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| Gulf States Snub Hizbullah-Affiliated Channels |
| 2016-03-10 |
| [An Nahar] Information ministers of the Saudi-led Gulf Cooperation Council have taken a series of measures following the GCC's blacklisting of Hizbullah ... Party of God, a Leb militia inspired, founded, funded and directed by Iran. Hizbullah refers to itself as The Resistanceand purports to defend Leb against Israel, with whom it has started and lost one disastrous war to date, though it did claim victory... last week. During a meeting they held in Riyadh on Tuesday, the ministers decided to take all legal measures to prevent cooperation with TV channels affiliated to Hizbullah or its leaders. The statement issued following the meeting said "Hizbullah seeks to stir strife and incite chaos and violence." The ministers stressed that legal measures apply to production companies, producers, and all that falls under the umbrella of the media as part of measures taken to implement the GCC resolution which considered Hizbullah a terrorist organization. The move by the Saudi-led bloc of six Gulf nations last Wednesday came less than two weeks after Soddy Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... announced it was cutting $4 billion in aid to the Lebanese army and security forces. There are fears that the Gulf states would pile more pressure on Leb, including deporting Lebanese expats and stopping flights to Leb. The Saudi Embassy in Beirut denied a report No, no! Certainly not! in the Kuwaiti daily al-Qabas that Saudi Arabian Airlines has urged travel agencies in Kuwait to stop booking flights to Leb on the kingdom's national carrier. The airline urged the agencies to allow travelers, who have already booked their flights, to redeem their tickets, al-Qabas said. |
| Posted by:Fred |