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:USCFL partners with designated "democratizers" such as the [[American Enterprise Institute]] (created by Lebanese-American William Baroody, Sr.), [[Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations]], [[Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs]], [[Republican Jewish Coalition]], [[Foundation for the Defense of Democracies]], [[Middle East Forum]], the [[Hudson Institute]] and kindred pro-Israel lobbies. | :USCFL partners with designated "democratizers" such as the [[American Enterprise Institute]] (created by Lebanese-American William Baroody, Sr.), [[Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations]], [[Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs]], [[Republican Jewish Coalition]], [[Foundation for the Defense of Democracies]], [[Middle East Forum]], the [[Hudson Institute]] and kindred pro-Israel lobbies. | ||
| − | :The USCFL hails former Lebanese president [[Amin Gemayel]] for signing a peace deal with Israel in 1983...Abdel Nour's other links include the [[World Lebanese Organization]], which advocates Israel's re-occupation of south Lebanon. In 2000, he and neocon [[Daniel Pipes]] composed the policy paper "''Ending Syria's Occupation of Lebanon: the US Role''" and together co-author the [[ | + | :The USCFL hails former Lebanese president [[Amin Gemayel]] for signing a peace deal with Israel in 1983...Abdel Nour's other links include the [[World Lebanese Organization]], which advocates Israel's re-occupation of south Lebanon. In 2000, he and neocon [[Daniel Pipes]] composed the policy paper "''Ending Syria's Occupation of Lebanon: the US Role''" and together co-author the [[Middle East Intelligence Bulletin]]. The bulletin is a project of the neocon [[Middle East Forum]] and is a frequent resource for American intelligence agencies.{{ref|schuh}} |
| − | USCFB is essentially a neocon operation as it boasts the familiar cast of neocon luminaries in its "golden circle" of core activists and supporters: | + | ==Neocon Nexus== |
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| + | USCFB is essentially a neocon operation as it boasts the familiar cast of neocon luminaries in what it calls its "golden circle" of core activists and supporters:<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20061010003523/http://www.freelebanon.org/gc.htm USFCL - Board of Directors], USFCL, via the Internet Archive, archived 10 October 2006, accessed 28 March 2009.</ref> | ||
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| − | <td | + | <td>[[Elliot Abrams]]</td> |
| − | <td | + | <td>[[Douglas Feith ]]</td> |
| − | <td | + | <td>[[Frank Gaffney]]</td> |
| − | <td | + | <td>[[David Wurmser]]</td> |
</tr> | </tr> | ||
<tr bgcolor="white"> | <tr bgcolor="white"> | ||
| − | <td>[Jeane Kirkpatrick]</td> | + | <td>[[Jeane Kirkpatrick]]</td> |
| − | <td>[Michael Ledeen]</td> | + | <td>[[Michael Ledeen]]</td> |
| − | <td>[Habib Malik]</td> | + | <td>[[Habib Malik]]</td> |
| − | <td>[Richard Perle]</td> | + | <td>[[Richard Perle]]</td> |
</tr> | </tr> | ||
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| − | <td>[Michael Rubin]</td> | + | <td>[[Michael Rubin]]</td> |
| − | <td>[Daniel Pipes]</td> | + | <td>[[Daniel Pipes]]</td> |
| − | <td>[Eleana Benador]</td> | + | <td>[[Eleana Benador]]</td> |
| − | <td>[Rachel Ehrenfeld]</td> | + | <td>[[Rachel Ehrenfeld]]</td> |
</tr> | </tr> | ||
<tr bgcolor="white"> | <tr bgcolor="white"> | ||
| − | <td>[Joseph Farah]</td> | + | <td>[[Joseph Farah]]</td> |
| − | <td>[Robert Guzzardi]</td> | + | <td>[[Robert Guzzardi]]</td> |
| − | <td>[Steven Plaut]</td> | + | <td>[[Steven Plaut]]</td> |
| − | <td>[David Steinmann]</td> | + | <td>[[David Steinmann]]</td> |
</tr> | </tr> | ||
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| − | <td>[Salo Aizenberg]</td> | + | <td>[[Salo Aizenberg]]</td> |
| − | <td>[Nadim Akda]</td> | + | <td>[[Nadim Akda]]</td> |
| − | <td>[Joseph Boohaker]</td> | + | <td>[[Joseph Boohaker]]</td> |
| − | <td>[Samir Bustany]</td> | + | <td>[[Samir Bustany]]</td> |
</tr> | </tr> | ||
<tr bgcolor="white"> | <tr bgcolor="white"> | ||
| − | <td>[Thomas Patrick Carroll]</td> | + | <td>[[Thomas Patrick Carroll]]</td> |
| − | <td>[John Castle]</td> | + | <td>[[John Castle]]</td> |
| − | <td>[David Chazen]</td> | + | <td>[[David Chazen]]</td> |
| − | <td>[Angelo Codevilla]</td> | + | <td>[[Angelo Codevilla]]</td> |
</tr> | </tr> | ||
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| − | <td>[Alain Gabriel Courtines]</td> | + | <td>[[Alain Gabriel Courtines]]</td> |
| − | <td>[Chris Culp]</td> | + | <td>[[Chris Culp]]</td> |
| − | <td>[Paula Dobriansky]</td> | + | <td>[[Paula Dobriansky]]</td> |
| − | <td>[Alan Dowt]</td> | + | <td>[[Alan Dowt]]</td> |
</tr> | </tr> | ||
<tr bgcolor="white"> | <tr bgcolor="white"> | ||
| − | <td>[Leon Edney]</td> | + | <td>[[Leon Edney]]</td> |
| − | <td>[Michael Eisenstadt]</td> | + | <td>[[Michael Eisenstadt]]</td> |
| − | <td>[Nabil El Hage]</td> | + | <td>[[Nabil El Hage]]</td> |
| − | <td>[Joseph Hakim]</td> | + | <td>[[Joseph Hakim]]</td> |
</tr> | </tr> | ||
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| − | <td>[David Epperly]</td> | + | <td>[[David Epperly]]</td> |
| − | <td>[Philip Epstein ]</td> | + | <td>[[Philip Epstein ]]</td> |
| − | <td>[Joseph Fadoul ]</td> | + | <td>[[Joseph Fadoul ]]</td> |
| − | <td>[Amir Ali Farman Farma]</td> | + | <td>[[Amir Ali Farman Farma]]</td> |
</tr> | </tr> | ||
<tr bgcolor="white"> | <tr bgcolor="white"> | ||
| − | <td>[Gil Feiler]</td> | + | <td>[[Gil Feiler]]</td> |
| − | <td>[Gary Gambill]</td> | + | <td>[[Gary Gambill]]</td> |
| − | <td>[Roger Gerber]</td> | + | <td>[[Roger Gerber]]</td> |
| − | <td>[Leonard Getz]</td> | + | <td>[[Leonard Getz]]</td> |
</tr> | </tr> | ||
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| − | <td>[Richard Greenfield]</td> | + | <td>[[Richard Greenfield]]</td> |
| − | <td>[George Haddad]</td> | + | <td>[[George Haddad]]</td> |
| − | <td>[Richard Hellmann]</td> | + | <td>[[Richard Hellmann]]</td> |
| − | <td>[Irwin Hochberg]</td> | + | <td>[[Irwin Hochberg]]</td> |
</tr> | </tr> | ||
<tr bgcolor="white"> | <tr bgcolor="white"> | ||
| − | <td>[Matthew Levitt]</td> | + | <td>[[Matthew Levitt]]</td> |
| − | <td>[Daniel Lubetzky]</td> | + | <td>[[Daniel Lubetzky]]</td> |
| − | <td>[Bruce McFarlane]</td> | + | <td>[[Bruce McFarlane]]</td> |
| − | <td>[Mark Michael]</td> | + | <td>[[Mark Michael]]</td> |
</tr> | </tr> | ||
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| − | <td>[John Myhill]</td> | + | <td>[[John Myhill]]</td> |
| − | <td>[Mordechai Nisan]</td> | + | <td>[[Mordechai Nisan]]</td> |
| − | <td>[Muhammad Oueiny]</td> | + | <td>[[Muhammad Oueiny]]</td> |
| − | <td>[Joseph Puder]</td> | + | <td>[[Joseph Puder]]</td> |
</tr> | </tr> | ||
<tr bgcolor="white"> | <tr bgcolor="white"> | ||
| − | <td>[Scott Rosenblum]</td> | + | <td>[[Scott Rosenblum]]</td> |
| − | <td>[Nina Rosenwald]</td> | + | <td>[[Nina Rosenwald]]</td> |
| − | <td>[Charles Sahyoun]</td> | + | <td>[[Charles Sahyoun]]</td> |
| − | <td>[Jim Saxton]</td> | + | <td>[[Jim Saxton]]</td> |
</tr> | </tr> | ||
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| − | <td>[Eric Silverman ]</td> | + | <td>[[Eric Silverman ]]</td> |
| − | <td>[Jimmy Sleiman]</td> | + | <td>[[Jimmy Sleiman]]</td> |
| − | <td>[Don Starry]</td> | + | <td>[[Don Starry]]</td> |
| − | <td>[Paul Michael Wihbey]</td> | + | <td>[[Paul Michael Wihbey]]</td> |
</tr> | </tr> | ||
<tr bgcolor="white"> | <tr bgcolor="white"> | ||
| − | <td>[Jonathan Usher]</td> | + | <td>[[Jonathan Usher]]</td> |
| − | <td>[Stanley Weiss]</td> | + | <td>[[Stanley Weiss]]</td> |
| − | <td>[James Tayoun]</td> | + | <td>[[James Tayoun]]</td> |
<td> </td> | <td> </td> | ||
</tr> | </tr> | ||
</table> | </table> | ||
| − | == | + | ==References== |
| − | + | <references/> | |
| − | {{note|schuch}}Trish Schuh, [http://www.counterpunch.org/schuh11182005.html Faking the Case Against Syria], ''Counterpunch'', November 18, 2005 | + | *{{note|schuch}}Trish Schuh, [http://www.counterpunch.org/schuh11182005.html Faking the Case Against Syria], ''Counterpunch'', November 18, 2005 |
| − | {{note|gc}}[http://www.freelebanon.org/ | + | *{{note|gc}}[http://www.freelebanon.org/gc.htm The Golden Circle of USCFL] |
Latest revision as of 11:45, 14 July 2016
United States Committee for a Free Lebanon is part of what has been described as "the Lebanese Likud". Its President, Ziad Abdel Nour is the son of wealthy Lebanese Minister of Parliament Khalil Abdel Nour. According to Trish Schuh:
- USCFL partners with designated "democratizers" such as the American Enterprise Institute (created by Lebanese-American William Baroody, Sr.), Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs, Republican Jewish Coalition, Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, Middle East Forum, the Hudson Institute and kindred pro-Israel lobbies.
- The USCFL hails former Lebanese president Amin Gemayel for signing a peace deal with Israel in 1983...Abdel Nour's other links include the World Lebanese Organization, which advocates Israel's re-occupation of south Lebanon. In 2000, he and neocon Daniel Pipes composed the policy paper "Ending Syria's Occupation of Lebanon: the US Role" and together co-author the Middle East Intelligence Bulletin. The bulletin is a project of the neocon Middle East Forum and is a frequent resource for American intelligence agencies.[1]
Neocon Nexus
USCFB is essentially a neocon operation as it boasts the familiar cast of neocon luminaries in what it calls its "golden circle" of core activists and supporters:[1]
References
- ↑ USFCL - Board of Directors, USFCL, via the Internet Archive, archived 10 October 2006, accessed 28 March 2009.
- ^Trish Schuh, Faking the Case Against Syria, Counterpunch, November 18, 2005
- ^The Golden Circle of USCFL
