Cluster Bombs: One of Lebanon's many open wounds

Cluster Bombs: What are they ? An illustration taken mostly from Lebanon's wounded following the 2006 Israeli agression.

Cluster Bombs and the treaty to ban them.

The Dispossessed

By Rami Khoury from the Daily Star: The Palestinian narrative is here to stay

Palestinians march to Israeli border to denounce 60 years of dispossession.

Seumas Milne: Expulsion and dispossession can't be cause for celebration.


Al-'Awda (The return) conference, Anaheim, California.

Let's not forget. All the mayhem in the ME and Lebanon is made to make us and make the world forget that Palestinians are still dispossessed.

From this blog, The Dispossessed

What is not known about the recent crisis in Lebanon

From the best source on Lebanon, this latest post , and some others...

I very much liked this one... And this one...

Juan Cole has excellent witness information and comment on the situation

In The Guardian, Nicholas Noe, 'A dangerous strategy'.

P.S.
Sorry I am not writing these days... 2008 has just started, barely five months into this year and it might well be my annus horribilis, as it will be for Lebanese who live in Lebanon...
However my problems are nothing compared to the uncertainties and insecurity in which most Lebanese live, and in a way the grim prospects in Lebanon definitely have a negative impact on my already somber mood.
I am not reading blogs, I am not writing on my blog, and I spend my time on little annoyances... Hopefully I will be returning to normal activity soon.

After More than Six Years, Al Jazeera Cameraman Sami al-Haj Released from Guantanamo Bay

McCain, Hezbollah, Arab-Americans and Bigots

A post worth mentioning from a Kos diarist.