Miscellaneous English Political Commentaries

For Year 2008
Bin Laden’s threat uncovers Jihadist message for Europe. By: Walid Phares 21/03/08
Lebanon according to Dehqan. Hassan Haidar. Al-Hayat  21/03/08
Walid Phares: Not electing a President is a serious miscalculation by March 14.  By: Walid Phares 20/03/08
Is General Aoun’s decision to “forgive” Syria pragmatism, or betrayal? Now Lebanon 16/03/08
The fight for Lebanon's freedom.By Farid Ghadry and Sami El-Khoury 14/03/08
In the Name of the Palestinian Cause.By: Mshari Al-Zaydi -Asharq Alawsat. 09/03/08
Hezbollah gets a billion dollar subsidy from Iran. By: Dr. Walid Phares.International Analyst Network 08/03/08
Freedom has a Price and does not come for free.By: Lawson Kass Hanna. 03/03/08
Syria, Iran: Lack of police making, and the open gates of Lebanon.By Dr : Riad Awwad. 16/02/08
The Candidate Who Can See the Enemy, Can Defeat It. By: Walid Phares. 03/03/08
Chad's Future Taliban enters capital while the West is asleep.By Walid Phares. 03/02/08
Release from the World Council of the Cedars Revolution/Colonel Charbel Barakat: Riots by Hezbollah and the Syrian-Iranian war room to paralyze Lebanon's institutions/January 27/08
DR. Walid Phares comment on Beirut bombing reports/ Written by Mideastwire, CRNews/ January 17/08
Hezbollah's Billion Petrodollars. By: Walid Phares. January 11/08
Lawson Kass Hanna/Distributing Weapons In Zgharta. 09/01/08
Lawson Kass Hanna/Iranian tactic/08/01/08
The Only Ever Solution To The Presidential Crisis Is A Hard One. By Sami Karam. December 25/07

For Year 2007
President Buch's Statement on Lebanon/December 21/07
Press Conference by the President George Buch/James S. Brady Press Briefing Room
Aoun tows Syrian line. By Ahmed Al-Jarallah.Editor-in-Chief, the Arab Times. December 08/07
Dr. Walid Phares Cautions the Free World
Phares Says U.S. Must Deploy a Naval Task Force off Lebanon. W. Thomas Smith Jr. writes in the National Review's Military Blog,The Tank. November 21/07
Dr. Walid Phares reads in the US sanctions against Iran
US Measures aim at the heart of the Iranian Regime. By Walid Phares. October 26/07
Is It War? The Lebanese direction. By W. Thomas Smith Jr. October 23/07
Are Syria and Iran Manipulating Turkey on Iraq? By: Walid Phares. October 23/07
Former General Aoun & Orange TV Spreading Iranian-inspired Jihadist Propaganda.By Andrew Cochran. Counterterrorism. October 12/07
Nasrallah and the Israeli Scarecrow/By:Hassan Haidar-A/E/October 12/07
Holy War and Anti War: An Axis against Nature.By Walid Phares. October 15/07
A Forgotten Lebanese battle against terror.By: Dr. Walid Phares. October 13/07
A Rock and a Hard Place: The Seduction that Threatens Lebanon Again. By: Sami Karam. October 15/07
Former General Aoun & Orange TV Spreading Iranian-inspired Jihadist Propaganda.By Andrew Cochran. Counterterrorism. October 12/07
Nasrallah and the Israeli Scarecrow/By:Hassan Haidar-A/E/October 12/07
Five birds with one stone. By: Charles Jalkh/Freedom Fighter. October 4/07
Lebanon’s Arab Mistake…..Is the Second Coming?By Sami Karam. October 4/07
What if Lebanon fails to elect a new president?By: Dr. Salim Nazzal. September 30/07
Tensions grow between Lebanon's Shia and Sunnis. By: Mohamas Bazzi. September 30/07
Sectarian Colonies. By: Moustafa Zein.Dar Al-Hayat. September 30/07
Michel Aoun, Religious Scholar. By: Hassan Haydar. September 29/07
Aounist phenomenon: The Nationalism of Idiots. Hazem Saghieh.Al-Hayat. September 25/07
Syria Joins the Axis of Evil. JOHN R. BOLTON. Wall Street Journal -Page A19.September 25, 2007
Walid Phares comments on Bashir Gemayel's legacy/His assassins must be tried/14 September/07
A brave little force" defeats an al Qaeda Stronghold  By: Dr. Walid Phares. September 3/07
Al Qaeda's Travel Agent. By JOSEPH LIEBERMAN. Wall Street Journal. August 22/07
Lebanon: One Year On. By Sean Gannon. August 16/07
A minefield ahead for Bernard Kouchner. By Michael Young. July 19/07
The cells are already here, while more are coming.  By Dr. Walid Phares. July 11/07
A Hezbollah Coup Attempt This Summer? By Walid Phares. July 9, 2007 07
The Car Bomb Jihad: Is Britain seeing clearly?By: Walid Phares, Ph.D. July 2/07
The Hamas blitzkrieg. By Walid Phares. June 27/07
Lebanon, Gaza, the Broader Syro-Iranian Offensive. Dr. Walid Phares. June 22/07
Syro-Iranian massacre of Lebanese Politicians. By: Walid Phares. June 16/07
The Syrian-Jihadi highway in Lebanon. By: Walid Phares- June 3/07
The Christian Lebanese Movement/Release in both E/F. May 28.5.07
Al Qaeda's New Front in Lebanon. By: Dr. Walid Phares. May 23/07
The Winds of Freedom in the Land of the Cedars. Wake up call - I. By: Camil Bhersafi. May 13/07
Avoiding the chaos of two governments.By Michael Young. March 3/07
Two Revolutionary Projects in Lebanon and Turkey. By: Hassan Haydar.Al-Hayat. May 4.07
A comment from  Eddie Michel Fadel of Miami, Florida in support of Hezbollah's allies the Aounists and a response from Tom Harb Mideastwire  Editor. 30.4.07
Peacemakers need a new way of negotiating the 'right of return'. 30 March/07
Michel Aoun can cut the Gordian knot.By Michael Young. March 30/07
Defector Bares Iran Secrets. By: Niles Lathem & Oron Dan -New York Post 07.03.07
Finally: Muslims Speak Out Against Jihad. Author: Walid Phares 07/03/07
Give Abboud the Boot. Why does Syria need two ambassadors in Washington? Weekly Standard Magazine. by: David Schenker March 4/07
It's a war of ideas-Islam talk a first for Reclaiming America rally.By James D. Davis March 4/07
Tomb of Jesus theory challenged-By W. Winston Skinnner-The Times-Herald March 2/07
Hezbollah's Continuing Work Post-ceasefire victories. By Lokman Slim & Inga Schei March 2/07 The Army and Hezbollah's Preparations. By Elias Harfouch March 2/07
THE REDIRECTION. The New Yorker.By: Seymour Hersh 27.02.07
When murder should simply be called murder, not 'jihad' -By Laura McAleer and Hala Ali 27.02.07
Lebanon's politicians are fooling no one but themselves Daily Star 27.02.07
Learning nothing and forgetting nothing.By Michael Young .February 23 07
A Call For Phoenicia. By Edmond Nicolas 22.02.07
Syria's terror networks. By Farid N. Ghadry. Washington Times February 20, 2007
Iran and the talent for making enemies.By Paul Salem 21.02.07
Syrian pressure, Lebanese blood. By: Tony Badran - February 17/07
Hariri's Proposal and The Destructive Waiting.By: Walid Choucair Al-Hayat 17/02/07
Comparing & Contrasting Hizballah & Iraq's Miitias-By: Andrew Exum WIfNEP15.02.07
Hezbollah and Aoun are Lebanon's worst nightmare-Ya Libnan
The Revolt of the Decent People/French & English) 25.01.07
When Don Quixote takes to the streets -By Michael Young 23.01.07
As usual, both sides are to blame for Lebanon's latest brush with chaos-Daily Star
Aoun's Last Gambit. By Alan Hafeza, From Ya Libnan 28.01.07
Lebanon and the Limits of Protests. By: Ghassan Charbel Al-Hayat 07/01/07

For Year 2006
The Death of Cedars-FrontPage magazine.com 22.12.06
Iran: The Islamofascist Terrormasters-By: Christopher Holton. The Family Security Foundation. 22.12.06
Tactics for Dangerous Issues-By: Hazem Saghieh Al-Hayat - 23/12/06
A challenge to Muslims in the West Charter to subordinate Sharia introduced to European Union -© 2006 WorldNetDaily.com 22.12.06
Giving to Bashar Assad, and taking away -By Michael Young 22.12.06
Stopgap measures won't save Lebanon from its own fatal flaws -Daily Star 22.12.06
A key player in Lebanon alters his part.Gen. Michel Aoun, a Christian, has hitched his star to Hezbollah By Megan K. Stack, Times Staff Writer-December 21, 2006
Israel's Lieberman Calls for Tougher Stance on Israeli Arabs.By Ira Stoll-New York Sun 21.12.06
Are US Taxpayers Paying for a Network Infiltrated by Hezbollah?-Counterterrorism Blog 21.12.06
The conspiracy against Lebanon.By Adib F. Farha 20.12.06
Arabs must practice dynamic engagement, not traditional docility -Daily Star 20.12.06
If wars start in the mind, then impose peace of mind-By Mohammad Sammak 20.12.06
Lebanon's turmoil drains nightlife in downtown Beirut.Monsters and Critics.com 20.12.06
Can Lebanese Christians survive Islamic divisions? By Maria Abi-Habib 20.12.06
In history that reads like yesterday, not even the names have changed-By Paige Austin 20.12.06
The parallels are clear between 1975 and 2006 in Lebanon. By: Roni Harb. December 14.12.06
The Seven Points. By: Marc Choucair. December 14/06
The Trojan tumbling General Aoun as seen by Michael Young: The Lebanese opposition's first casualty-By Michael Young 14.12.06
Hizbullah has overplayed its hand -By Michael Young 07.12.06
Education Versus Jihad.By: Walid Phares 07.12.06
A puzzling run for president in Lebanon, Christian Michel Aoun is alienating his traditional backers and violating Lebanon's unwritten rules. By  TONY BADRAN-December 6/06
The Government of National Paralysis and Its Purposes. By: Hazem Saghieh Al-Hayat - 06/12/06
The International Tribunal and Siniora.By: Abdullah Iskandar Al-Hayat 06.12.06
Israel will pay price. By: Prof. Eyal Zisser Ynetnews  04.12.06
Street confrontations and constitutional remedies in the Arab realm-Daily Star 04.12.06
The Lebanese Co-Existence. By: Mohamed Ashab Al-Hayat - 04/12/06
Coups by the Opposition and the Majority.By: Abdullah Iskandar Al-Hayat -04/12/06
March 2005 and December 1, 2006-Walid Choucair Al-Hayat - Dar Al-Hayat 02/12/06
HizbAllah's Offensive in Lebanon: Day Three. By Walid Phares 04.12.06
Israel will pay price. By: Prof. Eyal Zisser Ynetnews  04.12.06
The Lebanese Co-Existence. By: Mohamed Ashab Al-Hayat - 04/12/06
Coups by the Opposition and the Majority.By: Abdullah Iskandar Al-Hayat -04/12/06
HizbAllah offensive in Lebanon: Day Two. By Walid Phares 0312.06
HizbAllah offensive in Lebanon: Day One. By Walid Phares 02.12.06
Can Bush Succeed in Facing the Iranian Role In Iraq, Palestine, and Lebanon? Raghida Dergham Al-Hayat 3.12.06
Crushing a Flower of the Cedar Revolution-By: Dr.Walid Phares -FrontPage magazine.com 24.11.06
Response to the Terrorist assassination of Gemayel-removal of Lahoud and UN Chapter 7. By: Dr. Walid Phares 22.11.06
Pierre Gemayel Is another Martyr. By: Randa Takieddin Al-Hayat - 23/11/06
Hezbollah in the Opposition.By: Abdullah Iskandar Al-Hayat - 23/11/06
Al Qaeda Wants an American Madrid. By: Dr. Walid Phares- The Washington Times - November 22, 2006
Envisioning U.S. Talks With Iran and Syria . By MICHAEL SLACKMAN-The New York Times 20.11.06
US Dialogue With Iran, Syria Would Be 'Disastrous,' Experts Say. By Julie Stahl- 18.11.06
Chaos in Exchange for the Tribunal.By: Walid Choucair Al-Hayat - 18/11/06
The Significance of the Global Consensus over the International Tribunal. By: Raghida Dergham Al-Hayat - 18/11/06
Leadership vacuum threatens both Iraq and Lebanon -Daily Star 18.11.06
The U-word-Al-Ahram Weekly. By: Serene Assir -Al Ahram 18.11.06
Hezbollah's Fallacies .By: Hassan Haydar 17.11.06
Another Lebanese Upheaval? By: Zuheir Kseibati 17.11.06
Nasrallah's Brinksmanship.By: Jefferson Morley-Washington Post. 17/11/06
Decree nisi. Al Ahram.By: Lucy Fielder 17.11.06
Around The Horn on Lebanon-Threatswatch. 16.11.06
The Shiite 'Train' Rolls in Lebanon.By: Daoud Shirian Al Hayat 16.11.06
Initiative Required from March 14 Forces.By: Abdullah Iskanda 16.11.06
Kiss goodbye to a liberal Middle East.By Michael Young 16.11.06
Impotence and Accountability of Lebanon's Political Establishment. By: Etienne Sacre (Abu Arz)‎ President of the Guardians of the Cedars Party
Narrowing the chasm. By: Lucy Fielder.Al Ahram 11/11/06
The Lebanese Government and UNIFIL.By: Abdullah Iskandar Al-Hayat 23.10.06
Aoun ups the ante. By: Lucy Fielder AlAhram Weekly 21.10.06
The General's Accountability-By: Elias Harfoush Al-Hayat Dar Al-Hayat 19.10.06
The Taef Agreement: The Curse of Lebanon.By:Etienne Sacre “Abu Arz”10.10.06
A choice Christians can't afford to make. By Michael Young- Daily Star staff 05.10.06
While Rice Visits Us - By: Hazem Saghieh -Al-Hayat  04.10.06
The statesman named Siniora. By Ahmed Al-Jarallah 03.10.06 
Who Is the Traitor. By Ahmed Al-Jarallah. September 28/06
Offer reform for Hizbullah's weapons. By Michael Young -Daily Star staff 28.09.06
Mr. Saniora, Give peace a Chance. By: Elias Bejjani- GlobalComment.com, UK - Sep 28, 2006
An Opportunity for Peace. By: Miguel Ángel Moratinos Cuyaubé . Al_Hayat  28/09/06
The Battle of Destroying the State.By: Daoud Shirian. Al-Hayat  28/09/06
A Nasserist Tone and a Leninist Nuance. By: Hazem Saghieh Al-Hayat 27.09.06
The March on ( Rome) Beirut. By: Hazem Sagieh Al-Hayat 26/09/06
Lebanon: Guarding the Faith. By: Mshari Al-Zaydi -Asharq Al-Awsat. September 23/06
Crescent leads ME peace plan. By Ahmed Al-Jarallah 20.09.06
When We Isolate Ourselves Voluntarily . By:  Hazem Saghieh -Al-Hayat 20.09.06
The Republic's Guide (and Understander Aoun) -By: Hazem Saghieh Al-Hayat  19.09.06
End’ is near for Hezbollah. By:  Ahmed Al-Jarallah  15/09/06
America 'alone'won't be enough -By: Ahmad Jarallah 14.9.06
Is Assad in full control? By: Ahmad Jarallah 14.9.06
Attempts to Decipher the 'Victory' Riddle and Its Intricacies. By: Hazem Saghieh 07.09.06
What About the Iranian Project? By: Hazem Saghieh 07.09.06
General Lebanese Equations.By: Hazem Saghieh 05.09.06
Tehran suffers fatal arrogance. By: Ahmed Al-Jarallah 05.09.06
Can Hizbullah's Lebanon lead to consensus? By Joseph Bahout -Daily Star 05.09.06
Still in denial  By Ahmed Al-Jarallah 04.09.06
Who lost war in Lebanon?  By Ahmed Al-Jarallah 03.08.06
After Lebanon, saving Palestine. By Ahmed Al-Jarallah -Editor-in-Chief, the Arab Times 01.09.06
Fox News team release: What is the message?. By Walid Phares 30.08.06
Nasrallah’s bad excuse .By Ahmed Al-Jarallah-Editor-in-Chief, the Arab Times. 30.08.06
A read on Faisal jibe-By Ahmed Al-Jarallah -Editor-in-Chief, the Arab Times 29.8.06
Lebanon war’ only postponed.By Ahmed Al-Jarallah Editor-in-Chief, the Arab Times 24/08/06
Ancient and Pre-Ancient Lebanese.By: Hazem Saghieh. August 30/06
On Kofi Annan's Tour. By: Raghida Dergham. August 30/06
Open Letter from the World Council of the Cedars Revolution To Lebanon's PM, Fouad Saniora-August 29/06
Uncontrollable tongue, temper. By Ahmed Al-Jarallah - Editor-in-Chief, the Arab Times 27/08/06
Who the half-men?By Ahmed Al-Jarallah - Editor-in-Chief, the Arab Times 23.08.06
Cairo deepens Syria isolation.By Ahmed Al-Jarallah- Editor-in-Chief, the Arab Times 22/08/06
Iranian storm hits Palestine. By Ahmed Al-Jarallah-Editor-in-Chief, the Arab Times 21.08.06
ME ‘strategic’ balance eyed. By Ahmed Al-Jarallah- Editor-in-Chief, the Arab Times 20/08/06
Hezballah stand risks future. By Ahmed Al-Jarallah- Editor-in-Chief, the Arab Times 18.08.06
Echoes' of Musaylimah. By: Ahmed Al-Jarallah -August 17/06
Iran must help disarm Hezb Allah. By Ahmed Al-Jarallah- Editor-in-Chief, the Arab Times 16/08/06
Losers have no right to object. By Ahmed Al-Jarallah Editor-in-Chief, the Arab Times. 15.08.06
Confront reality, ‘accept defeat’ - By Ahmed Al-Jarallah - Editor-in-Chief, the Arab Times-August 14/06
Dr.Walid Phares: Iran Poised To Be 'Mother of All World Threats. By: Dave Eberhart, NewsMax  Aug. 12, 2006
Difficult Decisions for Hezbollah-By: Raghida Dergham Al-Hayat - 11/08/06
Click here to read the Arabic version of the editorial
To Be a Shiite Now. By: Mona Fayyad/Female Professor at The Lebanese University/An Nahar Newspaper 10.08.06
Below Two editorials written by By Kuwaiti Journalist Ahmed Al-Jarallah, Arab Times editor-in-Chief,  addressing Hezbollah's evil reality and the Arabic bizaree Stances
EZBOLLAH’S “LIBERATION” RECORD IN LEBANON (13 pages-PDF)
[Compiled in July 2006 by New England Americans for Lebanon, Boston, MA]
End near for all fundamentalists/ Israeli ‘visa’ for Lebanon/ By Ahmed Al-Jarallah, Editor-in-Chief, the Arab Times. 09.8.06 
Actualité L'événement- TESTIMONIAL- Hostages of the Culture of Death 7.8.06‎TEMOIGNAGE Otages de la culture de mort 7.8.06
Losers have no right to object. By Ahmed Al-Jarallah Editor-in-Chief, the Arab Times. 15.08.06
Hezbollah's Political Blitzkrieg. By: Dr.Walid Phares- August 15/06
Confront reality, accept defeat - By Ahmed Al-Jarallah - Editor-in-Chief, the Arab Times-August 14/06
Beyond the Disarmament of Hezbollah.By Charles Jalkh (Freedom Fighter) August 14\4/06
Third Update:What the Lebanese really think of Hezbollah, but are afraid to say- Neal?August 13/06
1,000 Deaths and Lebanon 20 Years Back in the Stone Age: Hezbollah has Failed! By: Joseph Hitti-August 12/06
The Axis of Evil war against Lebanon. By Charles Jalkh (Freedom Fighter) 12/08/06
Dr.Walid Phares: Iran Poised To Be 'Mother of All World Threats. By: Dave Eberhart, NewsMax  Aug. 12, 2006
Dr.Walid Phares: Iran Poised To Be 'Mother of All World Threats. By: Dave Eberhart, NewsMax  Aug. 12, 2006
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