by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Feb 3, 2010 | Security
Where financial centers flash their Dow30, FTSE100 and CAC40, here in Lebanon we have our AK-47 index: Officially, the only legal weapons in Lebanon are shotguns meant for hunting birds. And although much of the population was heavily armed during the 1975 to 1990...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Oct 8, 2009 | Security, Society
I usually steer clear of politics on this blog only because there are others who do a great job at tackling it than I do. But I came across this article in the UAE’s The National which I found quite interesting. The journalist is speaking to an unnamed...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Sep 4, 2009 | Looks Like Beirut
I guess I spoke too soon: Frightened residents being terrorised by rampaging neds in an Airdrie street have claimed – “it’s like living in Beirut!” Around 30 youths are making life hell for families in flats at the bottom end of Springholm Drive in The Rushes....
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Jun 29, 2009 | Sports
We all know that rugby is a pretty tough sport, but apparently its just as tough in between quarters: A mass brawl between players of the UAE Falcons and Liban Espoir of Lebanon in the Rugby League resulted in the match being abandoned. Similarily to our incident with...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Jun 10, 2009 | Looks Like Beirut
Beirut is being used as a defense strategy in the US: Comparing the streets of New Bedford to Beirut, defense attorney Kevin Reddington said jurors should consider the city’s history of gang violence in weighing the fate of murder defendant David...
