في لبنان، سباق انتخابي منذ تأسيس الدولة. الجملة صحيحة. لكن سباق الألف متر، في غالبيته الساحقة، يبدأ عند 999 متراً لدى الفائزين مسبقاً، فيما يبدأ المرشحون خارج المحادل من صفر يتبخرون بعده. إنها انتخابات بلا منافسة، أي أن النتائج محسومة لأسباب تتعلق بغياب شروط النزاهة.
I was reading the Guardian’s reporting on the assassination of Hassan Shateri, then I came across the following paragraph:
After the 2006 war between the Israeli military and Hezbollah, Iran’s elite forces bolstered their presence in southern Lebanon, saying they were willing to revamp the region’s war-stricken infrastructure
The statement was meant to be background information. The Guardian caught me off guard there, as the previous statement was background routine, “Iran is a staunch supporter of the Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad and Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, providing both with military and financial support (true, boring but necessary). Syria gives Iran physical access to Lebanon and Hezbollah, which is strategically important for Tehran’s leaders because of the group’s geographical position in respect to Israel (true, again). Iran does not recognise Israel as a country and usually refers to it as “the Zionist regime (they say entity, not regime, but whatever). (and then) After the 2006 war between the Israeli military and Hezbollah, Iran’s elite forces bolstered their presence in southern Lebanon, saying they were willing to revamp the region’s war-stricken infrastructure (Where did that come from???). This became a contentious issue for Tel Aviv but boosted the popularity of Iran among Hezbollah supporters (really??? the bolstered Iranian Special forces’ presence has boosted Tehran’s popularity).
Iran’s elite force bolstered their presence in South Lebanon after the 2006 war. Okay, but why haven’t the 13000 United Nations soldiers say anything about the bolstered presence of Iran’s special forces? Unfortunately, this sounds like something the Guardian has picked up from the internet.
يخال للمرء عندما يسمع مفتي الجمهورية أن محاكم التفتيش قد نُصبت لصلب كل من يخرج عن سلطته الدينية. فأن يقول محمد رشيد قباني أن “كلَّ مَن يوافقُ من المسؤولينَ المسلمينَ في السلطة التَشريعيةِ والتنفيذيةِ في لبنان، على تشريعِ وتقنينِ الزَواجِ المدَنيّ، هوَ مُرتَدٌّ وخارِجٌ عن دينِ الإسلام، ولا يُغَسَّل ولا يُكَفَّنُ ولا يُصلَّى عليه”، معناها أن الرجل يعتقد حقيقة بإمتلاكه مفاتيح السماء والأرض. وإذا كان يلعب دور الإله على هذه الأرض ويُحدد من المسلم منّا، فمن يُحدد إسلامه من عدمه؟ ولو خرجنا عن تعريفه للدين، هل يحق لنا الهروب من سلطته؟ السؤال طرحه قبل أيام، خلود سكرية ونضال درويش عبر شطب المذهب عن اخراج القيد وعقد زواج مدني، بانتظار توقيع وزير الداخلية مروان شربل.
Cmdr. Ahmad Zolghadr, the deputy head of the Tehran Revolutionary Guards, has said in a speech in Mashhad: “If we had acted on the fatwa of the late imam [Khomeini] and had killed Salam Rushdie, insult against the Prophet of Islam would not take place.”
[Apparently, he meant that subsequent perceived insults including films and cartoons, including the infamous Danish cartoon that led to violence, wouldn't have been produced.}
For those in Lebanon, this statement stirs many questions as to the dominant logic behind assassinations. The Revolutionary Guards’ leadership is pretty much convinced in the effectiveness of assassinations.
Why would someone needlessy destroy a milk factory? The Turkish involvement in the “needless” destruction of the Pharmaceutical industry & textile factories should be further investigated. If micro competitors eliminate each other, why wouldn’t whole national industries open up new markets by means of proxy destruction?
