What the hell is wrong with those people ???

She named a teddy bear Mohammad by mistake and now they wanna execute her …
Ma kharjoun education hal 3alam .. kharjoun da3ess bil sermeye !

NAIROBI, Kenya, Nov. 30 — Hundreds of demonstrators in Khartoum, Sudan’s capital, poured into the streets on Friday demanding the execution of a British teacher who was convicted of insulting Islam because her class of 7-year-olds named a teddy bear Muhammad.

The protesters, some carrying swords, screamed, “Shame, shame on the U.K.!” and, “Kill her, kill her by firing squad.”

They were calling for the death of Gillian Gibbons, the teacher who was sentenced Thursday to 15 days in jail. Under Sudanese law, she could have spent six months behind bars and received 40 lashes. { …}

Arabic Version ( from Naharnet)

English Version ( From Daily Star)

Brief Summary:
The criminals are still out there and more capable than ever

A Lebanese-born C.I.A. officer who had previously worked as an F.B.I. agent pleaded guilty on Tuesday to charges that she illegally sought classified information from government computers about the radical Islamic group Hezbollah.

The plea agreement by the defendant, Nada Nadim Prouty, appeared to expose grave flaws in the methods used by the Central Intelligence Agency and the Federal Bureau of Investigation to conduct background checks on its investigators.

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Ashrafa el Nass ( aka Hezbollah) caught in L.A as part of a drug ring .. guess they either blow themselves to get upthere or just smell some white coc and get high in no time ..

Sources: Feds Target Hezbollah Cell in L.A.

Today we report in the New York Daily News about a bizarre case unfolding in the Los Angeles communities Bell and Cudahy, where a special task force collared a dozen Arab-American and Latino suspects involved in a seemingly small-time drug and counterfeit clothing ring. While on the surface it doesn’t appear to be terrorism-related, our sources say Operation Bell Bottoms targeted a “classic case of terrorism financing,” with the defendants smuggling profits from selling dope and counterfeit goods in
L.A. back to Iran-backed Shiite terror group Hezbollah in Syria and Lebanon.

Neither the press release by the U.S. attorney for the Central District of California or court filings by the government specifically mention Hezbollah or terrorism. But one clue is found in the affidavits filed in court, which are signed by prosecutors from the Justice Department’s National Security Division and by an FBI official assigned to “Counterterrorism Squad 4″ in L.A., a task force brimming with agents from the FBI, DEA, IRS, Department of Homeland Security and local cops. CT-4 isn’t known for making drug and counterfeiting cases.

The counterfeit designer duds were sold out of local stores by the defendants from Bell and Cudahy. My colleague Jeff Anderson has written astounding stories that suggest no criminal activity in Cudahy is done without the blessing - and tax being paid to - the Mexican mafia and 18th Street gang. Also, while unmentioned so far in court papers, Hezbollah is well known to have profited from the illegal sale of name-brand counterfeits produced in the tri-border area of Argentina, Paraguay and Brazil.
The Daily News has reported on similar scams before that were proven in federal court to be Hezbollah fundraising operations. Often they have involved smuggling cigarettes and other goods, as CT Blog contributing expert Matthew Levitt blogged about yesterday.

As the possibility of a confrontation with Iran arises, so have fears that Hezbollah operatives involved in the U.S. fundraising schemes could turn operational and attack at Tehran’s behest. While that may be a remote possibility, a federal case in 2003 fueled such speculation. Defendant Mahmoud Youssef Kourani was accused by federal prosecutors in Detroit of being a Hezbollah soldier trained in “weaponry, spycraft and counterintelligence.” Kourani’s brother was Hezbollah’s security chief in southern Lebanon.

Quite an impressive coverage on CNN and many channels for this meeting, no one seems to realize how important it is for a Lebanese politician ( neither prime minister nor president) to shake hands with Bush in the White House and get USA’s support.

Let us hope this support stays for long enough until we get rid of the Syrians.

I am not quite sure if you are following the news, but there is a major event going on in Burma ( or Mnaymar ) where hundreds of thousands of monks are protesting against Myanmar’s generals and the 1988 crackdown by General Saw Maung that caused the death of thousands of pro-democracy demonstrators.

I honestly admire their courage and their commitment, and i hope the UN & US and the whole world will be put enough pressure against those criminal general to depose them once and for all.

Posted by Tareq73, your contribution is much appreciated.

Video to watch.

In the 1980s Lebanon used to be in the world news in America and Europe only when there were bombs or airplane hijackings or assassinations… and when you said to Americans or Europeans that you are Lebanese they always asked about the war… it was sooooo annoying to always have to explain that Lebanon was a great country before the war and we don’t all want violence and killing… it sucked so much to see how bad our image was in the world and when this started to change in the 1990’s (at least a little bit) it felt so different and so good that foreigners had good things to say about Lebanon, some of them were starting to go there on vacation and they would talk about the food and how much fun they had and how beautiful it is… naturally this is good for tourism and business but also psychologically for the millions of Lebanese outside Lebanon you have something to be proud of, it even affects your friendship with people when they think you come from a good place they respect you more and they treat you better (it’s human nature)!

Well all this changed again with the war of July 2006 that Hezbollah launched as we all know… and after all the killing and the destruction that stopped in August 2006, the image of Lebanon is again in the gutter, look at this video and see for yourself… It’s only one small example, it is a TV advertisement by AT&T for cellular phone service and they mention 4 cities that are infamous (that Americans consider weird or see them in a bad way), the first one is Beirut!!! they associate it with war and craziness and killing, then Los Angeles (crime and gangs) and Moscow (frozen in the old days of the Soviets) and Roswell New Mexico (where all the weirdos think a UFO crashed and some aliens were found!!)… the commercial is saying that AT&T is the best cellular phone company because you can get cellular phone service even in these weird backward crazy places!!!

This is an example that you don’t always see of what the war of Hezbollah has done to Lebanon’s image in the world for many years in the future… and why did they do this? to free 2 prisoners that they don’t talk about anymore, one of them is a criminal and the other one is a ghost that Israel denies he exists.

So I just want to say thank you Sayyed Hassan for this wonderful achievement, you have made the lives of millions of Lebanese outside Lebanon so much better, I am so glad I went back to Lebanon so I don’t have to see and hear the reaction of foreigners when I tell them I am from Lebanon, I feel sorry for the millions of Lebanese outside who have to explain again over and over why they are not all crazy religious wackos who dream of blowing themselves up.

The Pentagon is investigating how a B52 bomber was mistakenly armed with six nuclear warheads last week and allowed to fly 1,500 miles across America before anyone noticed the weapons were missing.

A squadron commander in charge of the warheads, each of which has up to ten times the destructive power of the Hiroshima atom bomb, has been relieved of his duties while crews responsible for the error have been banned from handling munitions.

Although officials insisted yesterday that there was never any danger of the warheads detonating, the disclosure will shake confidence in the security of America’s vast nuclear arsenal. [...]

What the heck is wrong with those people ??

Story #1:
Bangkok - Thai police arrested a 23-year-old man suspected of being a serial rapists of women, cows and banana trees, media reports said Tuesday.

One question to this guy, how did u rape a banana tree ??

Story #2:
مجموعة دينية كينية تريد إلغاء حكم الإعدام الصادر بحق “المسيح”

A kenyan religious group wants to discharge the death penalty Jesus Christ got by the Romans, they say its illegal.

Story #3:
Police and health workers in Papua New Guinea have launched an investigation into horrifying reports that AIDS victims in the rugged South Pacific nation are being buried alive by their relatives.

Merci Mr.Sarkozy pour votre position envers la Syrie !
Merci pour avoir refuser n’importe quel dialogue avec la Syrie sans qu’elle nous fiche la paix !

Et finalement, bravo au peuple francais pour avoir fait le choix parfait pour votre futur ..

On Syria :

Stressing the importance of a French presence in the Middle East, Mr Sarkozy said he was prepared to hold high-level talks with Syria if it backed French efforts to end the political crisis in Lebanon.

On Iran

And he warned that Iran could be attacked militarily if it did not meet its international obligations to curb its nuclear program.

“An Iran with nuclear arms is, to me, unacceptable, and I am weighing my words.” Sarkozy told members of France’s diplomatic corps on August 27. “And I underline France’s full determination to support the alliance’s current policy of increasing sanctions, but also to remain open if Iran makes the choice to fulfill its obligations. This policy is the only one that will allow us to escape an alternative, which I consider to be catastrophic. Which alternative? An Iranian bomb or the bombing of Iran.”

Indeed what France needs …

Thats like the best news i have heard in a while, i am so glad this prick is finally getting kicked out of the parliament ..

For those who dont know about him, he is a corrupted MP who was getting paid by Saddam and was campaigning with Hezbollah in the last July war.

Here is the article from the times:

GEORGE GALLOWAY, the MP who campaigned against the Iraq war, is to be suspended from parliament over his links to the United Nations oil-for-food programme in Iraq.

The parliamentary standards watchdog will rule this week that Galloway failed properly to declare his links to a charitable appeal partially funded from money made by selling Iraqi oil under Saddam Hussein, according to a source close to the inquiry. The one-month suspension for Galloway, often referred to as “Gorgeous George”, is one of the most severe given to an MP.

It is honestly amusing how Hezbollah and Amal and other Lebanese parties think France’s No1 is gonna change his position or stop calling HA terrorist and beg him to attend the Dialogue being held there ..

What is more amusing is that Hezbollah is trying to hide its fear from France’s strong president and his clear intentions to list HA on the list of terrorist groups, a move that might destroy the party as reported in this article.

No clarifications whatsoever were made by L’Elysee on the comments he did earlier, and if HA really expects a man like Sarkozy to change his positions, they dont have a clue who they are dealing with.

Here is the article From the New Republic.

“A ban would significantly constrain Hezbollah’s European activities, especially its ability to raise funds there. Once designated, all EU member states would be required to freeze any Hezbollah-controlled assets within their jurisdiction. Hezbollah related financial transactions would be prohibited as well. It’s no surprise, then, that Hezbollah itself fears such an EU designation. According to Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, this action would “destroy” the organization as “[t]he sources of our funding will dry up and the sources of moral, political and material support will be destroyed.”

By Mafiose13

You start smelling freedom at the airport while you are greeted by the warmth of airport police and a few lovely K-9 dogs, standing between 2 yellow lines, waiting for the imigration officer to take ur picture and scan ur thumb print to enter you in the big National raffle called “Who wants to be the terrorists?”.

Of course coming from Lebanon, you get special treatment by the customs, they don’t just let you go, instead they innondate you with their American hospitality, until you feel ashamed and tell them “take it all….”.
Exiting the airport, 25 cameras are watching you, this way every person feels like a celebrity, and 10’s of police patrol cars are roaming the area to protect your VIP free status.
After paying $20 for 30 min of parking, your car’s license plate gets photographed (without ur knowledge of course)…and that’s part of the parking package.

First thing you do is pick up that cell phone (which the company gave you for FREE, for merely a 10-year contract and just a page or 2 of terms of use and fine prints), you call ur relatives to tell them ur ok….and while saying the keyword “ya ALLAHH shoo hal balad el 7elo”, the CIA and FBI and HomeLand Security, ATF….become all listeners of ur conversation.

Driving home on the Free public road, you get pulled over by a Cop, because your tires crossed a painted yellow line, he gives u a 500$ ticket, and a lecture about driving safety.

At home…finally! You unlock your metal gate, the top lock and main lock, open the door…run to deactivated the security alarm. While sprinting to the alarm, u slip over 100 junk mail letters sent to you from ur friends in the corporate world. The fall breaks ur arm! call 911, which aids you and saves ur life (little knowing that later they BILL you $3000).

At the hospital, the insurance company denies your coverage because you missed the payment which by the way you have been making on time for the past 10-15 years, but missed this 1 because you were on a the vacation u’ve been planning 4 the past 10 years. Of course, a US hospital won’t refuse to serve it’s FREE people. You get a $4k cast on ur arm and go home after a 14 hour Bureacratic wait in the ER.

The next morning you call ur Boss, and since you already used ur FREE vacation time, he is very understanding but lets you-IN on the contract you signed, which stipulates that you need to let ur supervisor approve ur sick leave 3 days before u take it, otherwise ur braking the divine CONTRACT…and u have to be on a forced administrative leave until ur case is heard by the Board.
Disappointed, you decide to commit suicide, your neighbour calls the cops, which in turn arrest u because Free suicide is illegal.

Now you’re in Jail…………Eating Free food, wearing Free cloth, Using Free ****r, Free Gym, Free housing, Free lawyers……….Finally TRUE FREEDOM….Priceless!….I have found the LAND of the FREE.

Happy FORT of July

(it is not a typo….Fort is intended, because it’s a BIG FORT we live in)

UN report today revealed that “Lebanon’s border with Syria is open to smuggling of weapons and other goods” and “that Lebanon’s security forces lack training for carrying out anti-smuggling missions and its deployment is not aimed at stemming such activity. “

UN Troops to monitor the Syrian borders will be just perfect, and it is looking more and more probable specially after the attack on the Spanish UNIFIL troops two days ago. The Arab league, Europe and Americans are all supportive of the government and 14th of March and am sure will back such a decision in the UN.

Syria closed its borders weirdly enough anyway, so lets help her close all its borders and let us live in peace …

ya 3ayb el shoum …

From Lorient Le jour :
Selon Radio-Canada, la gendarmerie canadienne a arrêté mercredi un couple de Canadiens d’origine libanaise, qui « retenait contre son gré une Éthiopienne de 29 ans, qu’ils avaient réduite en esclavage ».
Le média précise que « la victime était exploitée par les suspects, qui la faisaient travailler 24 h sur 24, sous la menace d’une dénonciation aux autorités de son statut illégal ».
La jeune femme avait été « embauchée au Liban comme domestique en 2004 », raconte encore Radio-Canada, précisant qu’elle est « entrée au Canada avec un visa de visiteur ». « Ses patrons lui ont alors enlevé son visa pour lui retirer toute identité », et elle est restée « prisonnière de ses geôliers », habitant la région de Laval, pendant 3 ans.
« Des citoyens ont trouvé son attitude bizarre pendant qu’elle faisait les courses en compagnie de ses patrons, indique encore Radio-Canada. Ils lui ont glissé leur numéro de téléphone et l’enquête policière a suivi. »
« Même exploitée, la femme estimait son sort plus enviable que si elle était restée dans son pays d’origine », note encore le média.
L’arrestation de ce couple dans la cinquantaine, d’origine libanaise, s’est faite en vertu de la loi sur la traite des personnes. « Il s’agit des premières arrestations en vertu de cette nouvelle loi, entrée en vigueur en novembre 2005 », conclut Radio-Canada.

After 12 years spent as the French president, Jacques Chirac is being sued now and will appear in front of a jury supposebly in June to pledge innocent against accusations pointed @ him over 10 years ago ..

This story was mediatized a year ago, but now that his mandate is over, the story is back on and Justice is waiting for Mr.Chirac.

This is how far we are from having a proper juridical body in Lebanon !

Article from Addiyar.

شيراك يمثل امام التحقيق منتصف حزيران
في قضايا وظيفية وبطاقات سفر مجانية
باريس ـ بدرا باخوس الفغالي

من المقرر ان يمثل الرئيس الفرنسي السابق جاك شيراك في اليوم الاول من منتصف شهر حزيران ‏المقبل، تاريخ الانتهاء الرسمي لحصانته الرئاسية امام قاضي التحقيق آلان فيليبو لمواجهته ‏في ثلاث قضايا تعود الى اكثر من عشر سنوات ومتهم بالتورط المباشر في تفاصيلها.‏
وبحسب المصادر القضائية الفرنسية المواكبة لمسار التحقيق فإن الملف الابرز الذي سيكون محور ‏متاعب الرئيس السابق شيراك يتمثل بفضيحة «الوظائف الوهمية» في بلدية باريس والتي كانت في ‏الواقع مخصصة لانصار حزب «التجمع من اجل الجمهورية» الذي كان يقوده جاك شيراك ويعملون ‏لحسابه مقابل اتعاب تدفعها بلدية باريس من مال المكلف الفرنسي.‏
وقد وجه قاضي التحقيق الباريسي الى الرئيس الفرنسي السابق مذكرة قضائية يستدعيه ‏بموجبها الى قصر العدل للاستماع الى افادته وذلك لاستكمال التحقيق الذي بدأه في العام ‏‏2004 مع رئيس الوزراء الاسبق آلان جوبيه وقضى بسجنه مدة 14 شهرا مع وقف التنفيذ ‏وبحرمانه من حقوقه المدنية الامر الذي دفعه الى الاستقالة من منصبه كعمدة لمدينة بوردو.‏
اما الملف الثاني فيتولاه القاضي جان ماري دوي ويتعلق بالفواتير المزورة «لمطبعة سيمباب» ‏‏«‏SEMPAP‏» عندما كان جاك شيراك عمدة للعاصمة الفرنسية.‏
واستناداً الى لائحة الاتهام، فان مدير المطبعة التابعة للبلدية، جورج نويل كان يقدم دعماً ‏مالياً الى حزب «التجمع من اجل الجمهورية» بصورة غير شرعية من خلال الاموال العائدة من ‏الفواتير المزورة. وتبقى القضية الثالثة، التي يتولاها القاضي اكزافييه سيموني وتطال ‏الرئيس جاك شيراك وعقيلته السيدة برناديت. وتتهم العدالة الفرنسية، عائلة شيراك بأنها ‏استغلت موقعها في السطة قبل العام 1995 وحصلت على بطاقات سفر مجانية من شركة طيران ‏‏«‏EURALAIR‏» «اورالير». وكانت الصحيفة الفرنسية الاسبوعية لو كانار اتشنيه خلال الحملة ‏الانتخابية اكدت ان نيقولا ساركوزي وجاك شيراك اتفقا سرا على وقف التحقيقات القضائية ‏ضد رئيس الدولة ما اثار نفياً شديد اللهجة من ساركوزي واحتجاجات من قبل اليسار. ‏وقالت الصحيفة ان ساركوزي تعهد لقاء دعم شيراك له، انه في حال فوزه سيجنب الرئيس ‏ملاحقات قضائية.‏

لم يتسنَ للطالبة الاميركية اللبنانية الاصل ريما سماحة ان تحتفل بتخرجها بعدما قضت في نيسان الماضي مع 23 طالباً واستاذاً في أكبر عملية قتل جماعي في تاريخ الولايات المتحدة. إلا أن زملاءها في جامعة فيرجينيا بوليتكنيك بمدينة بلاكسبرغ تحدوا “القاتل الصامت” الجمعة وكتبوا على قبعاتهم: “نحن ريما سماحة”. وفي الصورة (أ ب)، طالبة تلتقط صوراً لحفل تخرج وقد كتب على قبعتها “نحن ريما سماحة” مع العلم الاميركي تتوسطه الارزة اللبنانية.

Victims Remembered at Virginia Tech Graduation

Samaha, 18, was a freshman from a close-knit Centreville, Va., family of Lebanese descent. She loved acting, dance and drama and was studying French, said Luann McNabb, a family friend. Samaha was close to her older brother and sister, and her family traveled to Beirut to visit her mother’s family almost every summer. Samaha had attended Westfield High School, where she won a talent show last year with a belly dance, McNabb said. Victim Erin Peterson and gunman Seung-hui Cho attended the same high school