lebanon news

• Word of Mout: the challenges of military operations in urban terrain (Mout) are apparent in news reports from Iraq, Afghanistan, Lebanon and other 'hot spots'. Military forces engaged in these operations are investing heavily in fielding Mout training systems.

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] While budgetary considerations limit most military organisations to building facilities that will accommodate platoons, compa...

• Armada International
• Vol. 31 Num. 5, Octobre 2007

• Memories and Lessons From Somalia

I think we can very easily change the image of the United Nations," [Jan Eliasson] says. "We need to stop talking about Oil-for-Food or the peacekeepers and start talking about Afghanistan and Lebanon and Liberia. Those are three instances where the success is very much because of the United Nations. "The litmus test and measuring rod for U.N. reforms must be the differences they mark for people and crisis areas around the world," he says. "The nightmare of Somalia will forever remind of the urgent need for prevention, for early action and for effectively dealing with civil wars and tormenting ethnic and religious conflicts." The new General Assembly president points to the U.N.'s official definition of terrorism, which is due in September, as one step in that process. He also says th...

• Nordic Reach
• Vol. XVIII Num. 13, Septembre 2005
• News

• VIP--very interesting person: the flavour merchant.

...I returned to Lebanon after graduating, but there were no jobs in my fie...

• Swiss News
• Num. 2011, Janvier 2011

• Express delivery by sea.

... European Union citizens during the 2006 Lebanon War, and also during Operation Licorne; the French...

• Armada International
• Vol. 33 Num. 5, Octobre 2009

• Calling time on a Swiss legend.

.... Hayek was born in Beirut, Lebanon in 1928, before his family brought him to Switzerl...

• Swiss News
• Num. 2010, Février 2010

• Timeless: Nicolas Hayek, face behind the Swatch: Nicolas Hayek--the man who is credited with the revival of the Swiss watch industry--speaks with Swiss News about what propels his success, offers a forecast for the Swatch Group's future, and showcases his company's replication of Breguet's magnum opus.

.... Hayek, born in Lebanon in 1928, jumpstarted his reputation in the world o...

• Swiss News
• Num. 2008, Avril 2008

• Anti-armour from the east: although the consequences of Tsahal's faux pas in south Lebanon in 2006 have not yet been fully analysed, observers and experts agree upon the fact that modern anti-armour weapons in well-trained hands remain lethal. Despite Israeli air, armour, electronics support and supposed C31 superiorities, Hezbollah scored dozens of deadly hits on Tsahal's heavy armoured vehicles.

• Armada International
• Vol. 32 Num. 1, Février 2008

• For armoured vehicle protection, kill the killer!(Vehicle: self-protection)

... the US-led invasion of Iraq in March 2003 news programmes across the world have grimly charted th... recent operations in the Gaza Strip and Lebanon, it is unsurprising that several Israeli companies...

• Armada International
• Vol. 33 Num. 3, Juin 2009

• Rheinmetall will supply its Mass (Multi Ammunition Softkill System) to German Navy mine hunters under a ten million [euro] immediate operational requirement contract.

... to a United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon deployment. . [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] . ...

• Armada International
• Vol. 32 Num. 2, Avril 2008

• Support the sailors!(Naval: support)

... the evacuation of foreign nationals from Lebanon in 2006 during Israeli anti-terrorist operations i...

• Armada International
• Vol. 34 Num. 2, Avril 2010