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  • September 2007

    • Judge Fines Iran $2.65B for '83 Blast in Beirut

      Associated Press  |  Sep 7, 07 5:20 PM CDT

      Judge Fines Iran $2.65B for '83 Blast in Beirut

      (Newser) - A federal judge ruled today that Iran must pay $2.65 billion to the families of the 241 Americans killed in the 1983 suicide bombing of a Marine barracks in Beirut. Iran allegedly supported Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, which claimed responsibility for the attack. The judge called the judgment the largest ever against a foreign nation, the AP reports. More »

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      Iran  • suicide bombing  • Hezbollah  • Marine  • Beirut  • barracks

  • August 2007

    • Lebanese Hopes Pinned to Reluctant Billionaire

      Portfolio  |  Aug 14, 07 8:40 AM CDT

      Lebanese Hopes Pinned to Reluctant Billionaire

      (Newser) - Portfolio profiles Saad Hariri, the billionaire who now leads Lebanon's pro-Western majority party and America's last, best Middle Eastern hope. Hariri, pulled into politics when his former-PM father was assassinated in 2005, spends most of his days barricaded inside his Beirut mansion, trying to avoid being murdered by Hezbollah guerrillas. More »

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      Middle East  • Lebanon  • Hezbollah  • sectarian violence  • billionaire  • Saad al-Hariri

    • US Blames Iran for Bomb Toll

      New York Times  |  Aug 8, 07 12:31 PM CDT

      US Blames Iran for Bomb Toll

      (Newser) - A sophisticated bomb that the US military has tracked to Iran was used in a record number of attacks on American-led troops last month, the New York Times reports. The  bombs—called explosively formed penetrators—fire  a semi-molten copper slug that can break through the armor of a Humvee. They were responsible for 99 strikes and a third of the 69 combat fatalities in July, according to the military. More »

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      Iraq  • Iran  • US military  • Lebanon  • war  • Hezbollah  • bomb  • roadside bomb  • militant

    • Pro-Syrian Wins Lebanon Seat

      Reuters  |  Aug 6, 07 4:03 AM CDT

      Pro-Syrian Wins Lebanon Seat

      (Newser) - The complex political crisis in Lebanon deepened yesterday when a Christian opposition candidate  defeated a  pro-government former president in a special parliamentary election—one of two held to fill seats of anti-Syrian politicians assassinated last year. Ex-president Amin Gemayel, a key player in the US backed majority coalition, was running for the seat left vacant by the murder of his son More »

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      Syria  • Lebanon  • Hezbollah  • Maronite Christians

  • July 2007
  • June 2007

    • Lebanon Under Seige

      New York Review of Books  |  Jun 19, 07 9:22 PM CDT

      Lebanon Under Seige

      (Newser) - Economist Middle East correspondent Max Rodenbeck takes us on a painful amble through the history of modern Lebanon.   He sees Lebanon as a Manichean society where the wealthy live next to the poor, the religious coexist (sort of) with the secular, the pro-Syrian are at odds with the pro-Israeli. More »

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      Palestine  • Middle East  • Lebanon  • Hezbollah  • history  • Lebanon War

    • Abbas Swears in New Gov't

      Washington Post  |  Jun 17, 07 2:22 PM CDT

      Abbas Swears in New Gov't

      (Newser) - Mahmoud Abbas swore in his emergency government today, 3 days after Hamas took control of the Gaza Strip. Salam Fayyad, a former World Bank economist, will head the new government, composed largely of independents. Unsurprisingly, Hamas says it will not recognize Abbas's regime, and declares the original unity government still in power. More »

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      Israel  • Hamas  • Palestine  • Mahmoud Abbas  • Gaza  • Lebanon  • Fatah  • Hezbollah  • Salam Fayyad

    • Israel Cautiously Invites Syria to the Table

      Guardian (UK)  |  Jun 7, 07 10:18 PM CDT

      Israel Cautiously Invites Syria to the Table

      (Newser) - Israel's PM deflected fears of a war with Syria today, and fueled semi-official rumors that peace talks are going on furtively between the two hostile countries. Olmert says he wants a sitdown with Syria—which would be the first in seven years—but warned president Assad that talks would not be an invitation to a land grab of territories lost in 1967. More »

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      Israel  • Hamas  • Middle East  • Ehud Olmert  • Syria  • war  • Hezbollah  • Bashar al Assad

  • April 2007

    • Olmert Braces For Possible Summer Ouster

      Haaretz (Israel)  |  Apr 30, 07 7:40 AM CDT

      Olmert Braces For Possible Summer Ouster

      (Newser) - Ehud Olmert may be forced out of office to avoid dragging the Kadima party down with him, Haaretz reports. Quoting a senior party official, the newspaper says the Israeli Prime Minister may resign this summer as part of the fallout from a government report on the run-up to and conduct of last summer’s war in Lebanon. More »

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      Israel  • Middle East  • Ehud Olmert  • Lebanon  • war  • Hezbollah  • Lebanon War  • Kadima

  • March 2007

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