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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Knobby hits out at Arab indecision
2006-07-27
Lebanese parliamentary Speaker Nabih Berri yesterday criticised Arab governments for equivocating over what position to take in the face of Israel's offensive on Lebanon, a statement said. "Arab regimes are hesitating," he said in the statement read by Lebanese deputy Yassin Jaber to parliamentarians during an extraordinary session of the Arab Parliamentary Union in Cairo at Arab League headquarters. "They are scared and barely lift a finger in the face of what is happening in Lebanon and Palestine," the statement added.

Berri accused Arab regimes of ignoring the situation in Lebanon "even though they know well that the resistance of the Lebanese and the Palestinians constitutes the only front which defends all Arab countries and the dignity of our people". League Secretary General Amr Mussa, also present at the meeting, criticised Arab governments for their "weak and divided" positions.
Posted by:Fred

#7  Most excellent maps, Griper - Thanks!

I don't know if Assad has the stones to go off the Mullah reservation before they get stomped, but I have no doubt he's been worrying about how to save his narrow Alawite ass for at least 3 years, now. :)
Posted by: Champ Angeger5024   2006-07-27 07:18  

#6  Are the Lebanese really volunteering to become Paleostinians?
Posted by: Nimble Spemble   2006-07-27 06:41  

#5  See Persian Gulf oil field maps (sorry if AOL forces you to cut and paste):

http://www.gregcroft.com/reports.ivnu
Posted by: Griper Whegum8464   2006-07-27 04:08  

#4  Duh! Check out the oil field maps of the Persian Gulf area. Almost all the fields are in Shiite majority areas. Paleos might be demonstrating on behalf of Hizbollah/Iran, but other Arabs are not. Notwithstanding the rhetoric on Israel, the number one enemy of the Arabs are: Iranian Shiites.

Am I the only one who believes that Syria's leader is abandoning Iran, in face of the Shiite menace? But where would Hizbollah go, if Syrian harborage ended? To hell for all most Arabs care.
Posted by: Griper Whegum8464   2006-07-27 03:45  

#3  Listen up dumbshit. You're just pawns for the master A-rabs. You can't grasp that yet? Then firmly grasp both ankles and kiss your ass g'bye.
Posted by: SOP35/Rat   2006-07-27 02:43  

#2  They are not ignoring it. They quite plainly see the fingerprints of Non-Arabs all over it. The Arabs will not bail out Iran and Syria or it's proxies. The Arabs are happy to watch Israel deliver a lesson most of them have already absorbed. Attacking Israel just doesn't pay.
Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom   2006-07-27 01:49  

#1  Berri tool
Posted by: Captain America   2006-07-27 01:00  

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