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| Mufti of Tripoli denounces Arab League for indecisiveness | ||
| 2003-12-23 | ||
The mufti of Tripoli and North Lebanon, Sheikh Taha Sabounji, strongly denounced on Sunday the Arab Leagueâs indecisiveness in facing the âUS-Zionistâ campaign against the Arab nation. Sabounji was speaking during a meeting held at the Makarem al-Akhlaq Association hall in the Tripoli town of Mina, supporting Syria and protesting against the endorsement of the Syria Accountability and Lebanese Sovereignty Act by US President George W. Bush. Held under the theme of âLebanon and Syria in the same trench against the US Zionist policyâ and against the so-called Syria Accountability Act, the event was attended by various medical, judicial and political personalities as well as party and local association members.
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| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #7 Comment that it should be a classic. Then everyone else can add "yea or nay." Other than that, I try to avoid adding something to the classics on the day it's posted unless it makes me blow coffee out my nose or it's rilly, rilly big, like Sammy getting snagged. If I can remember it the next day, it's probably a classic from my perspective. |
| Posted by: Fred 2003-12-23 1:02:51 PM |
| #6 phil: ok. Furthermore, yeah, Fred does his stuff really well. Your comment brings up a question. Wonder by what means are Classics chosen? Is it by feelie, or by acclamation? Or is there some sort of decision procedure? For sheer irony I particularly liked the Saudi Passport story yesterday. But then it didn't come near Jane Fonda Revisited, which made the cut. |
| Posted by: Glenn (not Reynolds) 2003-12-23 12:32:16 PM |
| #5 By next I meant chronologically next, i.e. the article above this one in the list shown in your browser. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2003-12-23 5:53:46 AM |
| #4 "next post" Did you mean the next article, or your next comment? (:-)> |
| Posted by: Glenn (not Reynolds) 2003-12-23 3:56:59 AM |
| #3 roll their eyes and holler... I thought they have to jump up and down to complete the incantation. No? I can remember back when, it must have been ... ten hours gone by since hearing from the Arab League. They're not moving fast enough to suit Sabounji. He fears they'll go astray Fred: (off-topic) Can we get the Lord Robertson piece from yesterday reposted? Sense of danglers left in the thread. Or is it possible / procedure to just add comments to the archive? That might unduly inspire last-word types. |
| Posted by: Glenn (not Reynolds) 2003-12-23 3:42:43 AM |
| #2 The previous post was me. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2003-12-23 3:42:08 AM |
| #1 Fred: Implicit in the idea of 'renaissance' is discovering knowledge that has been lost. In Europe the renaissance meant re-discovering what the ancients (the Greeks) knew. The word has deep religous implications relating to the religous notion of falling from grace - getting kicked out of the garden of eden. Interestingly this rational was used to justify new knowledge and it in fact over hundreds of years led to the modern world. I suspect the arabs have a similar view and it helps to drive the notion of a return to an idealized past because in present its obvious the arabs are collectively such a failure. Whether it results in the same outcome it did in the west is debateable and if it does occur it will take a long time. BTW the next post is a classic. |
| Posted by: Anonymous 2003-12-23 3:39:33 AM |