 years for crimes he did not do ! No he did not kill Frangieh and whomever accuses him of that crime is a total idiot and ignorant to say the least ! And no he did not kill Chamoun nor caused the Nahr el Mot genocide nor the Mat7af murder nor the Chamoun murder !

Samir Geagea was a great fighter who saved the LF after Bashir was killed and did a tremendous job to keep it alive and managed to do so until he was jailed ..

If we critisize his decisions now, that doesnt mean we regret defending him before ! He is still the wise leader and the idole we all set for ourselves at one point in time !

“Nothing would stop the tribunal. It will be an international tribunal that would issue a charge sheet this year,” he said.
The tribunal, according to Geagea, “wouldn’t just deal with the Hariri assassination, but would also shed light on what has happened in Lebanon in the past 30 years.”

Those were words from Hakim’s press release few days ago after his long visit to the USA.

One week ago, Canadian prosecutor Daniel Bellemare declared the former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri was assassinated by a “criminal network”.

I was surprised no one commented on that post, even though it holds very serious implications, since it hints that Syria might get away with its crimes. Using the technical word “criminal network” takes out the many indirect and direct blames Mehlis had at first put then Brammertz against Syria.

March 14 should understand toppling the Syrian regime is not on the US agenda, and that the Americans are stuck in Iraq and are having serious problems. They will never risk toppling the only regime that is capable of handling terrorist organizations. Jumblatt was mistaken when asking for the end of the Syrian regime last week …

March 14 are facing a serious challenge now ..
What if the UN doesnt accuse the Syrian Regime of the murder? What have we been fighting for ??

That would be a major blow to us of course, Syria coming back to Lebanon is disastrous.

Another great editorial by Dr.Antoine Najm

Federalism is the starting point

Posted by cedars.

( I add one question: Who killed Ramzi and did any inquiry take place on that awful crime ?? )

والقى النائب عدوان كلمة قال فيها:” ان وفاءنا لرمزي عيراني هو الوفاء نفسه لكل شهداء لبنان وشهداء ثورة الأرز “.

Our loyalty to Ramzi Irani is the same to all Lebanon’s martyrs? Are you loyal to the martyrs of Hebollah the same way you are loyal to martyr Ramzi? Kif haideh? Or is it saf hakeh la nihke and as we say in Arabic haida “Hashou”?

ولفت النائب عدوان الى ان “شعار “القوات” كان في الماضي “مؤسسة نحو المستقبل” أما اليوم فأصبح “مؤسسة لقيام الدولة اللبنانية”.

Who changed it you? The LF? Who? When the LF raised the slogan an institution towards the future, at that time there was also no republic, no consitutions, nothing ….
Switching the slogan and the work form building an institution that is looking towards the future, to build a democratic party, to present its project, its plans and its ideas for a solution, a better future, ….. To an institution to lift up the republic is a major mistake. If you can’t lift yourself first you will never be able to lift anything else. Unless the Republic you want to build today is build on a farm and feudalism.

By the way, when Ramzi was assassinated, where were you Mr. LF deputy and Vice President of the LF? Matter of fact where were you since 1995 till the day you were elected a deputy?

Just couple of free LF minds are still questioning while the rest are clapping.

Dahieh, the economic heart of Lebanon, is going on strike starting tomorrow.
Lebanon’s biggest CEOs, including Abu Hadi, Abu 7assin and Abo cho7atta decided to stop bread production as of today evening since the Ministry of Finance has not yet provided them with the essential quantities of flour.

Abu Hadi, CEO & founder of Al Hadi Bakery, one of the leading bakeries in the suburbs declared that the ‘illegal’ government is not giving them enough amounts of flour. He was angrily shouting and yelling and cursing on how he was unable to supply the Tents yesterday with enough bread ..

Yes it is all the “illegal” government’s mistake ..

(End of joke)

This is by far the peak of arrogance !

Ma bye3terfo bil 7koume 2ella wa2et el ch7ade wa wa2ta baddoun yo2bado !

Eitherway, Sami Haddad clearly declared there is no crisis .. so life goes on … woulli jou3an yirou7 3and 7assouna !! 3ando rat burgers gher chekel !