US Plans for Anti-Hezbollah Force
In what I thought was a mundane article from UPI titled U.S. ‘to give Lebanon light attack planes’ it actually had some interesting, yet disturbing news towards the end:
…the U.S. security consultancy Stratfor says the Pentagon wants to establish [a special group] as an elite [Lebanese] army unit. Its main function will be countering Hezbollah. [...]
How Does the “No-Fly List” Work Again?
Here’s an interesting story out of New Jersey:
A Lebanese businessman [Gilbert Chagoury] based in Nigeria was stopped from boarding a private Jet last month in New Jersey following a disclosure that he was on the United States government expanded no-fly list.
So basically the guy was able to fly into the US but not out?
But Law enforcement [...]
Ladies and Gentlemen, LLB Convert #3!
Woo hoo! We’ve got another! Welcome to the club, Steven Uhles.
I am theoretically supposed to be spending this afternoon looking over my work from 2009 for entries in to various journalism contests. It’s an annual task I dislike under the best of circumstances, but I’m even less motivated this year.
The reason?
I’ve already gotten an award.
Today [...]
“He’d Rather be Playing in Beirut than Queens”
Hall of Fame baseball writer, Peter Gammons,was fortunate to be interviewed by WEEI, where he was asked this question:
Any chance Jason Bay ends up back with the Red Sox as opposed to in Queens?
His response:
I think he’d rather be playing in Beirut than Queens.
Are you serious? Baseball? The sport that no one plays? I’m scratching [...]
Heads in the Clouds
We’ve had long discussions about direct flights between Canada and Lebanon, but now there’s talk of direct flights between Beirut and the US:
President Michel Sleiman announced Thursday that American airlines are considering a partnership agreement with Middle East Airlines (MEA) as a first step to resume direct flights between Beirut and the United States and [...]
