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Lebanese ex-prime minister sheds light on situation in Arab region Amman, March 6 (Petra) Former Lebanese prime minister Salim al-Hus described the Arab situation as fragmented, suffering from backwardness and fraught with crises. In his lecture entitled “ The Arab Political Map from a Lebanese Perspective”, hosted by the World Affairs Council at the Royal Cultural Center on Tuesday, Hus said this Arab disintegration is clearly manifested in real situation of the Arab League which has become incapable of regulating relations between Arab countries and has fallen short of contributing effectively to settle problems facing the several Arab countries such as the crises in Palestine, Lebanon, Iraq, Somalia and Sudan. The situation in Lebanon with all its problems and disputes reflects the situation in the entire Arab region, which is fraught with disparities border disputes, clashes of interests and many others, he added. Reform requires a political class, which does not exist in many Arab countries because of the poor political life or the lack of this political life under autocratic regimes. The Arabs can never have an influence in this age of globalization as long as they are divided into weak entities, he said noting that establishing an Arab union requires major democratic reform plans in all Arab countries in addition to economic and social reform programs that could enhance homogeneity amongst Arab countries. Petra/Injadat dat +++ -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
