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Mousawi Freeman & Galloway: Musketeers or stooges?
Tuesday, 24 March 2009, 12:17 pm | Franklin P Lamb
When Charles Freeman, a veteran diplomat slated to become the top U.S. intelligence analyst, withdrew from consideration on March 9, 2009 he released a statement denouncing the Israel Lobby for "character assassination." More >>
F P Lamb: Will Washington love Hezbollah in June
Thursday, 5 March 2009, 12:01 pm | Franklin P Lamb
It is tough to get very excited about media reports reaching Beirut that the American Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) has already chosen a winner (Mitt Romney) in the first Republican straw poll of the 2012 campaign, so soon after the ... More >>
Gaza: Legitimate Self Defense or War Crime?
Monday, 9 February 2009, 11:30 am | Franklin P Lamb
Interviewers Note: On December 27, 2008, Israel launched a devastating 22 day and night bombardment of the Gaza strip. The assault left, amidst an estimated 600,000 tons of concrete rubble some 1,740 dead (this figure includes more than 350 ‘forgotten’ ... More >>
Hezbollah ponders its duty to the Palestinians
Wednesday, 14 January 2009, 10:45 am | Franklin P Lamb
W here is my friend Hussein"? this observer asked some of the guys yesterday at my favorite motorcycle repair shop in Dahiyeh, the Hezbollah area in Beirut, as I helped, with my bandaged arm, off load my motorbike. 'Silver', sad to report, was not at ... More >>
Fact & Law Checking the WSJ & Alan Dershowitz
Friday, 9 January 2009, 10:22 am | Franklin P Lamb
In the minds of some of his colleagues, and a law student reporter at the Harvard Law Record, Professor Alan Dershowitz's unique views of Israel's obligations under International Law are reflected in the "Private Legal Memoranda" that he pens for ... More >>
Why Hezbollah stiffed Carter
Tuesday, 16 December 2008, 12:09 pm | Franklin P Lamb
Truth be told, this observer, along with one suspects plenty of others, was miffed at Hezbollah this past Wednesday morning. As I looked up at sunrise at Sammin Mountain above Beirut on the Western chain of Lebanon’s dramatic range to see if the rumor ... More >>
The task of evicting Israel from Lebanon
Wednesday, 19 November 2008, 1:26 pm | Franklin P Lamb
“We, as Lebanese, are here to confirm that we cling to freeing every grain of our soil. We will not abandon the great national cause, which is the continuation of the liberation of our land. The resistance looks forward to hoisting the flags of ... More >>
Condi bids a quick 'Hello-Goodbye' to Lebanon
Wednesday, 18 June 2008, 9:15 am | Franklin P Lamb
Secretary of State Rice's aircraft kept its engines warm and its fuselage surrounded by the US Secret Service and Lebanon's Internal Security agents as she dashed into Beirut for less than 275 minutes en Route to Ireland yesterday. Her secret arrival ... More >>
Lebanon gets a President: The Doha Scorecard
Thursday, 22 May 2008, 11:22 am | Franklin P Lamb
"The agreement was not ideal for either party and I hope that it will serve as a launch pad for decent relations between the majority and the opposition. We will tackle the other issues in Beirut and there is no need to fear anything". More >>
Did Hezbollah thwart a planned attack on Lebanon?
Saturday, 17 May 2008, 11:50 am | Franklin P Lamb
This week Israel's Military Intelligence Chief Major General Amos Yadlin complained to the Israeli daily Haaretz that "Hezbollah proved that it was the strongest power in Lebanon… stronger than the Lebanese and it had wanted to take the government ... More >>
Lebanon in Crisis: Choufeit's Bloody Pentecost
Tuesday, 13 May 2008, 12:21 am | Franklin P Lamb
In the lower Chouf village of Choufeit with its panoramic view of Beirut's closed airport (which will likely stay closed for 4 or 5 more days as a Hezbollah pressure point on the Bush administration to achieve a settlement that it views as fair and ... More >>
Franklin Lamb: Lebanon on the Brink
Saturday, 10 May 2008, 3:09 pm | Franklin P Lamb
"The question is no longer why, for the answer has become clear. However, what is the secret behind the timing of this? What is being prepared for the future stage and which coincides with US President George Bush's tour of the region? Has internal ... More >>
Part I: Historical context and current posturing
Saturday, 26 April 2008, 11:57 am | Franklin P Lamb
“The Bush administration parking a flotilla from its US 6th fleet off the coast of Lebanon was made necessary, it claims, to demonstrate Washington’s ‘commitment to stability in the region’. This provocation, aimed at Hezbollah and also Syria, ... More >>
Part II: Why the Bush admin wants to negotiate now
Saturday, 26 April 2008, 11:48 am | Franklin P Lamb
“These fools do not learn from their past mistakes. When they withdrew from Lebanon, they continued to occupy the Shebaa Farms and kept our brothers in custody. Had they released them when they left Lebanon, there would not now be a ‘prisoner issue’ ... More >>
Part III: the CIA and the Pentagon weigh in
Saturday, 26 April 2008, 11:45 am | Franklin P Lamb
“Those bastards [the Israeli military] know the rules and what the US Arms Export Control Act requires! The CBU 58’s are decades out of date! We [the US] have not even had them in our weapons inventory since we last used them in 1991 during Desert ... More >>
Part IV: Bait, Hook and Switch
Saturday, 26 April 2008, 11:41 am | Franklin P Lamb
“Absolutely not! Without a credible deterrent force, there is no real Lebanese sovereignty. Israel came very close to getting nearly all it wanted with the 1983 May 17th agreement. Had Hezbollah not prevented this, Lebanon today would be colonized ... More >>
Part V: Hezbollah’s part of the bargain
Saturday, 26 April 2008, 11:36 am | Franklin P Lamb
“Nobody can impose terms on us, or commit us to anything we do not believe in. Let me be clear: Israel won’t get through politics what it didn’t get through war, even if the UN resolu¬tion gave this to Israel. What they couldn’t do through ... More >>
UNIFIL - Whose Mission is it fulfilling?
Thursday, 13 December 2007, 11:34 am | Franklin P Lamb
The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) Whose Mission is it fulfilling? Franklin Lamb UN Headquarters Naquora, Lebanon More >>
25th Anniversary of the Massacre at Sabra-Shatilla
Friday, 14 September 2007, 8:04 pm | Franklin P Lamb
It's a very beautiful fall day here in Beirut today. Twenty-five years this week since the Massacre at the Palestinian refugee camps at Sabra-Shatila. Bright blue sky and a fall breeze. It actually rained last night. Enough to clean out some of ... More >>
Is Human Rights Watch Caving to the Israeli Lobby?
Tuesday, 4 September 2007, 1:47 pm | Franklin P Lamb
Human Rights Watch (HRW) provides no probative, compelling evidence for its charges of war crimes. Its Report, Civilians Under Assault: Hezbollah's Rocket Attacks on Israel in the 2006 War , is saturated with disclaimers that its access to information ... More >>
