Lebanon News
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Some Thoughts about Colonialism on Day 1,230 of the Iraq Occupation
Frank Rich notes (“The Peculiar Disappearance of the War in Iraq“) that the Iraq occupation has been going so badly for so long that Americans are tired of hearing about it: CNN will surely remind us today that it is Day 20 of the Israel-Hezbollah war — now branded as Crisis in the Middle East [...]
Qana Last Time: “Just a bunch of [dead] Arabs.”
Israeli government public relations encountered a significant challenge today when the IDF killed dozens of children in the same location that they killed more than a hundred civilians a decade ago.  The fact that both attacks occurred in Qana, Lebanon is the sort of thing that might make even a newspaper correspondent look into Israel’s prior history [...]
Frank Responds to HaCohen
Joshua Frank responds to Ran HaCohen’s thoughts on the Hezbollah capture of two Israeli soldiers: First I should say thanks to Ran HaCohen and Antiwar.com for posting a response to my piece, “Kidnapped in Israel or Captured in Lebanon,” which attempted to raise the question of whether or not Israel’s story that Hezbollah entered Israel [...]
Hadar on C-SPAN Sunday Night
At 7:30 p.m. ET on C-SPAN, Antiwar.com contributor Leon Hadar talks about his book, Sandstorm, at the Cato Institute in Washington, D.C. James Pinkerton (Newsday, Fox News) and Geoffrey Kemp (Nixon Center) provide commentary. During the Q&A portion of the event, the panelists talk about the current conflict between Israel and Lebanon.
Operation Shell Game
Satire Alert! If I ran this as a regular story, I would get in so much trouble. Andy Borowitz on the latest military scheme for Iraq. One of the best parts is the quote from General Schoomaker, which is partially accurate.
