Sunday Feb 17, 2008

Imad who?

Posted by Martin Kramer

As Hizbullah's official funeral of Imad Mughniyeh unfolded last week - Hizbullah's leader eulogized him over a coffin decked in Hizbullah's flag - it was useful to recall the party's denial of his very existence over all these many years. Mention of his name to Hizbullah officials would draw a blank stare or blanket denial. "Hizbullah professes no knowledge of the man," the New York Times reported in 2002. A journalist who interviewed a top Hizbullah official and parliamentary deputy, Abdullah Kassir, once asked him if he knew Mughniyah. "Kassir flashed a blistering look and responded curtly, 'I have no answer.'"

Hizbullah's leader, Hasan Nasrallah, followed a double tack: he would defend "freedom fighter" Mughniyeh, but not acknowledge him. "The American accusations against Mughnieh are mere accusations," he was quoted as saying. "Can they provide evidence to condemn Imad Mughniyeh? They launch accusations as if they are given facts." But when pressed, Nasrallah "refused to reveal whether Mughniyeh has a role in Hizbullah." Of course.

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Donulvi Dolam - Australia: South America was once full of so called Freedom Fighters (called terrorists by some and comunists by others) This went on until a smart guy somewhere realised that it was the USA who was behind everything they did, planned or thought of, so they changed tactics and went legal. Today the Tupamaros are a political party in Uruguay (in power) also in Argentina, Chile, Bolivia, Venezuela etc. Quite frankly sir Terrorism doesn't work exept for those who keep promoting it or otherwise keep it alive by talking about it constantly. A terrorist is neither a moderate nor a radical, he is a fool

S McCosker Australia: See Quran Surah 9. See Robert Spencer, 'Onward Muslim Soldiers', 'The Truth About Muhammad' & 'The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam & the Crusades'; Bat Yeor, 'The Dhimmi'; & Bostom 'Legacy of Jihad'. Muslim texts + history show awful truth: Mohammed is a 'prophet' of war, Quran a book of war, Islam a religion of war.

Adina Kutnicki: One can always count on the so called intellectual, guilt ridden, Jewish progressives to take up every other cause, but that of their own people. It is as if they cannot contort themselves into enough knots in order to lend their full weight behind what the 'other' is claiming. To call them useful idiots is underestimating the depth of the damage they have created. And that is precisely their intentions to harm their own people. Idiots they are not, selfhaters they are.

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