Recently added articles from APS Diplomat News Service:
Focus On Iran - New Cultural War Against The Opposition.
Nov 30, 2009 ... Having relied largely on brute force (such as beatings, arrests, rapes and show trials) to stifle the opposition and now stung by the force and persistence of the protests, the new Iranian regime has begun a far more ambitious effort to discredit its opponents. This is part of a cultural ...
Iran's Death Penalty Is A New Tactic.
Nov 30, 2009 ... A flurry of executions and death sentences in Iran has raised concerns that the government is using judicially sanctioned killing to intimidate the opposition and quell pockets of ethnic unrest around the nation. The precedent for executions to surge in the wake of a crisis makes human ...
The Beirut Cabinet.(Beirut, Lebanon)
Nov 30, 2009 ... Formed on Nov. 11 after more than five months of hard bargaining among the Lebanese and a Saudi-Syrian agreement that finally Beirut should have a cabinet of "national unity", the 30-member government is headed by Sa'd Hariri (son of the slain ex-PM) and consists of 15 portfolios for the ...
Hizbullah Resorts To Lebanese State 'Protection'.(Brief article)
Nov 30, 2009 ... Some of Hizbullah's strongholds have become serious crime centres, such as trade in drugs and weapons, car thefts, extortion and prostitution. For these and the above-mentioned reasons - and on orders from Nasrullah - Hizbullah has recently asked the ministers of defence and interior to ...
Lebanon Remains A Barometer For The GME As The Iran-Saudi Cold War Escalates.(Greater Middle East)
Nov 30, 2009 ... *** Some Of The No-Go Hizbullah Centres Have Become Crime Zones, Allowing Such Things As Trading In Drugs And Weapons, Car Thefts, Extortion And Prostitution; For These Reasons And On Orders From Nasrullah, The Shi'ite Group Has Recently Asked The Ministers Of Defence And Interior To Send ...