Beirut
The Houla massacre has whipped up a new wave of outrage at the claimed brutality of Syria's government. Syrian envoys were kicked out of some Western capitals, more financial sanctions slapped on the regime in Damascus, and more furious demands are being made for a regime change toppling Bashar al-Assad and more calls for military intervention issued.
According to recent opinion surveys they believe it was partially ceded to Israel by the two post-Nasser dictators, Anwar Sadat and Hosni Mubarak, at the behest of American administrations, from Nixon to Obama.
Daniel Pipes, the anti-Arab Islamophobe is reportedly spooked these days. "Actually he has become an almost terrified man", so says a colleagues at Pipes Islamophobic Middle East Forum (MEF) and the MaCartyesque Campus Watch Organization.
(Damascus) As many of us observe the great Arab and Islamic awakening of 2011 in stunned amazement, as it rapidly spreads across the region, this observer agrees with those who declare, "well it's about time-Godspeed to the rebels and goodbye to the despots."
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Dimitri Lascaris just returned to Greece from an 11-day journey across Iran in a time of war.
While walking the streets of a coastal town in Crete, Dimitri discusses what he learned in Iran, where he thinks the war is heading, and why he came to Crete to continue his coverage of the war.