Month: August 2006

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Lessons

Lessons From Lebanon (1)

24 August 2006 Marhalim Abas 1

I have been thinking that it is really not important for us to decide who won the recent war in Lebanon.What is more important that we find out what went wrong over there so we avoid the mistakes that had been done. This is not the final list. As more […]

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Malaysian Defence

Who Won?

19 August 2006 Marhalim Abas 0

Who Won? Hezbollah or Israel? Like the war, the opinion is divided on both sides of the fence and most are done without proper thinking and logic.Both sides apparently cannot win the same war even in the minds of their own supporters. I can understand the parties themselves making such […]

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Malaysian Defence

Waiting for UNIFIL

17 August 2006 Marhalim Abas 0

Adnan APCs during Merdeka Parade. Pix courtesy of Mindef As I have foreseen, the Israelis are baulking over plans to have Islamic countries sent peacekeepers to back up the United Nations Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL).The Israelis have always prevented Islamic \countries from joining any UN mission in Lebanon or the […]

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Malaysian Defence

Lebanon Peace Keeping Force (UNIFIL)

8 August 2006 Marhalim Abas 0

The bombs are still falling in Lebanon and Palestine as I write this, about 30 days since it all started.Our govt, as other Islamic countries, is keen to sent a peace keeping force to Lebanon once the UN Security Council finally decides to do the right thing.Personally, I do not […]