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	<title>The Ouwet Front: A Lebanese Forces Blog</title>
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		<title>Wahab Asks him to Resign</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 22:25:57 +0000</pubDate>
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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 &#8220;because after two years of rule we feel like we are in the last days of [...]]]></description>
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<blockquote>Tawheed movement leader Wiam Wahab on Wednesday slammed President Michel Suleiman and asked him to resign for allegedly failing to govern the country.<br />
Following talks with Free Patriotic Movement leader Michel Aoun in Rabiyeh, Wahab said the president should resign &#8220;because after two years of rule we feel like we are in the last days of the presidency.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
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<p>Where did this guy come from ? Why now the attack on the president ?</p>
<p>IMHO, i don&#8217;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.</p>
<p>Barmeel Zbele 3am bifadde chouwe <img src='http://www.ouwet.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p><strong>PS: Maybe this insult will occupy his very free time a little bit and make him issue lawsuits and expose us on TV </strong></p>
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		<title>Riots in Jerusalem</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 08:38:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>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.</p>
<p>Latest <a href="http://www.terrorism-info.org.il/malam_multimedia/English/eng_n/pdf/g_report_e1.pdf">Report </a>on Hamas combat doctrine was released and confirms how it is using kids as human shields and invading mosques and taking cover in them.</p>
<blockquote><p>Masked Palestinians clashed with Israeli police in multiple East Jerusalem neighborhoods on Tuesday, hurling rocks at security forces and burning tires. </p>
<p>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. </p>
<p>Police presence is high in Jerusalem after Hamas called for a &#8220;day of rage&#8221; against Israel following its rededication of a synagogue in Jerusalem&#8217;s Old City on Monday. [<a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5g05ClYqf0cXdy37uUnv52hE3urTA">AFP</a>] </p></blockquote>
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		<title>Internet in Lebanon</title>
		<link>http://www.ouwet.com/n10452/information/internet-in-lebanon/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 06:22:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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&#8217;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 [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Lebanon to get additional internet bandwidth from India [<a href="http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&#038;categ_id=3&#038;article_id=112710">From the DailyStar</a>]<br />
<em>Government to buy 45 gigabytes for $45 million in coming months</em></p>
<p>Once i read this article&#8217;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.</p>
<blockquote><p>“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. </p></blockquote>
<blockquote><p>“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.” </p></blockquote>
<p>When will we have a proper connection in Lebanon ? No one knows.</p>
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		<title>Scientists predict large Lebanon earthquake looming</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 16:40:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>N10452</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>BEIRUT: Although it probably  passed you by, Lebanon was one of many countries to experience an earthquake this week. </p>
<p>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. </p>
<p>“The earthquake that happened off the coast of Sidon was very small,” he told students at AUB Thursday. </p>
<p>[<a href="http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&#038;categ_id=1&#038;article_id=112628">Full Article</a> from The Daily Star] </p>
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		<title>Carlos Slim Helu visiting Lebanon</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:03:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The world&#8217;s richest man is currently in Lebanon and is having dinner tonight at Pr.Sleiman&#8217;s palace.
He beat Bill Gates by &#8220;only&#8221; 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 [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The world&#8217;s richest man is currently in Lebanon and is having <a href="http://www.nowlebanon.com/NewsArticleDetails.aspx?ID=152986">dinner </a>tonight at Pr.Sleiman&#8217;s palace.</p>
<p>He beat Bill Gates by &#8220;only&#8221; 500 million dollars. Only 2el !<br />
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 <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/7426733/Meet-Carlos-Slim-the-richest-man-in-the-world.html">the Telegraph</a>].</p>
<p>More Info on Slim from <a href="http://www.forbes.com/lists/2010/10/billionaires-2010_Carlos-Slim-Helu-family_WYDJ.html">Forbes</a><br />
<strong>Net Worth: </strong>$53.5 bil<br />
<strong>Fortune: </strong>Self Made<br />
<strong>Source:</strong> telecom </p>
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		<title>Hit by Reality</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:39:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every civilized country in the world is proud to send their athletes to participate in international and regional competitions and promote the country&#8217;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 [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Every civilized country in the world is proud to send their athletes to participate in international and regional competitions and promote the country&#8217;s image, with one exception: Lebanon.</p>
<p>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 <a href="http://www.wtf.org/wtf_eng/site/news/notice.html?bbs_no=4427&#038;bbs_code=10008&#038;bbs_num=385&#038;symode=view&#038;PHPSESSID=d0163e73fb5b55fae739f6d1be8f3376">Mexico</a>. 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.</p>
<p>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? </p>
<p>I can only imagine the frustration and dissapointment he must have felt. Maybe we are not yet civilized after all.<br />
<img src="http://www.ouwet.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/taekwando-400x217.jpg" alt="" /></p>
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		<title>Scratching out the &#8220;Resistance clause&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.ouwet.com/n10452/critiques/scratching-out-the-resistance-clause/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:46:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>N10452</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Eh walla sa7 el nom !

I don&#8217;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&#8217;s a controversial point ? 
And who&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Eh walla sa7 el nom !</strong></p>
<p><img src="http://www.ouwet.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/bayan.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p>I don&#8217;t know when this masquerade M14 leaders are <a href="http://www.nowlebanon.com/NewsArticleDetails.aspx?ID=152296">playing </a>at the national dialogue will end, but i hope soon enough because it is a complete waste of time.</p>
<p>M14 WON the elections, and voluntarily  <a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gNlhsMbFaiyDe91sbhoT2Jbjl0gQ">LEGALIZED </a>Hezbollah weapons in the Ministerial statement. Now it&#8217;s a controversial point ? </p>
<p>And who&#8217;s the one who first asked for it ? Crying Baby Sanioura ! that sissy who didn&#8217;t have the guts to come out and defend his own people when Hezbollah was <strong>invading </strong>Beirut.</p>
<p>On another note, I want to ask Pr.Sleiman why was Sanioura invited in the first place ?? </p>
<p>As my good friend nora would say, MASKHARA !</p>
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		<title>Antoine Choueiri, an advertising man to remember</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:13:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Article &#038; 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 [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.thenational.ae/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100311/BUSINESS/703109913/1354">Article &#038; Caricature </a>by the National.</p>
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<p>Anyone who is anyone in advertising has a story about the first time they met Antoine Choueiri. </p>
<p>Ramzi Raad, an industry veteran who was recently named Advertising Person of the Year by the Dubai Lynx Awards, has one of the best.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>[<a href="http://www.thenational.ae/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100311/BUSINESS/703109913/1354">Read More</a>]</p>
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		<title>Nasrallah&#8217;s successor</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:57:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As fanatic and extremist as Hassan Nasrallah might appear, he is nothing compared to Naim Qassem, Hezbollah&#8217;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&#8217;s sovereignty, to speak on our behalf, to decide who&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As fanatic and extremist as Hassan Nasrallah might appear, he is nothing compared to Naim Qassem, Hezbollah&#8217;s Deputy Secretary-General.</p>
<p>This man is favoured by many to succeed to Nasrallah in case the latter is assassinated or removed by The Iranians.</p>
<p>Qassem never misses a chance to undermine Lebanon&#8217;s sovereignty, to speak on our behalf, to decide who&#8217;s right or wrong and deceive Lebanese with his statements.</p>
<p><strong><br />
<blockquote>
Had it not been for the readiness of the resistance, Israel would have waged war on Lebanon yesterday before today. </p></blockquote>
<p></strong></p>
<p>When did Israel ever wage a war against us without being provoked first ? I think that&#8217;s the 1000th time i ask the same question without any valid answers from M8 readers.</p>
<p><strong><br />
<blockquote>&#8220;We do not depend on promises but on God and our mujahedeen warriors, and this is what prevents, postpones and delays Israeli aggression,&#8221; he added.</p></blockquote>
<p></strong></p>
<p>And Is God and your mujahedeen warriors that are reconstructing the damage you leave behind everytime you go on one of your adventures?</p>
<p><strong><br />
<blockquote>Qassem called for halting political bickering &#8220;to seize the chance of economic prosperity as the whole world observes Lebanon today respectfully and confidently.&#8221; </p></blockquote>
<p></strong></p>
<p>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 !</p>
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		<title>Thank You &#8220;President&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:01:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>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.<br />
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.</p>
<p>Thank you for everything and may you rest in peace.</p>
<p>Here is Choueiri&#8217;s speech during an LF event.<br />
<object width="390" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/cKGXXVw7LFE&#038;hl=en_US&#038;fs=1&#038;"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/cKGXXVw7LFE&#038;hl=en_US&#038;fs=1&#038;" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="390" height="385"></embed></object></p>
<p>And a short movie remembering the Sagesse team golden years led by <strong>Antoine Choueiri </strong>and <strong>Elie Mouchantaf (Estez el Riyadi)</strong> .</p>
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