Hichem Karoui
November 28, 2001 Palestine Chronicle ; Middle East News Online.
Just after my story about Lebanon and terrorism has been published, last week end, I read Saturday’s editorial of Mr. Gebran Tueni on Annahar, wherein he deplored a recent police thrust into a university campus, and wondered when would we stop repeating the famous verse [...]
WHO CARES?
Hichem Karoui
November 26, 2001 (MMN) ; Palestine Chronicle ; Middle East News Online.
If we believe some sources, there is little doubt amidst the American Intelligence people as to a next terrorist attack. The controversy is not about whether it is going to happen or not, but about when and where! It goes without saying [...]
AMERICAN DOUBLE MESSAGE
Hichem Karoui
November 25, 2001 (MMN) ; Palestine Chronicle; Middle East News Online.
A diplomatic source that opted for anonymity, contended that “whether former President Bush wanted it or not, he made the unforgivable mistake of allowing Saddam to remain in power, when he was able to bring him down. This is the very cause [...]
Hichem Karoui
November 22, 2001 Palestine Chronicle; Middle East News Online.
Though there is little indication about any change in the relationship between the USA and Lebanon, some rumors keep insisting that this country may be the next target for the American war-machine, since it is accused of being the refuge of many groups related to bin [...]
Hichem Karoui
November 21, 2001 Palestine Chronicle ; Middle East News Online.
In the present context of regional seething (in the Middle East) and international crisis (the war against terrorism), any American pressure on Saudi Arabia will have reverse effects, if it does not merely backfire at its source.
How? Some of you would ask. The answer may [...]
Hichem Karoui
November 21, 2001 Palestine Chronicle ; Middle East News Online.
Some people among the elite in the West imagine that the average Muslims resent the Western civilization. In their eyes, this is an important reason – if not the main- explaining what happened on Sep.11 in America. Those who hold such pretensions actually ignore what [...]
