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<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">The most important thing here is to show that we are united! If you demonstrate and shout against Hezbollah, you will leave </SPAN><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:country-region><st1:place><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">Israel</SPAN></st1:place></st1:country-region><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"> and the </SPAN><st1:country-region><st1:place><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">US</SPAN></st1:place></st1:country-region><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"> hoping for a civil war (as unrealistic as it may seems). People actually have asked me repeatedly if this will lead to a civil war like if they want the civil war to happen so badly.. Remember that Hezbollah is supported by a sizeable portion of the Lebanese
population and most of these people are not terrorists and should not be alienated. This is not the way to deal with this situation! We don't want </SPAN><st1:country-region><st1:place><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">Israel</SPAN></st1:place></st1:country-region><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"> to think they are doing the right thing and we're supporting the destruction of our country. <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">This is not the time to solve our internal issues with Hezbollah.. It is the time however to stop the genocide on our land! No, this is not chemotherapy or a surgery against cancer as the Israeli operation was described in the media. This is a systematic war targeting civilians, infrastructure, and our children! </SPAN><st1:country-region><st1:place><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">Israel</SPAN></st1:place></st1:country-region><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"> has wanted to be in control for a long time and if we display our dirty laundry in public then we're opening the door for that. Remember that the situation is only going to escalate. </SPAN><st1:country-region><st1:place><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">Israel</SPAN></st1:place></st1:country-region><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE:
9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"> will not leave </SPAN><st1:country-region><st1:place><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">Lebanon</SPAN></st1:place></st1:country-region><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"> unless Hezbollah gives in to their demands or they somehow eliminate them (which is highly unlikely). Olmert’s pride is on the line.. He has to show that he’s as strong as </SPAN><st1:City><st1:place><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">Sharon</SPAN></st1:place></st1:City><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"> or he’ll lose his support.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">In my opinion, Hezbollah could've been eliminated by drawing away their support by appealing to the poor Shi'ite population and providing them with the logistical and humanitarian aids they receive from Hezbollah. On the other hand, war will draw in more hardliners! If the Lebanese government was stronger, there wouldn’t have been a need for Hezbollah. The war is further weakening the government and making it harder for the Lebanese government to operate and be sovereign. We need to concentrate on ending the war, making the government and Lebanese army stronger (once the war ends), and appealing to the Shi’ite community so they may reintegrate into the Lebanese society (by providing them with aids and showing them that they are as much a part of the Lebanese society as anyone else). This is when and how the connections with
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From: <I>rmekary@aol.com</I><BR>To: <I>akaterji@bu.edu</I><BR>CC: <I>leb-students@lists.stanford.edu, lebanon-articles@mit.edu</I><BR>Subject: <I>Re: [LCM Articles] What is wrong with you people?? One more thing...</I><BR>Date: <I>Wed, 19 Jul 2006 11:59:06 -0400</I><BR><BR>
<DIV> Dear Ahmad,<BR><BR>I do understand what you are saying.<BR>I am with you on all what you said, believe me. I want Lebanon to be relieved as much as you do <BR>and even more...<BR><BR>Yes for Israel to stop.l.. of course. But my point is that the US is stating that <BR>"Syria and the Leb government should ask Hizballah to stop".<BR>Now, we know our government wants it too --thank God-- but it is a weak army <BR>and Hizballah would beat in a heartbeat. we dont want this to happen. <BR><BR>But there should be a way to let Hizballah stop.<BR><BR>My points are:<BR>1- The US won't listen to us Lebanese as long as Hizballah is fighting. Do u see my point?<BR><BR>2- Stopping hte massacres in Lebanon involves TWO things: 1) Israel to stop and 2) Hizballah as well.<BR><BR>we can keep on saying stop the war to Israel 24/7 but no one will listen.<BR>We need to be
smarter than their conspiracy war and ask Hizballah to stop <BR>so may be this war will cease.<BR>I donno what is the right way to ask Hizballah to stop fighting back without projecting to the <BR>world that we are divided......... bc the pure truth we are not... we really want to be on our own <BR>without SYRIA and IRAN being in the middle.<BR>... I am actually asking for your ideas. I dont have the right answers.<BR><BR>I hope you message gets understood.<BR><BR>rania.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV> <BR>-----Original Message-----<BR>From: akaterji@bu.edu<BR>To: rmekary@aol.com<BR>Cc: abitdodgy@hotmail.com; kingkassis@hotmail.com; leb-students@lists.stanford.edu; lebanon-articles@mit.edu<BR>Sent: Wed, 19 Jul 2006 11:36 AM<BR>Subject: Re: [LCM Articles] What is wrong with you people?? One more thing...<BR><BR>
<DIV class=AOLPlainTextBody id=AOLMsgPart_0_794b4930-6a78-4e5a-a319-f45b596c62fc>Dear Rania, <BR> <BR>This protest is to ask the american govermnent to do something, so we should be talking to them. they are already doing a good job in asking hizballa to stop. beleive me they dont need out support for that. in the contrary if we say so we are giving israel the legacy in "defending" itself. <BR> <BR>Since the lebanese are 3 million people with 6 million openion, I think we should focus on the common issues such as stop the massacres and help lebanon to go back on its feet. <BR> <BR>peace, <BR>Ahmad <BR> <BR>Quoting <A href="mailto:rmekary@aol.com">rmekary@aol.com</A>: <BR> <BR>> Dear Ahmad, <BR>> <BR>> I see what you are saying. I agree with you. We all know this war is > a conspiracy against Lebanon and not just
fighting hizballah per se... <BR>> But the truth is if Hizballah stops fighting, The US won't have any > excuse anymore about Hizballah. Then, the US can presure Israel to > cease the war... don't you think? The only excuse that the US has is > "Hizballah". ANd then the whole world will pressure Israel to stop > the war bc no more resistant hizballah. What upsets me is that > hizballah is not fighting for Lebanon, it is highting for Iran and > Syria on our land and the innocent people are paying the > price.............. <BR>> <BR>> I am not asking fro Lebanese to be divided... I am actually asking > for Lebanese to be united and independent. Hizballah is pro-Syrian > and is brain washed by both of Iran and Syria... so I don't think > they really represent Lebanon and its unity. I think they divide us > bc they want Syria in... and
of course, our dear president is not > contributing to any solidarity and independence we are trying to > achieve. He is another Syrian fellow. <BR>> <BR>> My best regards, <BR>> <BR>> Rania. <BR>> <BR>> -----Original Message----- <BR>> From: <A href="mailto:akaterji@bu.edu">akaterji@bu.edu</A> <BR>> To: <A href="mailto:rmekary@aol.com">rmekary@aol.com</A> <BR>> Cc: <A href="mailto:abitdodgy@hotmail.com">abitdodgy@hotmail.com</A>; <A href="mailto:kingkassis@hotmail.com">kingkassis@hotmail.com</A>; > <A href="mailto:leb-students@lists.stanford.edu">leb-students@lists.stanford.edu</A>; <A href="mailto:lebanon-articles@mit.edu">lebanon-articles@mit.edu</A> <BR>> Sent: Wed, 19 Jul 2006 11:11 AM <BR>> Subject: Re: [LCM Articles] What is wrong with you people?? One more >
thing... <BR>> <BR>> Dear fellows, <BR>> <BR>> I am not with hisballa and i was against the fact that they are the > only armed milishia in lebanon. But regarding the current situation, <BR>> the last thing we should do is saying that we condemned hizballa and > that they should stop because we'd make the world think that the > problem is from us, and we all know that it is not, israel wont let > us live in peace whether we like it or not. what is happening now is > not a reaction to what hizballah did, it's crazy. Israel is not > distinguishing between civilians, army, or hizballa. we are all the > same to her. <BR>> <BR>> I want us to think for once that we have the right, and remove this > inferiority complex from our mind. stop accusing each other, and > focus on then enemy. <BR>> <BR>>
best, <BR>> Ahmad <BR>> <BR>> Quoting <A href="mailto:rmekary@aol.com">rmekary@aol.com</A>: <BR>> <BR>> > Dear all, <BR>> > <BR>> > I read all the comments. <BR>> > At least we all agree we want Israel to stop its unhumanitarian attacks. <BR>> > I am afraid it is too late now after all the destruction. <BR>> > But let's learn one lesson though: we should also ask for > hizballah to stop <BR>> > fighting Israel... The more they fight Israel, the more Lebanon is > > destroyed. <BR>> > So why don't we all ask for BOTH parties to stop???? <BR>> > Why don't we ask Israel to go fight Iran and Syrian on THEIR land > > and not ours? <BR>> > Hizballah can get out and fight on an Iranian land... do we really > > want
Hizballah? <BR>> > They are bringing nothing but destruction and war from Israel to Lebanon. <BR>> > <BR>> > We, Lebanese, Christinas and Muslims, shoud all ask for Hizballah > to > stop their action as well.... <BR>> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ <BR>> > Rania Mekary, Ph.D. <BR>> > Harvard School of Public Health <BR>> > Nutrition Department <BR>> > 655 Huntington Avenue, Building 2 <BR>> > Boston, Ma 02115 <BR>> > Voice mail: 617-432-6343 <BR>> > Fax: 617-432-2435 <BR>> > <A href="http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/researchers/rmekary.html">http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/researchers/rmekary.html</A> <BR>> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ <BR>> > -----Original Message----- <BR>> > From: <A
href="mailto:abitdodgy@hotmail.com">abitdodgy@hotmail.com</A> <BR>> > To: <A href="mailto:kingkassis@hotmail.com">kingkassis@hotmail.com</A>; <A href="mailto:leb-students@lists.stanford.edu">leb-students@lists.stanford.edu</A>; > > <A href="mailto:lebanon-articles@mit.edu">lebanon-articles@mit.edu</A> <BR>> > Sent: Wed, 19 Jul 2006 1:01 AM <BR>> > Subject: Re: [LCM Articles] What is wrong with you people?? One > more > thing... <BR>> > <BR>> > Before this list gets moderated, allow me to say the following: > > Jimmy, what a bloody pratt you are! You want me to call an apple an > > apple? Well, I just did. You want to "applaud" Israel for killing > > countless Lebanese civilians, destroying the economy and > > infrastructure of our country under the pretence of self defense, > > then knock
your self out, but know this: No one is condoning the > > actions of Hezbollah; we?re condemning the heavy handed actions of > > Israel and its collective punishment of Lebanon and its people, which > > constitutes of a violation of the Geneva Convention and > International > Law. Come on, let me hear you clap. The government of > Israel said it > was Syria and Iran pulling the strings, then let > them go bomb Syria > and Iran. I apologize to all recipients of this > list for being out > of character, but my 85 year old mother had to > evacuate right after > she had an operation, and our dear Jimmy > thinks we should applaud > that. My apologies for usin! <BR>> g derogatory language, but I wish there > was a polite way to call > an idiot an idiot. Not only are you > senseless, dear Jimmy, but you > lack perspective
and the analytical > capacity to understand that the > biggest loser in this conflict is > Lebanon and not Hezbollah. The > idiocy of morally decrepit people who > see nothing wrong with the > destruction of Lebanon and the death of > its civilians as long as > they are under the illusion that Hezbollah > are being destroyed is > mind boggling. Open your eyes and witness who > the real losers are. > Good night! We're not expressing support > for Hezbollah, we are > expressing solidarity and support for the > Lebanese living through a > genocide you have no shame in appluadng. > From: "Jimmy Kassis" > <<A href="mailto:kingkassis@hotmail.com">kingkassis@hotmail.com</A>> <BR>> > To: <<A href="mailto:leb-students@lists.stanford.edu">leb-students@lists.stanford.edu</A>>, <<A
href="mailto:lebanon-articles@mit.edu">lebanon-articles@mit.edu</A>> <BR>> > Subject: Re: [LCM Articles] What is wrong with you people?? One > more > thing... <BR>> > Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2006 23:35:20 -0400 <BR>> > <BR>> > Instead of replying with emotionally charged responses, full of > > personal attacks, I would appreciate if you actually come up with > > alternative ideas of disarming Hisballah, i.e. curing the deadly > > cancer, rather than giving it a Tylenol by saying STOP THE WAR!! I > > want to know what is next?? spend the next 20 years negotiating with > > them while they build up their capabilities again? <BR>> > <BR>> > <BR>> > <BR>> > <BR>> > From: <A href="mailto:kingkassis@hotmail.com">kingkassis@hotmail.com</A> <BR>> > To: <A
href="mailto:philippesaad@gmail.com">philippesaad@gmail.com</A> <BR>> > Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2006 23:22:38 -0400 <BR>> > CC: <A href="mailto:leb-students@lists.stanford.edu">leb-students@lists.stanford.edu</A>; <A href="mailto:lebanon-articles@mit.edu">lebanon-articles@mit.edu</A> <BR>> > Subject: Re: [LCM Articles] What is wrong with you people?? <BR>> > <BR>> > Rania, I don?t think I am stating the obvious. After reading all > > the comments sent out, the ?obvious? is that no one seems to have the > > balls to speak out against Hezbollah for fear of being labeled > > unpatriotic. For a condemnation of Hezbollah is perceived as support > > for Israel which in itself is unpatriotic Farrah I don?t condone > > Israel destroying all of Lebanon. 95% of the bombing has been > > targeted to Hezbollah
strongholds. Hezbollah chooses to operate from > > within civilian areas. That in itself is outrageous; the people > > supporting Hezbollah should not allow them to launch attacks form > > hospital rooftops. We should all rise up and speak out against that. > > Again I don?t condone the destruction of my own country, but I > > understand the other 5% of the bombing that Israel is doing to send a > > message to the Lebanese government. Elias Israel may not defeat > > them completely but they will sure weaken them to the point where > > just maybe the Lebanese army can ! <BR>> dare to venture to the south and do > what is supposed to do and > patrol the border. Israeli exacting > revenge on the Lebanese?? Why? > For what? You and I both know that > Israel only want security on its > northern border. They have proven
> that when they COMPLETELY > withdrew in 2000. Maurice I won?t > disappear. Deal with it. I don?t > agree with taking the country back > 20 years. But I want a solution > a permanent one. I am sick and tired > of holding Hezbollah?s hand > begging them to disarm. At the rate we > are moving with Hezbollah > and Syria they would have taken us back 20 > years anyways. Philippe > Before you go questioning my Lebanese > identity, my patriotism, and > calling me a coward let me tell you > something about myself. My > house was burned to the ground by the > Druze in 1981; my house was > then leveled to the ground by the Israeli > invasion in 1982 in the > mountains. My house again destroyed in Beirut > and my mother badly > injured from Syrian shelling in 1989. And s! <BR>> ome > more destruction was piled on my
house and family from the Leban <BR>> ese > Forces with their war with GMA. Despite all that, I love > Lebanon, I > love the people, and I believe in a united Lebanon with > Christians > and Muslims living together as one people. I truly > believe in that > vision. I don?t believe us as Lebanese have united > enough to disarm > Hezbollah. Hezbollah being the undisputed puppets > of Syria and Iran, > I hold them responsible for the death of some of > the finest people > that Lebanon ever produced from Hariri and Tueini > to the rest you > know the list I won?t repeat here. After what round > of talks were you > expecting Hezbollah to disarm? Hezbollah wanted > every Arab and > Iranian issue resolved before they did anything. Is > that what you > want? I am tired as stated of listening to their lame > ass excuses of
> why they need to be armed. Yes the death of 250 > civilians is > horrible, but if the end result is a country free of > militias in > peace with ALL its neighbors working to build a bright > future for its > children, then thei! <BR>> r death is well worth it. <BR>> > <BR>> > >_______________________________________________ <BR>> > >Lebanon-Articles mailing list <BR>> > ><A href="mailto:Lebanon-Articles@mit.edu">Lebanon-Articles@mit.edu</A> <BR>> > ><A href="http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/lebanon-articles">http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/lebanon-articles</A> <BR>> > _______________________________________________ <BR>> > <BR>> > Lebanon-Articles mailing list <BR>> > <BR>> > <A
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