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)
"We weren't too bad, when we really WERE an Imperialist nation"
Indeed!
Rush Limbaugh should set up a radio station in lebanon. See what Hezbollah and all that crowd does then...
That's easy to predict. They'd blow it up and him along with it if they could.
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