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Hezbollah ready to strike Israel again

September 5, 2007 No Comments

Hezbollah: We Are Ready to Strike Israel Again
Monday, August 6, 2007

Hezbollah’s leader said Saturday that the militant Islamic group’s war last summer with Israel has left the U.S. vision of a “new Middle East” in shambles and claimed the guerrilla group was ready to strike Israel again at any time.

During the 34-day war in southern Lebanon, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice called for a new era of democracy and peace in the region, “a new Middle East.”

But Hezbollah, backed by Syria and Iran, said the U.S.

Gemayel calls for Christian Unity

September 5, 2007 No Comments

Gemayel calls for Christian unity

Gemayel called for calm on the streets following Sunday’s by-election in Metn [AP]
Amin Gemayel, Lebanon’s former president, has called for unity among the country’s Christian population, after his narrow defeat in a parliamentary by-election by another Christian candidate.

Sunday’s vote was seen as an indicator as to which way the country’s divided Christian community will vote in September’s presidential election.

Gemayel said: “These elections have shown that the solution to the Lebanese crisis is found in respect for institutions.

“This