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The Silence of the Lambs
By Jamal Dajani�
Posts
from a War
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When the massacres of Sabra and Shatilla occurred in
1982, the U.N. found itself hapless in preventing the slaughter of innocent
civilians on Lebanese soil. Later in 1996, during "Operation Grapes of Wrath,"
the Israeli army shelled a Fijian UNIFIL compound, killing 106 civilians and
injuring scores of others who had taken refuge there to escape the battles
between Hezbollah and Israel. Last Sunday, 10 years later, history has repeated
itself in Qana, and Israel is again responsible for the death of more than 60
civilians who perished after an Israeli bomb caused the building where they had
taken refuge to collapse on top of them.
From beneath the rubble, the listless tiny bodies of 42 children were
removed. A sobbing mother described her ordeal from her hospital bed, having to
save one of her children and letting go of another, "I cannot lift you up; I do
not have the strength to do so�I hand you over to honorable Zainab," referring
to her dead daughter who was named after the granddaughter of the prophet
Mohamed.
Many believe that Qana is the site of the ancient town of "Cana," where
according to John 2:1-11, during a wedding ceremony, Jesus performed his first
miracle, transforming water into wine. Twice in this past decade, it is blood
instead of wine that has flowed in Qana.
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Avoiding a Clash of Civilizations
By Souheila Al Jadda
Middle East
Online
The violent conflicts in Israel, Lebanon and the Gaza Strip as well as the
war in Iraq make me question whether a "clash of civilizations" between the East
and West is taking place right before our eyes.
I have never ascribed to
Samuel Huntington's famous "clash" theory, which states that the secular and
liberal West is on a collision course with the religious and conservative East.
I believe that we are all part of one, sometimes, wounded civilization on this
earth. I believe that people of different nations, regions, cultures and creeds
are more alike than we are different.
But these days, our differences
have become more pronounced.
The world has drastically changed in the
last several years following the tragic events of September 11th that took the
lives of over 3000 innocent people. The Arab and Islamic worlds find themselves
engulfed in conflicts from the Bamiyan Valley in Afghanistan to the Tigris River
in Iraq to the coasts of the Mediterranean Sea.
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Saudis Mull Losses in Lebanon
By Mahan Abedin
www.SaudiDebate.com
The war between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon has exposed deep rifts
between Iran and Syria on the one hand and the conservative and America-friendly
regimes in Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Egypt on the other. This was dramatically
underlined by Saudi Arabia's unusually tough stance against Hezbollah at the
outset of the conflict.�
It is well-known that amongst the West's allies in the region, it is only the
Saudis who can openly criticize American policy without risking their ties to
Washington. Therefore, the fact they chose to unequivocally chastise Hezbollah
(knowing full well what effect this will have on pro-Hezbollah public opinion in
the Arab world) speaks volumes about growing Saudi desperation.�
The Saudi stance against Hezbollah has less to do with fears of Iran's
growing geopolitical weight, than a demoralised reaction to the failure of its
foreign policy in Lebanon. However, by choosing to side with Washington and Tel
Aviv, the House of Saud risks deepening the dynamics that generate divisions and
dissent in the Kingdom.�
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War Through the Camera Lens
By Jamal Dajani
SAN FRANCISCO--Monitoring Arab, Israeli,
Iranian and U.S. satellite television networks in a time of war is an exhausting
job. Trying to make sense of the commentaries and analysis of the current
conflict is an exercise in futility.
I have been switching back and forth
between channels for what seems like forever. I spent 10 hours at the office,
came home, had dinner, rested a bit and took a shower. I felt
refreshed.
It's almost midnight in San Francisco, 10 a.m. in Beirut. I
have been watching Al Jazeera and Lebanese Broadcasting Corp. (LBC) for the past
two hours. The field reporting on Al Jazeera is excellent. They know how to
connect the dots: Beirut, south Lebanon near today's fiercest battles, Haifa,
Jerusalem and then Gaza. Later I'll watch some CNN after a repeat of Larry
King.
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In the Gunsight: Syria!
By Uri Avnery
IT IS the old story about the losing gambler: he cannot stop. He continues to
play, in order to win his losses back. He continues to lose and continues to
gamble, until he has lost everything: his ranch, his wife, his
shirt.
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The same thing happens in the biggest gamble of all: war. The leaders that
start a war and get stuck in the mud are compelled to fight their way ever
deeper into the mud. That is a part of the very essence of war: it is impossible
to stop after a failure. Public opinion demands the promised victory.
Incompetent generals need to cover up their failure. Military commentators and
other armchair strategists demand a massive offensive. Cynical politicians are
riding the wave. The government is carried away by the flood that they
themselves have let loose.
That is what happened this week, following the battle of Bint-Jbeil, which
the Arabs have already started to call proudly Nasrallahgrad. All over Israel
the cry goes up: Get into it! Quicker! Further! Deeper!
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Letters to the Editor
To the Editor:
I beg to differ with Ms Souhaila Al Jadda's contention that the veil is
not a symbol of women's oppression in Islamic countries.� That is one of
the platitudes that stupid people wish to propagate when they do not have the
convincingn answer, or when their answer is not valid.�� Of course, in
itself, wearing a scarf does not prevent a woman from doing everything
non-veiled women do, but when the scarf becomes a hijab, then a niqab, some
crucial questions will arise ?��
I am a Muslim myself, a good one,
I hope, and I am not veiled.� Nor was my mother, or, may� I add,�
my grandmother.� I do not believe that covering your hair and wearing a
abaya makes any difference in what.� The Quran does not, DOES NOT, require
us to wear a veil and cover ourselves from head to toe, looking like walking
tents!
Djenane Kamil
Cairi-Egypt
Dear Sir or Madam,
I am pleased to find a news organization that provides a true
representation of facts on a level of outstanding journalism when the audiences
have a choice of ideas to decide on the value of the representation. It is my
appreciation to all the staffs of Linktv that put forth the possibilities of
programming excellence.
Few days ago disturbed by the images of destruction in Lebanon combined
with the suffering of families wrote the following Poem:
Mother Child cries of love absence
Embrace holding fingers kissing the
kisses tears away
Head shoulder grasp love the comfort embraced
The eyes
crystal terrified holding the babies cries
Tumble rubble struggle the madness
of humanity
Innocence trapped in mystifying war of proxy
Street cries the
ruby soul of rivers
Selfishness no harms the capitalist disgrace
Democracy
ideologist self-interests leeches blood innocence the tears
Edward Marghoosian�
Sir:
�i am an american vietnam era vet and i lived that war but i am totally
against this president presuming to speak for the american people about not
stopping the "HOLOSAUST"being delivered to lebanon courtesy of weapons of mass
destruction re:5000 pound bunker busters and they are w.m.d. the isreal people
were given land in the middleast after they were almost wiped out but they are
doing the same thing the hitler doctrine wanted to do to them ,how ironic after
their history they are treating all of lebanon as the bloody and deadly warsaw
slaughter and extermination of their kind !their god must be different than mine
and our president doesn't speak for the majority of the people he lost that with
not finishing afghanistan or getting osama bin laden who according to our
president was responsible for 9/11 . i would like e-mails of lebaneese officials
and syria officials so i can get world opinion about things as until now with
the internet americans get only one sided views on world affairs please
reply
�gary parrett
�butte,montana
Subject: I was told that Link/Mosiac is ant-semitic and supportive of
radical Hamas.
Please tell me Im wrong...and...explain?????
Michael
Greenberg
Disclaimer:�Mosaic Intelligence Report�will put up as
many of your comments as possible but we cannot guarantee that all e-mails will
be published.�MIR reserves the right to edit comments that are
published.
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