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7 Lisa Goldman, “How Lisa Came to Israel (Part Four),” On the Face, January 26, 2005.
CHAPTER SEVEN: EVERYTHING COULD EXPLODE AT ANY MOMENT
1 Con Coughlin, “Iran’s Spies Watching Us, Says Israel,” Daily Telegraph (London), April 4, 2006.
2 Andrew J. Tabler, “Solomon’s Baby in the Middle East,” Foreign Policy, February 2, 2010.
CHAPTER EIGHT: THE JULY WAR
1 “Kidnapped Soldiers: Ehud Goldwasser, Eldad Regev,” Ynet News, July 13, 2006.
2 Chris McGreal, “Capture of Soldiers Was ‘Act of War’ Says Israel,” The Guardian, July 13, 2006.
3 Lisa Goldman, “Welcome to the Shooting Gallery,” On the Face, August 13, 2006.
4 Michael Oren, Six Days of War: June 1967 and the Making of the Modern Middle East (Oxford University Press, June 6, 2002).
5 “Map of Israeli Bombings of Lebanon,” Samidoun Media Team, http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8a/Locations_bombed_Aug13_no_fact_box.jpg.
6 “Lebanese Hospital: Number of Casualties from Qana Air Strike Is 28, not 52,” Haaretz, August 3, 2006.
7 “Operation Grapes of Wrath (2006),” Ynet News, August 1, 2006.
8 Chris Link, “Photos That Damn Hezbollah,” Sunday Herald Sun (Melbourne), July 30, 2006.
9 Law of Armed Conflict, http://usmilitary.about.com/cs/wars/a/loac.htm.
10 Robert Kennedy, Of Knowledge and Power: The Complexities of National Intelligence (Praeger, August 30, 2008), p. 93.
11 Ze’ev Ben-Yechiel and Hillel Fendel, “Two Funerals Draw Thousands as Nation Mourns,” Israel National News, July 17, 2008.
12 Kathryn Petras and Ross Petras, World Access: The Handbook for Citizens of the Earth (Fireside, June 11, 1996), p. 374.
CHAPTER NINE: HEZBOLLAH’S PUTSCH
1 Emily Dische-Becker, “Tony the Killer Mechanic and Lebanon against Itself (Again),” Anecdotes from a Banana Republic, July 20, 2006.
2 “Lebanese Christian Leader Killed,” BBC News, November 21, 2006.
3 Tony Badran, “A Puzzling Run for President in Lebanon,” Los Angeles Times, December 6, 2006.
4 Iraq Study Group, The Iraq Study Group Report (General Books, LLC, March 7, 2010).
5 Michael Young, “The Lebanon Opposition’s First Casualty,” Daily Star (Beirut), December 14, 2006.
6 Christopher Allbritton, “Tales from the South, Sort Of,” Back to Iraq, July 26, 2006.
7 Charles Levinson, “Difficult Dealings with Hezbollah,” Conflict Blotter, August 6, 2007.
CHAPTER TEN: FROM JERUSALEM TO BEIRUT
1 Noah Pollak, “Hope over Hate: A Lebanon Diary,” Azure, Spring 2007.
CHAPTER ELEVEN: SO THIS IS OUR VICTORY
1 http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2006/sc8808.doc.htm.
2 Jonathan Chait, “Who Says War Has to Be Proportional?” Los Angeles Times, July 23, 2006.
3 Thomas L. Friedman, From Beirut to Jerusalem, rev. ed. (Farar, Straus, and Giroux, September 1, 1991), p. 219.
4 Noah Pollak, “Hope over Hate: A Lebanon Diary,” Azure, Spring 2007.
5 “Israel-Hizbullah Conflict: Victims of Rocket Attacks and IDF Casualties,” Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
6 “Lebanon Sees More Than 1,000 War Deaths,” Associated Press, December 28, 2006.
CHAPTER TWELVE: THE SIEGE OF AIN EBEL
1 “Free Ain Ebel from Hezbollah Invasion,” The Ouwet Front, July 28, 2006.
2 Ibid.
3 Sabrina Tavernise, “Christians Fleeing Lebanon Denounce Hezbollah,” New York Times, July 28, 2006.
CHAPTER THIRTEEN: THE SOLUTION IS IN TEHRAN
1 Francis Kraft, “Radical Islam the Problem, Moderate the Solution, Says Pipes,” Canadian Jewish News, April 6, 2005.
2 Matt Nash, “Party of Odd,” NOW Lebanon, January 27, 2009.
3 Lee Smith, The Strong Horse: Power, Politics, and the Clash of Arab Civilizations (Doubleday, 2010), p. 218.
4 David Samuels, “The Year of the Elephant: Our Cold War with Iran Unfolds in Lebanon,” The New Republic, May 11, 2009.
5 William Wallis, “Fighting ‘Has Sunk Hope of a Free Lebanon,’” Financial Times, August 1, 2006.
6 Abu Kais, “Hizbullah, Aoun Unleash Terror on Lebanon,” From Beirut to the Beltway, January 23, 2007.
7 Nicholas Blanford, “Beirut Arms Itself against a Shaky Future,” The Sunday Times (London), January 5, 2008.
8 Michael Young, “Next Time Around, Lebanon Will Be in a Civil War,” Daily Star (Beirut), January 25, 2007.
CHAPTER FOURTEEN: GUNS IN THE CAPITAL
1 “Lebanon’s Army Announces Its Nahr al-Bared Death Toll,” Ya Libnan, September 4, 2007.
2 Hussein Abdallah, “Jumblatt Accuses Hizbullah of Bid to Take Over Beirut Airport,” Daily Star (Beirut), May 5, 2008.
3 David Schenker, “Showdown between Hezbollah and Beirut,” NOW Lebanon, May 16, 2008.
4 “Lebanese MP: Expel Iranian Ambassador,” Jerusalem Post, May 3, 2008.
5 Ibid.
6 “Hezbollah Fighters Overrun West Beirut and Media HQ,” Times Online, May 9, 2008.
7 Massoud A. Derhaly, “Lebanon Jews Tap Diaspora to Rebuild Beirut’s Shelled Synagogue,” Bloomberg, September 17, 2008.
8 Andrew Exum, “Fighting Continues in Lebanon; Policy Options for the U.S.?” Abu Muqawama, May 12, 2008.
9 “Nasrallah Justifies Lebanon Riots [Full Transcript],” Ya Libnan, May 8, 2008.
10 Abu Kais, “Jumblatt Calls for an End to Bloodshed,” From Beirut to the Beltway, May 8, 2008
11 “Hezbollah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah in Live Press Conference,” NOW Lebanon, May 8, 2008.
12 “Geagea Compares Hezbollah to Mehdi Army,” NOW Lebanon, May 7, 2008.
13 “Lest It Be Forgotten: Syrian Social Nationalist (SSNP) Fighters Take the Streets,” NOW Lebanon, May 9, 2008.
14 Noah Pollak, “The Lesson of Lebanon,” Commentary, May 9, 2008.
15 “40 Army Officers Submitted their Resignation, Suleiman Rejected,” Naharnet, May 8, 2008.
16 Ibid.
17 “Minister Ahmed Fatfat to Al-Arabiya,” NOW Lebanon, May 9, 2008.
18 “Franjieh Vows Escalation, Says Demos Will Continue,” Naharnet , May 8, 2008.
19 Michael Young, “Pity Lebanon’s Shia Community,” NOW Lebanon , May 15, 2008.
20 Andrew Exum, “The Resistance as Oppressor,” Abu Muqawama, May 18, 2008.
21 Mustapha, “Resisting the Resistance,” Beirut Spring, May 9, 2008.
22 Mustapha, “Beware of Al-Qaeda,” Beirut Spring, May 9, 2008.
23 Thomas L. Friedman, From Beirut to Jerusalem, rev. ed. (Farar, Straus, and Giroux, September 1, 1991), p. 30.
CHAPTER FIFTEEN: GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG
1 Tony Badran, “Hezbollah’s Third Botched Coup Attempt,” Across the Bay, May 14, 2008.
2 Lee Smith, “Jumblatt’s Men Set Back Iran’s Militia in Lebanon,” MichaelTotten.com, May 12, 2008.
3 Ibid.
4 “Lebanon Politics: Square One?” Economic Intelligence Unit, May 15, 2008.
5 Andrew Lee Butters, “Surrendering to Hizballah,” Time, May 12, 2008.
6 Abu Kais, “The Dark Age of Hizbullah Is upon Us,” From Beirut to the Beltway, May 9, 2008.
7 MP Khaled Al-Dhaher, interview, Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation (LBC), May 12, 2008.
8 Roee Nahmias, “Saudi FM Says Both Nasrallah, Ariel Sharon Invaded Beirut,” Ynet News, May 13, 2008.
9 “The Doha Agreement,” NOW Lebanon, May 21, 2008, http://www.nowlebanon.com/NewsArchiveDetails.aspx?ID=44023.
10 Jesse Aizenstat, “Threatening Israel Isn’t Enough Anymore (Comment),” MichaelTotten.com, January 29, 2010.
CHAPTER SIXTEEN: THE MYSTIC IN HIS BUNKER
1 Lee Smith, The Strong Horse: Power, Politics, and the Clash of Arab Civilizations (Doubleday, 2010).
2 Thomas L. Friedman, From Beirut to Jerusalem, rev. ed. (Farar, Straus, and Giroux, September 1, 1991), p. 158.
3 Yi
tschak Ben Gad, Politics, Lies, and Videotape (S.P.I. Books, March 1991), p. 203.
4 David S. Sorenson, Global Security Watch – Lebanon: A Reference Handbook (Praeger, November 12, 2009), p. 172.
5 Free in a Prison Cell, three-volume DVD set (Samir Geagea, 2006).
6 Lee Smith, The Strong Horse: Power, Politics, and the Clash of Arab Civilizations (Doubleday, 2010), p. 6.
7 Ibn Khaldun, Al-Muqaddimah, three-volume set (Bollingen, August 1, 1967).
8 Free in a Prison Cell, three-volume DVD set (Samir Geagea, 2006).
9 Ibid.
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN: THE ARABIST IN HIS PALACE
1 Michael Young, The Ghosts of Martyrs Square: An Eyewitness Account of Lebanon’s Life Struggle (Simon and Schuster, April 13, 2010), p. 109.
2 David Samuels, “Why Israel Will Bomb Iran,” Slate, April 9, 2009.
3 Uzi Mahnaimi and Sarah Baxter, “Saudis give nod to Israeli raid on Iran,” The Sunday Times (London), July 5, 2009.
4 Ibid.
5 Digby Lidstone, “Iran Woos Arab States as Sanctions Loom,” Financial Times, December 14, 2009.
6 David Pollock, “Saudi Public Backs Iran Sanctions but Split on Military Action,” The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, January 12, 2010.
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN: THE WARLORD IN HIS CASTLE
1 David Schenker, “The Murdered Fathers Club,” The Weekly Standard , December 19, 2009.
2 Lee Smith, The Strong Horse: Power, Politics, and the Clash of Arab Civilizations (Doubleday, 2010), p. 197.
3 Abu Kais, “An Irreparable Damage,” From Beirut to the Beltway, May 10, 2008.
CHAPTER NINETEEN: A HURRICANE IN THE LAND OF THE CEDARS
1 Ehud Ya’ari, “Behind the Terror,” Atlantic, June 1987.
2 Rym Ghazal, “Lebanese Police Arrest 7 Members of Pro-Syrian Party, Seize Explosives,” Daily Star (Beirut), December 22, 2006.
3 Rita Barotta, “Lebanon’s Media War Revived after Assault on Future TV Reporter,” Menassat, November 28, 2008.
4 Marcus Baram, “Christopher Hitchens Beat Up by Lebanese Thugs during Street Brawl,” Huffington Post, February 18, 2009.
5 James Robinson, “Christopher Hitchens on Beirut Attack: ‘They Kept Coming. Six or Seven at First,’” The Guardian, February 19, 2009.
6 Lee Harris, Civilization and Its Enemies: The Next Stage of History (Free Press, February 3, 2004), p. xv.
7 Nassim Nicholas Taleb, The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable (Random House, April 17, 2007).
8 Michael Young, “Power Plays between Friends in Beirut,” Daily Star (Beirut), April 1, 2010.
9 Lee Smith, “Walid Jumblatt Is No Weather Vane,” Slate, August 7, 2009.
10 Hanin Ghaddar, “Syria’s War on March 14,” NOW Lebanon, March 20, 2010.
11 “The Magic Has Gone,” NOW Lebanon, February 12, 2010.
12 Howard Schneider, “Hezbollah’s Relocation of Rocket Sites to Lebanon’s Interior Poses Wider Threat,” Washington Post, January 23, 2010.
13 “Netanyahu: Lebanon Accountable for Rocket on Israel,” Haaretz, September 13, 2009.
14 “Lieberman Warns Assad War Will Drive Him from Power,” The Jerusalem Post, February 4, 2010.
15 http://english.moqawama.org/essaydetails.php?eid=9632&cid=214.
16 Jonathan Spyer, “Hezbollah’s Delusions,” GLORIA Center, December 9, 2009.
17 “Muslim Cleric Calls for “Greater Iran,’” Associated Press, May 15, 2010.
18 Christopher Hitchens, “The Swastika and the Cedar,” Vanity Fair, May 2009.
EPILOGUE: DEATH TO THE DICTATOR
1 Julie Steinberg, “Iran’s Lame Attempt at Photoshop,” Wall Street Journal, June 20, 2009.
2 Eric Hooglund, “Iran’s Rural Vote and Election Fraud,” Tehran Bureau, June 17, 2009.
3 Kevin Sullivan, “Not a Theocracy,” RealClearPolitics, June 13, 2009.
4 Danielle Pletka and Ali Alfoneh, “Iran’s Hidden Revolution,” New York Times, June 16, 2009.
5 Michael Ledeen, “So How’s It Going in Iran?” Pajamas Media, June 15, 2009.
6 Amir Taheri, The Persian Night: Iran under the Khomeinist Revolution (Encounter, March 25, 2009), p. 160.
7 Reza Zarabi, “The Persian Abyss: Our Dying Islam,” The Jerusalem Post, May 13, 2007.
INDEX
Abdel Nasser, Gamal
Abdullah, King
Abou-Charaf, Nabil
Achrafieh
Adonis
Afif, Mohammad
Aflaq, Michel
Ahmadinejad, Mahmoud see also Iran
Ain Ebel
Ain Ebel Development Association
Aizenstat, Jesse
Ajami, Fouad
Al-Akhbar
Al Arabiya
al-Askari Mosque
al-Khuraybah
Al-Manar
Al-Mari Valley
Al-Muqaddima
Al-Mustaqbal
Al-Sharq
Al-Shiraa
Alaska Inn
Alawites
Alexander the Great
Alfoneh, Ali
Allbritton, Christopher
Amal: and Hezbollah establishment of involvement in Beirut invasion involvement in Lebanese civil war politics see also Syrian Social Nationalist Party (SSNP)
Amar, Fayad Hanna
American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions
American Enterprise Institute
American University of Beirut
An-Nahar
Anderson, Terry
Andraos, Asma
Aoun, Michel see also Christian Free Patriotic Movement
Aounists
Apostolou, Andrew
Arab al-Luweiza
Arab Islamic Resistance
Arab League
Arab Nationalism see also Pan-Arabism
Arafat, Yasser see also Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)
Arslan, Talal
Ashkelon
Ashura
Assad, Bashar al-: and Emile Lahoud and France and Hezbollah and Iraq and Israel and Lebanon and Rafik Hariri and United States and Golan Heights see also Syria
Assad, Hafez al-: and Alawites and Emile Lahoud and Hezbollah and Kamal Jumblatt and Lebanon and Muslim Brotherhood and Omar Karami and Rafik Hariri and United States and Walid Jumblatt death role in Persian Gulf War see also Syria
Assad, Rifaat al-
Assad, Suleiman al-
Atallah, Samir
Atlantic
Azure
Baath Party: Sunni Lebanese Saddam Hussein’s Sunni Syrian
Badran, Tony
Baghdad
Baha’i
Baker, James
Barak, Ehud
Barakat, Alan
Battle of Karbala
Begin, Menachem
Beirut: 2005 bombing of culture economic boom Freedom Camp government Green Line Hezbollah invasion of Hezbollah tent city within impact of Lebanese civil war on intelligence agents in Israeli invasion of reputation “Spring,” SSNP attack on streets of “velvet revolution” in see also Lebanon; Hamra
Beirut Arab University
Beirut Spring, The (website)
Beirut: City of Regrets
Bekaa Valley
Berri, Nabih
Bint Jbail
Blanford, Nicholas
Bliss, Daniel
Bolton, John
Bristol Gathering
Buckley, William
Buenos Aires bombing
Bush, George W.
Butters, Andrew Lee
Cairo Agreement
Caracas
Chamoun, Camille
Chidiac, May
Chirac, Jacques
Choucair, Wafiq
Chouf Mountains. See under Hezbollah
Christians: and Bashir Gemayel and Lebanese civil war and Lebanese government and Rafik Hariri clashes with Palestinians Coptic in Lebanon relationship with Shia Muslims
Chuman, Charles
> civil war. See under Lebanon
Civilization and Its Enemies
Commentary
Conflict Blotter
dahiyeh. See under Hezbollah
Daily Star
Daily Telegraph (London)
Davis, Jonathan
Dayan, Moshe
Dbouq, Haitham
Dhaher, Khaled Al-