Amal Chaaban
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April 02, 2007
You know you have a problem when the people of the country you live in are making fun of you in songs with lyrics like:
“Lebanon’s leaders have left, our joy is great. We can live in peace, our country is paradise once more,….We’re tired of listening to their speeches, we’ve put them all on a b...
January 29, 2007
To read the reactions of Iraq’s puppet government and GWB, you would think that the hanging of Saddam Hussein will be the event that brings the insurgency in Iraq to an end and cause peace to break out in the land. One almost expected Al Maliki et al to start doing the dance of joy while signing th...
January 29, 2007
The scenes from Lebanon that have greeted us on our televisions in the last few months have been profoundly disturbing for anyone who remembers Lebanon’s history. Scenes of destruction, refugees, guns, death, injuries, burning tires, confrontations with the army, men in black hoods; the list goes o...
November 29, 2006
More blood stains the streets of Lebanon this month. This time it is the blood of 34 year old Pierre Gemayel. Mr. Gemayel was shot dead en route to give his condolences on the death of a woman in his area. It is said that he was so shot up, his face was gone and they had to have a closed casket. ...
October 03, 2006
In a move that should not have surprised anyone, Pope Benedict made a speech that offended Muslims. Why this would cause even a ripple in the Muslim world is beyond my understanding. The man is not known as God’s Rottweiler for his sterling manners and tolerance of other faiths.
What bothers m...
September 03, 2006
U.N. Resolution 1701 has temporarily ended the hostilities between Hizbullah and Israel but after what price has been paid? Billions of dollars in damage, over a thousand civilians dead and countless others injured in Lebanon with deaths and injuries being reported from Israel as well.
The ques...
July 29, 2006
The scenes being shown from Lebanon around the world these last few weeks are reminiscent of the civil war only this time, we have a much bigger problem on our hands. Hizbullah, the state-within-a–state has taken it upon themselves to start a war with Israel from Lebanon. In fact, the leader of Hi...
July 03, 2006
In mythology, there is a creature called the Hydra, a snake like creature with many heads. In reality, we call this snake Al Qaeda.
Since 9/11 (an event that has besmirched the name of Islam) all manner of terror has been wrought in the name of God. Here’s a question: do any of those committing ...
June 02, 2006
Question of the Month: Do we as human beings understand the true concept of Freedom or are we doomed to repeat the rhetoric of our forefathers?
What is Freedom? Is Freedom that elusive thing that George W. Bush spends countless hours extolling for other countries all the while limiting civil lib...
April 07, 2006
When history looks back at this time, they will call it ?Living in the Age of Big Brother?. This would not be an incorrect assessment or presentation of where we are in history. All around us government agencies are eroding our civil liberties and cloaking it in the name of our protection. Both t...
March 21, 2006
Does that picture look familiar? Iraq right? Wrong. That is a building in a neighbourhood in Beirut during the civil war. Judging by the behaviour of our politicians in Lebanon and the thugs that are supporting them, a timely reminder is required.
It seems that we need a reminder of the hund...
February 04, 2006
The Islamic world is in an uproar over cartoons published first in a Danish daily and then all over Europe in solidarity with the Danish daily. For those who don’t know what cartoons I am talking about, they depict the Prophet Muhammed (the holiest man in Islam) in several different ways, none of th...
January 29, 2006
If one could say anything about the mockery that is the trial of Saddam Hussein in Iraq and be heard; they would say that this trial is an absolute mockery of justice. From the beginning the trial has been more like a circus than a courtroom proceeding. The trial began in 2005 but has been running...
January 21, 2006
In just a few days, Canada will see its second election in less than 2 years. While some would call this a good strong part of democracy, I would tend to disagree. The last Canadian election was marked by voter apathy in record levels. It produced a Liberal Minority government that was brought do...
January 01, 2006
What can one say about Hizballah’s heroism that has not yet been said? How does one then explain their rapid-fire fall from grace? How does one explain that Lebanon’s heroes have become a thorn in our side and worse: traitors. How are we as Lebanese to reconcile the images that we are seeing of t...
November 27, 2005
One would think that Bashar Al Assad would have learned from his colossal blunders to date. One would think that Hizbullah would learn that they need to step into the political fray in a truly Lebanese way and stop showing support for a country that nearly destroyed Lebanon. One would think that t...
November 25, 2005
Another day, another few hundred unreported deaths in Iraq The top story on BBC East today Middle was the bomb that went off near a hospital in a town called Mahmudiya, This bomb killed 30 but this is only one of many. Iraq has had unprecedented carnage in the last few months perpetrated by both t...
October 28, 2005
The much anticipated Mehlis report held few surprises for anyone who is familiar with the inner workings of Lebanese/Syrian politics. The report basically states what all Lebanese already know; Syria and it’s Lebanese toadies have the blood of the February 22nd martyrs on their hands.
Lebanon...
October 23, 2005
The Middle East has been rocked again with the announcement of yet another death. The difference with this announcement? Ghazi Kenaan – Former Head of Syrian Intelligence in Lebanon – had been found dead of a single gunshot wound to the head and the usually recalcitrant Syrian government were quic...
October 04, 2005
U.N. Investigator Detlev Mehlis is making Syria nervous. His investigation has progressed far faster and deeper than anyone could have expected in such a short time. As Mr. Mehlis continues his investigation into the murder of former Prime Minister Rafik Al Hariri, an increasingly nervous Syria is ...
September 02, 2005
Ahhh fate, what a fickle thing. When the 5 men pictured above started plotting, they never thought they would be brought to justice. 4 of them were the most powerful men in Lebanon's complicated political system. The 5th is merely an MP (that would be M. Nasser Qandil, Pro-Syrian former MP and secon...
August 24, 2005
August 15, 2005 marked the day of a new beginning in occupied Palestine. That was the day the Israeli settlers began to be evacuated (forcibly if necessary) from all settlements in the Gaza Strip. It goes without saying that some of those settlers have absolutely no intention of leaving peacefully...
August 15, 2005
Anyone hoping for or expecting fundamental change in Saudi Arabia with the death of King Fahd and the succession of Prince Abdullah to the throne is about to be sorely disappointed. It is a well known fact that Crown Prince Abdullah had been de facto ruler for at least the last 10 years as the aili...
July 25, 2005
ENOUGH! Enough with the killing, the maiming, the lame justifications, the perversion of a religion. Enough with the hand-wringing and the muted protests that Islam is peaceful. The time for a quiet repudiation of the terrorists (and their methods) who have hijacked Islam is long over. It was ove...
July 12, 2005
There is a new front in the war on terror. It is now the front of Radicals vs. Moderates. The moderates will win.
For far too long, moderate Muslims have stood by wringing their hands as one psychopath after another declares that he is going in the way of jihad (or at least his version of jihad)...
July 01, 2005
Lebanese the world over had hoped that the elections that went on in Lebanon post-Syrian withdrawal would mark the beginning of a new political renaissance in the “Paris of the Middle East”. To say that those hopes were not realized would be the understatement of the century. In fact, these elect...
November 30, 1999
The title of this article is in fact the title of a song by Canadian Superstar Shania Twain but it applies to almost every aspect of political life. When one takes in the news and examines the facts, one must wonder about the behind the political manoeuvring going on behind the scenes. What we see...