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World Food Program (WFP) internal documents show that the major oil producing nations of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) gives almost nothing to the food organization, even as skyrocketing oil prices and swollen oil revenues contribute to the very crisis that the U.N. claims could soon add 100 million more people to the world’s starving masses.

The overwhelming bulk of the burden in feeding the world’s starving poor remains with the United States and a small group of other predominately Western nations, a situation that the WFP has done little so far to change, even as it has asked for another $775 million in donations to ease the crisis.

Donor listings on WFP’s website show that this year, as in every year since 1999, the U.S. is far and away the biggest aid provider to WFP. Since 2001, U.S. donations to the food agency have averaged more than $1.16 billion annually — or more than five times as much as the next biggest donor, the European Commission.

The U.S. gives more than five times that of the European Commission? How can that be when everyone knows the United States is the "Great Satan" and the biggest terrorist nation on earth?

It would seem that Hezbullah is winning the Battle of Beirut—Will this be the second time that this poor city falls to a band of ruthless thugs?

They've managed to run members of Parliament that were hostile to them out of town, and Jeha has written a very eloquent analysis of the stakes of the game. He's also updated his maps to illustrate the current state of affairs in downtown Beirut.

The Lebanese Forces, for whatever reason, don't seem to be willing to stand up and fight the Iranian-backed bullies so far. If things remain the way they are right now, the outcome is as inevitable as it ever has been.

Update: Photographic evidence that Hezbullah is taking the Hamas approach to coups? More photos here.

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Syed chimed in on our initial news thread about the current unrest in Lebanon. His topic of discussion was a tad bit off, though it's probably not much of a surprise:

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Israel the illegal state is cowrd Insha Allah Israel will be Crushed soon

Thanks for stopping by and sharing your deep and insightful thoughts with us, Sy. It must be hard to find time to post Death to Israel commentary on blogs, what with all of your helpdesk duties and all.

Charles Malik has more on Hezbullah's non-coup in Beirut:

Hezbollah has no interest in ruling other sects or doing the day to day management of Lebanon. Their goal is simply to get whatever they want from the Lebanese state, which is exactly what has happened for the last few years. Of course, this means that no other sect or group gets to do what they want.

The Lebanese government and people (including the Shia) should never, according to Hezbollah, do anything that impinges on Hezbollah's actions, or which might cause negative repercussions to Hezbollah's allies in Syria and Iran.

If Hezbollah decides to take actions which negatively affect Lebanese citizens - for example, starting a war with Israel that creates massive destruction, all other Lebanese must keep their mouths shut and allow Hezbollah to do whatever it decides is the best route forward. After the war, Hezbollah will kindly rebuild Hezbollah infrastructure, provide social welfare to their most loyal supporters in the Shia sect, and maybe throw pennies at the rest of us. However, they will expect the rest of us not to complain about the war, destruction, or the pittance they provide for us after the war (if we are even alive), and blame everything that happened on the Zionist enemy and the American conspiracy against Lebanon, which are the only reasons why bad things happen here.

For a bunch of "brave warriors," Hezbullah sure does behave like a bunch of spoiled 4-year-old girls, don't they?

Islam - always a leader in promoting justice and tolerance...

Muslim villagers in Mymensingh district eager to rid the area of the Christian work of a local pastor have gang-raped his 13-year-old daughter, the girl's father said.

Pastor Motilal Das of United Bethany Church said that at around 3 a.m. on Friday (May 2) the villagers sexually assaulted his daughter, Elina Das, and left her unconscious in front of his house in an attempt to drive him and his Christian ministry out of Laksmipur village in Fulbaria sub-district, 120 kilometers (75 miles) north of the capital.

Local residents have long been angry with him for his ministry and evangelism, he said, and he has received death threats.

Fortunately, this child was not a Muslim, else she would have been stoned to death for having the audacity to allow herself to be gang-raped by a bunch of mis-understanders of the religion of Islam.

Allahu achbar!

Li'l Mahmoud visits the library like a big boy:



(This is actually the annual Tehran International Book Fair, which is notorious for its "educational" fare.)