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7/22 Middle East Live Thread
Middle East Live Thread ^ | 7/22/06 | me

Posted on 07/21/2006 10:12:59 PM PDT by BurbankKarl

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To: debg

They have all the money.


901 posted on 07/22/2006 10:00:20 AM PDT by AliVeritas ("One for all , all for kicking *ss and taking names" ...Scratch taking names. Vlad fatwa)
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To: AdmSmith

Big fat Iranian refineries, already a chokepoint, full of nasty inflammable petrochem, just waiting to get blowed up.

Tsk, tsk.


903 posted on 07/22/2006 10:01:27 AM PDT by jeffers
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To: cibco; All
Obama is a dipshit..

You are being much too kind. That would indicate some sort of intellect, Obama has none. He is a vacuum head. His, "War is an option but it is never the first option" empty comment indicates his lack of thought process. I , for one, honestly believe, that had his father known what Obama was going to grow up to become, not only would have not been proud but would have quite likely used a condom.

904 posted on 07/22/2006 10:01:29 AM PDT by olde north church
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To: cibco
[source: Hezebola]

"...[Hizbullah] is the least corrupt of all Lebanese parties, very efficient, and in close contact with the people they serve..."

http://www.ghaliboun.net/enewsdetails.php?id=236

Sayyed Nasrallah, the country's most charismatic politician

By Jonathan Steele in Beirut

Even his most severe Lebanese opponents recognise Sheikh Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, the undisputed leader of the Shia movement Hizbullah, as the country most charismatic politician. A clear and lively speaker who switches from classical Arabic to modern slang with ease, he more than any other Lebanese has the power of war and peace. Unusually for a religious leader, Sheikh Nasrallah also fulfils the role of political supremo and military commander. "The perception of Nasrallah is that he is in the war room, taking the decisions," says Basher Haider, a professor of philosophy at the American University in Beirut.

Sheikh Nasrallah is not shy of being photographed carrying a gun, though always held triumphantly above his head. His eldest son was killed by the Israelis and he publicly handed a rifle to his next son to carry on the struggle. Hizbullah (the party of God) is more than just a political party. It is a movement with a strong welfare chapter that helps poor Shias in the southern suburbs of Beirut and southern Lebanon. "It is the least corrupt of all Lebanese parties, very efficient, and in close contact with the people they serve," Professor Haider says.

Born in Bourji Hammoud, east of Beirut, Sheikh Nasrallah was 15 when civil war forced the family back to their ancestral village in southern Lebanon. He studied at a Quranic seminary in the holy Iraqi city of Najaf, but left under pressure from Saddam Hussein police in 1978. He joined Hizbullah during the Israeli invasion of Lebanon in 1982 and went back to his religious studies in Iran in 1989. He is believed to have been influenced by the fact that clerics led the anti-western revolution in Iran in 1979.

While an earlier generation was attracted to the secular pan-Arabism of Gamal Abdel Nasser of Egypt, Nasrallah felt that Islamism (Islam) was the best way of uniting Arabs in the struggle against Israeli and US dominance. He took over the Hizbullah leadership in 1992 at 32 when its founder was assassinated by "Israel". He helped build it into a force that led "Israel" to withdraw from southern Lebanon in 2000 after two decades of occupation.

Despite his years of religious studies, Sheikh Nasrallah does not exert his authority through writing books. Some Lebanese describe his motivation as more nationalist than religious. Even in the movement stronghold in southern Beirut he does not push an Islamic dresscode or agenda. Many women go out unveiled, and, although no alcohol shops or bars are permitted, residents who drink at home with friends are not hassled. He is married and has three surviving children.

Source:The Guardian, 22-7-2006. Date: 22/07/2006 Time 15:36

905 posted on 07/22/2006 10:01:43 AM PDT by Fitzcarraldo
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To: don-o

I thought you said Salami... but that would be an oxymoron.

Speaking of which... OBL message due to come out per counterterrorism blog.


906 posted on 07/22/2006 10:02:00 AM PDT by AliVeritas ("One for all , all for kicking *ss and taking names" ...Scratch taking names. Vlad fatwa)
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To: Fitzcarraldo
"Any sign of the Lebanese Army yet?" Lebanese Army Photographed in Their Barracks: Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting
907 posted on 07/22/2006 10:02:36 AM PDT by RouxStir (No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: olde north church

LOL!


908 posted on 07/22/2006 10:04:09 AM PDT by cibco (Xin Loi! Saddam)
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To: AliVeritas

I was just taking a wild guess at the dude from Deetroit's name, from what I heard.


909 posted on 07/22/2006 10:04:32 AM PDT by don-o (Proudly posting without reading the thread since 1998. (stolen from one cool dude))
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To: don-o

David Miller, Fox News, says no ceasefire between militants in Gaza and Israel.


910 posted on 07/22/2006 10:04:39 AM PDT by voiceinthewind
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To: varmintxer
Just heard Crowley say that as we speak that Syrian pilots are in their jets on the runway ready to take off. Anyone hrear about this?

Any update on the Syrian "Clay Pigeons" for the IAF?

911 posted on 07/22/2006 10:04:56 AM PDT by dc27
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To: olde north church
that had his father known what Obama was going to grow up to become, not only would have not been proud but would have quite likely used a condom.

LOL!

912 posted on 07/22/2006 10:05:31 AM PDT by Allegra (FReeping LIVE! from suddenly one of the safer places in the Middle East)
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To: RouxStir

ROFL!!


913 posted on 07/22/2006 10:05:38 AM PDT by cibco (Xin Loi! Saddam)
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To: AliVeritas

Hi gang....here for a few before I have to go grocery shopping..UGH..


914 posted on 07/22/2006 10:05:45 AM PDT by Txsleuth ((((((((((( ISRAEL)))))))))))))
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To: varmintxer

Who is "Crowley"?


915 posted on 07/22/2006 10:06:09 AM PDT by Fitzcarraldo
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To: AliVeritas

Where are we re: imports/exports Syria, Iran?



Terrorists and their propaganda :)


916 posted on 07/22/2006 10:06:27 AM PDT by SE Mom (Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet-pray for Israel))
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To: Teufelhunde

917 posted on 07/22/2006 10:06:52 AM PDT by AliVeritas ("One for all , all for kicking *ss and taking names" ...Scratch taking names. Vlad fatwa)
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To: Txsleuth
here for a few before I have to go grocery shopping..UGH..

Could you please pick me up some fresh jalapenos and some marinated artichokes?

918 posted on 07/22/2006 10:07:01 AM PDT by Allegra (FReeping LIVE! from suddenly one of the safer places in the Middle East)
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To: voiceinthewind

They REALLY ought to drop this 'militant' nonsense. CNN AND Fox, both of them!, particularly CNN! /rant off


920 posted on 07/22/2006 10:07:31 AM PDT by AmericanInTokyo (A few clever bones tossed on gay unions, flag burning & Iraq still don't absolve GWB over BORDERS)
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