Iran Nuclear Plant Could Become Next Chernobyl if Israel, U.S. Attack

Israel and the U.S. should keep their finger off the proverbial red button, as an attack on Iran's nuclear reactors could prompt another Chernobyl situation in the Middle East and west Asia; A recap of the situation Syria; A human rights tax should be implemented for using cheap foreign labor; Lebanon in pictures, summed in two different blogs.

The next cold war? - It is predicted that an attack on Iran would yield even worse radiation than Chernobyl.

2:48 AM [2]

This can’t be good

The U.S. and Israel can huff and puff all they want, but attacking Iran's nuclear reactors has serious consequences of Chernobyl magnitude. Treading with caution is well-advised. "Destroying Iran’s many reactors and processing facilities could release large amounts of radiation and create radioactive dust storms. Winds would carry this toxic miasma over Afghanistan and its large U.S. military garrison."

Egyptian Chronicles [3]

#Syrian Revolution : It is complicated “1”

This Egyptian blogger has followed the revolution in her country with great fervor. Now, it's time to look towards Syria. While in Egypt, it was a matter of severe corruption and disproportionate distribution of wealth. In Syria, extreme sectarian divisions and foreign interventions make the situation a little bit more complicated than that. "Of course the game is more complicated than just an uprising turned in to a revolution as Syria unfortunately is now the playground of a new battle between the current world powers whether between the US and Russia & China axis or between the Gulf and Iran."

Life With Subtitles [4]

The human rights tax

In our selective opinions, it is easy for us to overlook the dire conditions of foreign labor in "sweat shops" around the world. No matter the awareness, no one seems to be bothered. This Lebanese blogger observes that there should be a human rights tax on all products the deploy such labor under such harsh conditions. Fair point. "Some measure should be put in place to counter this incentive. Perhaps simply a "human rights tax": A variable tax added to any imported product, proportional to the offset in labor laws between the manufacturing country and the country of sale."

Snap Shot Scenes [5]

Please give us Kahraba (Electricity)

As we (and others) say, a picture is worth a thousand words. This image is- for lack a better word- so Lebanon.

Beirut Drive-By Shooting [6]

Oscar Leg Slit

Angelina Jolie's leg, eat your heart out.