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Southern Lebanon Shi'ites Furious At Arab 'Oil Kings'
(IsraelNN.com) Shi'ite Muslims in southern Lebanon are furious at Arab rulers for not having supported the Hizbullah terrorist war against Israel. However, they lauded Syria and Iran. "King Abdullah? His oil is more precious to him than the Lebanese," Lebanese citizen Ibrahim Awadeh told Reuters News Agency. Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Jordan, who are allies to the United States and whose population is mostly made of the rival Sunni Muslims, initially condemned Hizbullah's attacks on Israel and the kidnapping of two IDF soldiers. They later tempered their criticism in the face of public support for Hizbullah. "Syria opened its doors for us, and accepted hundreds of thousands of refugees, why did Jordan never open its doors to us?" Zeinab Makky, a resident of the Lebanese city of Nabatiyeh, told Reuters News Agency.
Posted by: Steve 2006-08-16 |
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