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Nasrallah: The Zionist entity can be wiped out of existence
25/03/2008
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah on Monday told tens of thousands of supporters in Beirut that Israel could be eliminated and that the prowess of its army had been exaggerated by "Zionist-American propaganda." "The Zionist entity can be wiped out of existence," Nasrallah said in his address via video link, referring to Israel. "Our nation is stronger now than ever before," he added.
Nasrallah's speech was broadcast live at a rally marking the end of the 40-day mourning period for slain Hezbollah military chief Imad Mughniyah, who was assassinated in a car bombing in Damascus last month.
The Lebanon-based guerilla group Hezbollah has repeatedly blamed Israel for the assassination of the group's second in command, but Israel has categorically denied any involvement.
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US To Help Egypt Build Border Fence
March 22, 2008
Cairo, Egypt - The United States has announced that it is planning to help Egypt build a border fence along the Gaza-Egypt border. Washington transferred $23 million worth of special aid to the North African nation as part of its assistance in locating smuggling tunnels.
Over the past few months, smuggling between Gaza and Egypt has garnered more attention in light of the Israeli economic blockade on the small Mediterranean strip of land. Israel is calling on Egypt to improve its crackdown on Palestinian smuggling, which the Jewish state says allows weapons to enter Gaza that are then used against southern Israel.
The planned fence between Egypt and Gaza will employ technology directed at preventing the fence from being damaged. This is in response to Palestinian militants who blew a hole in the current wall between the two nations that allowed hundreds of thousands of Palestinians to flock into Egypt late January and early February.
The American Army Corps of Engineers plans to send teams to Egypt to help push forward the border fence plans. No timetable has been given yet as to when the wall will be constructed
While building the wall, the Americans also hope to help Egyptian security forces locate and destroy smuggling tunnels into Gaza Israel has welcomed the move, saying that American participation will help end the movement of weapons into Gaza.
Snippets: Federal prosecutors say a University of South Florida student charged with aiding terrorism posted a how-to video about remote controlled bombing on YouTube.
Ahmed Mohamed's lawyers argue that the video is protected by the First Amendment and have asked a judge to dismiss any charges related to it, The Tampa Tribune reported.
Prosecutors said Mohamed demonstrated converting the remote control for a toy car into a device to set off a detonator. He allegedly said that remote control would "increase Muslim lives one more life" by avoiding suicide bombing.
Mohamed and another student, Youssef Megahed, were arrested in South Carolina in August. The two young men, both Egyptian nationals, are accused of transporting explosives.