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| Southern Lebanon Shi'ites Furious At Arab 'Oil Kings' | |
| 2006-08-16 | |
| (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.
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| Posted by:Steve |
| #11 Who gives as shite |
| Posted by: Captain America 2006-08-16 21:58 |
| #10 But Hezbollah, Syria, and Iran can turn the Shi'ite Muslims in southern Lebanon into refugees whose homes have been smashed by the IDF and they'll think it means they sympathize with them? Hezbollah screwed up a lot of Lebanon in their attempt to get the Sheeba Farms "back." If it were anyone else than an Arab/Moslem terrorist group that had gotten those results, we'd be talking about what miserable failures they were. |
| Posted by: Phil 2006-08-16 18:10 |
| #9 Yes the fellow non-Shiite Lebanese is more accurate. I'm sure backstabbing will be on the menu of events on offer. |
| Posted by: remoteman 2006-08-16 15:42 |
| #8 Say compatriots instead of brethren, and it might work. Or perhaps fellow non-Shiite Lebanese. It's a bit awkward, but covers a lot more territory, and leaves room for Byzantine backstabbing when things are redefined later. ;-) |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2006-08-16 15:36 |
| #7 Ah, but this is a critical weakness of Hezbollah. They are allied with Iran and Syrian thus making KSA, Jordan and Egypt, along with the Gulf countries, their enemy. These Sunni countries don't like Israel, but they do have a "working relationship" with Israel. That means they are not currently threatening Isreal. It seems to me that there is going to be a lot of money flowing to the Sunnis in Lebanon. If they are smart they will share this with their Christian brethren (can I even say that???) and work to outshine the Hezzies. By outshine I mean paid assasinations of Hezzie leaders, lots of non-Hezzie walking around money in Hezzie areas and major campaigns to remind the locals who started the fight that done blowed up their house. Lebanon is the KSA playground. It was rebuilt with their dollars. Count on the fact that they are pissed and are looking for some payback. |
| Posted by: remoteman 2006-08-16 13:26 |
| #6 Pan-Islamic solidarity is a wonderful thing... |
| Posted by: Oldcat 2006-08-16 10:52 |
| #5 Once again the Lebanese and Reuters are oblivious to facts: Jordan is not an oil-rich country -- it imports oil. https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/jo.html#Econ |
| Posted by: Darrell 2006-08-16 10:50 |
| #4 why did Jordan never open its doors to us?" Zeinab Makky, a resident of the Lebanese city of Nabatiyeh, told Reuters News Agency Smart Jordanians, they didn't open the doors because they remember what happened last time they opened their door to Arafat and his thugs (remember ? -BLACK SEPTEMBER) |
| Posted by: Elder of Zion 2006-08-16 10:19 |
| #3 tu3031: took the words right outta my keyboard! |
| Posted by: Mike 2006-08-16 09:53 |
| #2 "King Abdullah? His oil is more precious to him than the Lebanese," DING! Ibrahim, that is CORRECT! |
| Posted by: tu3031 2006-08-16 09:43 |
| #1 I swear I heard my sympathy meter chuckle. |
| Posted by: wxjames 2006-08-16 09:33 |