This is his district.
Posted on 11/18/2001 2:11:12 PM PST by Shermy
Arab-American Congressman: Hizbollah Legitimate
TEHRAN TIMES INTL. DESK
TEHRAN A U.S. Congressman was quoted on Sunday as saying that he believed that the Lebanese resistance Hizbollah acts legitimately and has never been involved in terrorist activities.
The official Iranian news agency, IRNA, quoted Republican Darrell Issa in Damascus as saying that Hizbollah and any other Lebanese group has the right to resist the occupation of its territory, in line with United Nations resolutions.
He was further quoted as saying that Hizbollah's humanitarian and governmental actions were legal and that such behavior would be customary in any country.
Issa is heading a four-member U.S. Congress delegation that is currently visiting the Middle East. They left Syria for Lebanon on Sunday on the second leg of the tour that aims to discuss the Middle East peace process and the U.S.-led war on terrorism. The U.S. Congressmen began their five-hour stay in Lebanon by meeting with the country's Deputy Prime Minister, Issam Fares. Republicans Darrell Issa (California), John Cooksey (Louisiana), Brian Kerns (Indiana), and Democrat Nick Rahall (West Virginia) were later due to meet President, Emile Lahoud, and Prime Minister, Rafiq Hariri.
While in Syria, the group met with President Bashar al-Assad
This is the congressman who complained that he was "profiled" and kept off a plane on October 4. Here are two threads that discuss it:
Rep. Issa Says Airline Kept Him off Flight Because of His Lebanese Heritage
I'm near enough to join a FReep, but I'm not physically in his district.
The map indicates that Issa's lo0cal papers would be in San Diego and Orange Counties, California.
And the Red Brigade was a sewing circle.
Hey, Darrell! Let me talk to your other brother Darrell.
They hijacked MEA plane, which was on the way to Abu Dabi- Beirut, on July 21 1984. Then they had surrendered to security forces.
They kidnapped Canterbury (UK) archbishop private representative Terry WALTE on January 20, 1987.
On January 27, 1987, they kidnapped German Ralph SCHREA in Beirut and this person was released on March 3, 1988.
On July 31, 1987, by the command of Humeyni, they caused the occurrence of bloody actions in the Holy Land, Saudi Arabia by affecting the Iranian Pilgrims and pilgrims from other countries who went to Saudi Arabia for implementing their pilgrimage obligation. Hizbullah Organization is supposed to carry out these activities as the administration types of these Muslim countries do not comply with Islamic administration.
RightField
Even if he denies it, he still might have said it =) there are so many possibilities.
If he doesn't deny it or immediately apologize, we will have to FReep him, even harder than we FReeped Condit, the confirmed murder of several hundred US Marines is of far higher importance than the alleged murder of one Washington intern.
I expect him to denounce Hizbullah as an anti-American terrorist group, anything less warrants a FReep.
(And how can any Arab Christian support Arab Muslims??? Just look at what the Muslims did to Lebanon)
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