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...In a letter to the U.N. yesterday, Syria notes that its departure puts the country in compliance with Security Council Resolution 1559, passed last September at the urging of the U.S. and France, and claims that the withdrawal "was primarily dictated by Syria's unwavering commitment to the charter of the United Nations and its resolutions." The reality, of course, is that Syria strenuously opposed the resolution when it was proposed, declared it a failure when it passed and ignored it until the combination of Lebanese and international pressure for withdrawal made its position untenable.... And yet, even after Hariri's murder...

Resignation of the owner of Lebanese general safety BEIRUT - the director-General of Lebanese general safety, the General Jamil Al-Sayyed announced Monday his resignation in the context of the investigation on the death of the ex-First minister Rafic Hariri. "I asked to be raised of my functions and that my resignation is accepted", the Lebanese officer in an official statement indicates. The powerful General, considered as a right-hand man of the Syrian direction, had informed Friday Lebanese the Prime Minister, Najib Miqati, which it placed "at his disposal of the beginning to the end of work of the board...

-Crimes against humanity like the gang rapes, honor killings, murders of Christians, Hindus and Shias, etc. Are daily happenings in Muslim societies like Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Iran. In fact, to the outsiders, these inhuman acts have come to represent Islam. Mullah's Green Wall of Silence, protecting and endorsing the barbarism, has traditionally and historically been so high that it has obscured the true face of Islam. Silence of those who claim to represent Islam, has made it impossible for the non-Muslims to distinguish between the sick Muslim sociology and the true Islamic theology. Wahabbi preachers consider modernity a downfall of...

I'm going to tell you about a scorpion who wanted to cross a river. First, he asked a frog to carry him, but the frog said no.. " If I let you on my back you may sting me, and the sting of a scorpion is death." "Now where," asked the scorpion, "is the logic of that? If I sting you, you will die, and I will drown." So the frog became convinced and allowed the scorpion to climb onto his back. But, just as they reached the middle of the river, the frog felt a terrible pain rush through...