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Arab Media Accuses Iran and Syria of Direct Involvement in Lebanon War
Iran-Press ^ | Posted Friday, August 18, 2006

Posted on 08/18/2006 5:36:43 PM PDT by Perdogg

Arab Media Accuses Iran and Syria of Direct Involvement in Lebanon War

Posted Friday, August 18, 2006

Paris, 19 Aug. (IPS) As pro democracy groups in Lebanon, known as the “Forces of 14 March” went into attack against what they call “a coup” by the Iran and Syria-backed Hezbollah in the one hand and “a call for sedition from the Syrian president Bashar Asad”, Arab media, except in Syria, strongly came out, accusing Damascus and Tehran on direct involvement in the Lebanon War.

Saad Hariri, the son of the former Lebanese premier Rafiq Hariri assassinated last year very probably on orders from the young Assad, sharply accused the Syrian leader to “send a new missile on the Lebanese by exploiting shamelessly the blood of the sons of Qana, Gaza and Baghdad” and praising the Hezbollah while he is keeping silent over the occupation of Golan Heights.

For his part, Mr. Walid Jumblatt, the Druze leader, openly described Mr. Assad as a “criminal” and at the same time accused h Hezbollah of “trying to remodel Lebanon according to its priorities”.

(Excerpt) Read more at iran-press-service.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; Israel; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 2006israelwar; arabmedia; geopolitics

1 posted on 08/18/2006 5:36:44 PM PDT by Perdogg
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To: Perdogg

Wow!


2 posted on 08/18/2006 6:23:31 PM PDT by Bigg Red (Never trust Democrats with national security.)
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To: Perdogg

"Taqqiya"


3 posted on 08/18/2006 9:21:55 PM PDT by sheik yerbouty ( Make America and the world a jihad free zone!)
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