Posted on 12/20/2004 9:29:18 AM PST by anotherview
Movement's deputy general secretary, Sheik Naim Kassam, says, “The case has proven that France is still an imperialist nation”.Hezbollah slams Paris for decision to take “al-Manar” off the air
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In response to France’s decision to take the Hezbollah affiliated television station “al-Manar” off the air in the republic, the Lebanese terror organization’s deputy general secretary, Sheik Naim Kassam, slammed Paris and said, “The case has proven that France is still an imperialist nation”.
According to Kassam, “If France thinks that it can block “al-Manar”, it is deeply mistaken. It is no more than a tool in the hands of the United States”.
Kassam added, “France has turned into a country that quells civil liberties, with emphasis on the freedom of expression. It is trying to return to its days as an imperialist power”.
The station received a permit to broadcast in France only a month ago. However, one of its commentators had managed to stir uproar when he accused Israel of spreading AIDS throughout the Arab World.
The sheik also attacked the US for its declaration of “al-Manar” as a media that sponsors terrorism. “After its actions against the station, the US is the last country in the world that can call itself a democracy”.
The American decision was reached after the station aired photos of the Statue of Liberty covered with blood and equated President Bush to Nazi murderer Adolf Hitler.
(2004-12-20 00:19:39.0)
Fine. If we're going to be labeled as such then I guess we now have carte blanche to take the station off the air permanently, via an air strike.
LOL! They said that France is nothing more than a tool of the US.
Is there a warranty on that tool? I'd like it exchanged or a refund is in order.
LOL!
Hey looks like France is PO'd that we are the terrorists new favorite target, and they can't stand being anything but the favorite in anything.
Really. Isn't it a Craftsman? Let's take it back and get a box of sockets.
“The case has proven that France is still an imperialist nation”.
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Good. P!ss on Hezbollah !!!
D'OH!
In a related story, Sheik Naim Kassam continued to try to pin the spread of AIDS on Israel, because Arafat reputedly died of AIDS. Then he recruited some more mass-murderers for his Islamofascist org.
They are right, France is a tool, and we arent and never have been a democracy!
"we now have carte blanche to take the station off the air permanently, via an air strike"
Not that it's been declared terrorist, it will probably be taken off the air. But it's absurdly simple to put up another dish, so it will be necessary to cut their transponder access. That's exactly what France is helping to do.
I'll be glad to read about the demise of this Sheik.
Maybe because the US is NOT a Democracy - it is a Republic.
We weren't too bad, when we really WERE an Imperialist nation...
uh, I think your thinking about the wrong kind of "tool" if you know what I mean...........
your = you're
Hah. How many satellite transponders does Hezbollah own?
Give that Man a cigar.
"France is PO'd that we are the terrorists new favorite target"
I doubt that they have long to wait. In the case of French Jews, France is already a major terrorist target.
Is it something in the water over there? Why is it that so many in the Middle East can't take any responsibility for anything? It's always the Israelis who are to blame or the CIA. The stupidity of this is just unbelievable. Its never, never their own fault.
Strangely enough, the French make a wise decision.
The sheik also attacked the US for its declaration of “al-Manar” as a media that sponsors terrorism. “After its actions against the station, the US is the last country in the world that can call itself a democracy”.
The American decision was reached after the station aired photos of the Statue of Liberty covered with blood and equated President Bush to Nazi murderer Adolf Hitler.
Again, is it something in the water over there? What is producing such warped minds? I know some will say it's Islam but the Islamic violence we see in other parts of the world usually seems to be imported from the Middle East.
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