• Quand tu dis une idiotie, essaie de jargonner, des fois ça peut impressionner : « a heightened level of terrorist activity… » (because le Hezbollah a déjà, en temps normal, un niveau d’activité terroriste plutôt élevé ; même quand il dort Nasrallah tient une bonne moyenne d’activité terroriste ; alors que maintenant, tu vois, ça augmente tellement qu’il va te me péter le terroristomètre) :
    http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/49667-u-s-hizbullah-could-attack-in-europe-elsewhere-at-any-time

    The United States fears Hizbullah may be planning imminent attacks in Europe and around the world, a senior security official in Washington said Friday.

    “Our assessment is that Hizbullah and Iran will both continue to maintain a heightened level of terrorist activity and operations in the near future,” said Daniel Benjamin, the U.S. State Department’s counter-terrorism coordinator.

    “We are increasingly concerned about Hizbullah’s activities on a number of fronts, including its stepped up terrorist campaign around the world,” he said.

    “And we assess that Hizbullah could attack in Europe or elsewhere at any time with little or no warning,” he warned, in a conference call with reporters to announce new U.S. sanctions against Hizbullah, Iran and Syria.

    Et admire l’analyse fondée sur du rien :

    “Hizbullah maintains a presence in Europe and its recent activities demonstrate that it is not constrained by concerns about collateral damage or political fallout that could result from conducting operations there,” he said.

  • War of Words and Arms Amid Assault in Syrian City
    http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/11/world/middleeast/assault-on-rebels-in-aleppo-syria-continues.html

    Some activists said on Thursday that they were growing frustrated with the Free Syrian Army’s approach.

    “They don’t admit their defeats,” said Ammar, 22, an activist from Aleppo. “Everything is tactical, and all their operations are always about high expectations.”

    A woman from Homs, who would not give her name, said that residents ended up suffering when the rebels moved into a neighborhood only to depart when the Syrian military entered. “Why do they claim the areas are free and say they’ve liberated them if they know they cannot stand against the regime’s troops and tanks?” she asked.