Al Akhbar is a news organization and they filled some space with an interesting development but to present efforts to salvage less than half a ton of gold from the depth of the Med as a story of intrigue and espionage that deserves the attention of the Lebanese Ministers and the Lebanese public is rather silly to say the least.

The Lebanese government spends over 15 million dollars each and every single day on financing its national debt. If the gold is recovered and if the split is a three way split then the government can expect a great big sum of about 7-8 million dollars. Is that what our Ministers are spending their time on? No wonder this government is doomed.

They wanted to know what kind of “detergent” do HA fighter use by sampling the water of the coast…(as they take their baths in the sea.)

“Por caja quiero un sarape,
por cruz mis dobles cananas
y escriban sobre mi tumba
mi último adiós con mil balas”.

Rough translaction: I want a sarape (shawl) as a coffin, my two cananas as a cross, and let them write on my grave, my last goodbye with a thousand bullets.
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canana

This kidnapping thing has its funny sides, with due distance (read: the distance that you can put yourself in when you’re not the kidnapped, nor are your daughter, sister, friend or loved one). I’ve understood that originally it was the way for the couple to force their relation into their parents’ societies. I also remember having read that it survived as a part of the ceremonies of weddings in some places, without real kidnapping taking place. In any case, this kind of “taking the girl from her father” somehow implied the acceptance of the girl’s will at some point? Which was certainly more romantic –and definitely more feminist like- than an arranged marriage with, let’s say, Father’s grand cousin who doubled her in age. Who could in fact kidnap her AFTER the wedding… for life.