by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Sep 28, 2010 | Security
Despite the hoo-haa from the US on the use of arms against Israel, the UAE government is continuing with its pledge to improve the Lebanese Army’s capabilities (albeit hand-me-downs) and are not worried who the weapons are used against: Last week, the UAE...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Aug 29, 2010 | Security
DailyFinance has released its top 10 list of countries on the US State Department’s travel warning database that should be visited. The countries are ranked according to how much tourism contributes to the GDP of the country. Therefore, no surprises, Lebanon...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Jun 2, 2010 | Security
I guess I must have missed that memo but the go-to blog on wars (past, present and future) has issued what it describes as Israel’s attack plan in its next war with Lebanon in a post titled Israel Tells Lebanon How It Will Be Destroyed. …Israel plans to...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | May 3, 2010 | Security
Japanese filmmaker, Koji Wakamatsu, got a little more than he expected when he and his film crew approached Roumieh prison, north of Beirut: Filmmaker Koji Wakamatsu was briefly detained by police with two cameramen during a recent visit to Lebanon to attend a film...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Feb 26, 2010 | Security
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...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Feb 26, 2010 | Security
Remember the Danny F II, the ship carrying livestock form the Ukraine to Tartous in Syria that sank off the coast of Tripoli in December? Well apparently, other than UNFIL, the Lebanese Navy and the British Army (stationed in Cyprus), Israel also took part in the...
