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| Middle East |
| Hezbollah: No ties to al-Qaeda. Nope. |
| 2002-07-13 |
| The leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah said on Saturday the group was not connected to the al Qaeda network. "There is no relationship with al Qaeda -- not previously and not now -- and not for religious or ideological reasons but for political reasons," Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah told the Arabic satellite television channel MBC. "The issue is linked to the political program and the battle priorities," he said, without elaborating. He means Israel is an easier target at this point, while al-Qaeda's trying to take on the U.S. directly... U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Bob Graham called Hizbollah the "A-Team of terrorists" earlier this week after returning from a regional tour to gather information for the investigation into the Sept. 11 attacks in New York and Washington. Yeah, but that's just campaign talk, isn't it? |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |