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Nasrallah’s speech delivered on the 8th anniversary of the Resistance and Liberation Day
The speech of the Secretary General of Hezbollah, Sayyid Hassan Nassrallah, delivered on the 8th anniversary of the Resistance and Liberation Day, Al Raya Playground, Southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, May 26, 2008
First of all, a great greeting is paid to every pure spirit of the resistance and homeland martyrs; especially that of the leader […]
Posted: May 28th, 2008 under CF REPORTS, Hezbollah, Lebanon.
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Disarmament vs. Demilitarization
A Conflicts Forum Monograph by Alastair Crooke, and an Interview with Ambassador Chester Crocker, February, 2008
In 2006, the United States Institute of Peace generously provided a grant to Conflicts Forum to conduct a research study on “Disarmament vs. Demilitarization” in the context of the current Lebanese political environment. The goal of the study is to […]
Posted: February 15th, 2008 under Alastair Crooke, Disarmament, Hezbollah, Lebanon, MONOGRAPHS, Mark Perry.
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Refusing talk to facilitate talk – the paradox of Islamist dialogue: An overdue task or an exercise in appeasement?
The Bill and Sally Hambrecht Distinguished Peacemakers Lectures at AUB — Lecture by Alastair Crooke, The Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs, American University of Beirut, January 17, 2008
“So, you spoke to the leaders of Hezbollah?”
“Yes”
“And you also speak with the leaders of Hamas?”
“Yes”
“And they told you that they support democracy?”
“Yes”
“And you […]
Posted: February 4th, 2008 under ARTICLES, Alastair Crooke, Hamas, Hezbollah, Islamists.
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Nasrallah forecasts the prospect of coming conflict
On January 15, the Secretary General of Hezbollah Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah delivered a speech celebrating the death anniversary of Shi’i Imam Al-Husayn. The following is the text of the speech carried by Hezbollah-affiliated Al Manar TV. The text is reprinted here with permission from and thanks to Mideastwire.
“Esteemed scholars, brothers and sisters…I would like to […]
Posted: January 22nd, 2008 under Bush Administration, CF REPORTS, Gaza, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Lebanon, Middle East, Syria.
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Engaging Hamas and Hezbollah
By Ali Abunimah, The Electronic Intifada, October 29, 2007
Nothing could be easier in the present atmosphere than to accuse anyone who calls for recognition of and dialogue with Hamas, Hezbollah and other Islamist movements of being closet supporters of reactionary “extremism” or naive fellow travelers of “terrorists.” This tactic is not surprising coming from neoconservatives […]
Posted: November 1st, 2007 under ARTICLES, Dialogue, Hamas, Hezbollah.
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Ticking clocks and ‘accidental’ war
By Alastair Crooke, Conflicts Forum, October 14, 2007. (An edited version of this article appeared in the October edition of US/ME Policy Brief, US/Middle East Project.)
Whilst Washington looks at the Iranian prospects through the prism of a binary, to bomb or to acquiesce decision, facing President Bush over the remainder of his presidency, the actors […]
Posted: October 14th, 2007 under ARTICLES, Alastair Crooke, Bush Administration, Hezbollah, Iran, Middle East, Syria.
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