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Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Zionists using Shebaa Farms as pawn in regional power play

2005-11-19

Mehr News Agency

The occupied Shebaa Farms region has become the Zionistsâ new pawn in their efforts to force Hezbollah to disarm, to alter the political structure of Lebanon, and to increase security in Israel. The Lebanese daily Al-Menar recently reported that in a letter addressed to United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan as well as U.S. and French officials, Israel announced that if the Lebanese government presses its claims to the Shebaa Farms, Zionist forces would withdraw from the territory within three months.

Brilliant! The Gray Eminence would be so proud! Metternich is no doubt turning over in his grave. Israel is occupying Shebaa Farms because it's considered Syrian territory. Lebanon claims it, on flimsy grounds, a claim not recognized by the UN or, I believe, by Syria. Hezbollah's been using it as their excuse to remain armed and dangerous. What a ducky idea!

If this report is true, it could shed light on some hidden objectives of Western political circles.

"See? See? They're giving us what we say we want! They're up to something!"

The Shebaa Farms region, covering an area of 1000 square kilometers, was occupied by Zionist forces in 1967. If control of this territory is transferred to the Lebanese government after 38 years, it would be like retuning only the stone of a borrowed date. There are reports that the Zionist regime has been transferring the fertile soil of the Shebaa Farms to the Palestinian occupied territories.

That's taking the concept of "stealing land" to an extreme, I'd say. I'd also guess the charge is as specious as Hezbollah's rationale for waving guns.

However, it would still be a promising development if the Israelis are willing to transfer control of this date stone to Lebanon. So, why has the French government become involved in the Shebaa issue, and why has the Zionist regime announced that it is prepared to withdraw from the Shebaa Farms, even though the wave of criticism about the withdrawal from Gaza has not died down in Israel?

Lemme guess: To exert influence on internal Leb politix? To drive a wedge between Hezbollah and the government? To poke a thumb in the ayatollahs' collective eye?

First of all, France has become involved because the French government, Britain, and the United States paved the way for the ratification of UN Security Council Resolution 1559, according to which the Lebanese Hezbollah and the Palestinian refugees residing in camps in Lebanon must be disarmed. This demand was meant to further Israeli interests in Lebanon.

Quite apart from any strengthening of Israeli interests in Leb â which I'd not expect to be any kind of priority (or even desirable) for the Frenchies, that would also have the effect of stabilizing the internal situation within Lebanon. The only people who'd be constricted would be Hezbollah and the Paleo groups, who'd have to get jobs.

It is also clear that France is being allowed to play a bigger role in the international arena as a reward for its services to the Zionist regime.

Ahhhh. Those Zionists! They're slick. Y'gotta watch 'em!

The United States, the Zionist regime, and France are currently preparing for Israelâs withdrawal from the Shebaa Farms, with the aim of realizing certain objectives.

And those objectives are...?

Due to its military might, the Lebanese Hezbollah is one of the greatest security concerns of the Zionist regime, and the elimination of this great concern would increase the level of security in northern Israel.

As well as the level of security in southern Lebanon, we might add...

However, the idea of disarming the Lebanese Hezbollah has never been accepted in any international agreement up until now.

They mean up until Resolution 1559, of course...

But at the UN summit last September in New York, Annan advised Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to withdraw from the Shebaa Farms in order to help solve some of the problems in the Middle East.

Well, I'm confused. How'd the idea come from the Zionists if Kofi suggested it to them? Wouldn't the idea have come from Kofi? Or has Kofi become a secret Zionist? I haven't seen any pictures of the back of his head lately. Is he wearing a yarmulke?

Meanwhile, the Lebanese Hezbollah rejected Resolution 1559 due to the continued occupation of the Shebaa Farms, the frequent attacks on Lebanese territory by Israeli jets, and the lack of reliable security guarantees. In fact, the Zionist regime proposed the withdrawal plan to pave the way for the UN Security Council to pressure Hezbollah, since many of Hezbollahâs legal arguments against Israel would become null and void if Zionist forces withdrew from the Shebaa Farms.

Devious, aren't they?

By withdrawing from the Shebaa Farms, the Zionist regime intends to create a rift between the Lebanese government and Lebanese resistance forces like Hezbollah. Israel would then support the Lebanese government in order to disarm and weaken Hezbollah. However, if Hezbollah refuses to disarm, Israel will be able to accuse the Lebanese government of being incapable of handling its internal affairs and maintaining regional security, which would provide a pretext for Zionist forces to carry out a military assault against Hezbollah in southern Lebanon.

Posted by:Fred

#2 heheheh

Posted by: Whineting Ebbolet1965 2005-11-19 11:51

#1 MAN IN BLACK

All right: where is the poison? The
battle of wits has begun. It ends when you decide and we both drink, and find out who is right and who is dead.

VIZZINI

But it's so simple. All I have to do is divine from what I know of you. Are you the sort of man who would put the poison into his own goblet, or his enemy's?

He studies the Man In Black now.

VIZZINI

Now, a clever man would put the poison into his own goblet, because he would know that only a great fool would reach for what he was given. I'm not a great fool, so I can clearly not choose the wine in front of you. But you must have known I was not a great fool; you would have counted on it, so I can clearly not choose the wine in front of me.

MAN IN BLACK
(And now there's a trace of
nervousness beginning)

You've made your decision then7

VIZZINI

Not remotely. Because iocane comes from Australia, as everyone knows. And Australia is entirely peopled
with criminals. And criminals are used to having people not trust them, as you are not trusted by me. So I can clearly not choose the wine in front of you.

MAN IN BLACK

Truly, you have a dizzying intellect.

VIZZINI

Wait till I get going! Where was I?

MAN IN BLACK

Australia.

VIZZINI

Yes -- Australia, and you must have suspected I would have known the powder's origin, so I can clearly not choose the wine in front of me.

MAN IN BLACK
(very nervous)

You're just stalling now.

VIZZINI(cackling)

You'd like to think that, wouldn't you?

(stares at the Man in Black)

You've beaten my giant, which means you're exceptionally strong. So, you could have put the poison in your own goblet, trusting on your strength to save you. So I can clearly not choose the wine in front of you. But, you've also bested my Spaniard which means you must have studied. And in studying, you must have learned that man is mortal so you would have put the poison as far from yourself as possible, so I can clearly not choose the wine in front of me.

As Vizzini's pleasure has been growing throughout, the Man In Black's has been fast disappearing.

MAN IN BLACK

You're trying to trick me into giving away something -- it won't work --

VIZZINI(triumphant)

It has worked -- you've given everything away -- I know where the poison is.

MAN IN BLACK(fool's courage)

Then make your choice.

VIZZINI

I will. And I choose --

And suddenly he stops, points at something behind the Man In Black.

VIZZINI

-- what in the world can that be?

CUT TO:

THE MAN IN BLACK,

turning around, looking.

MAN IN BLACK

What? Where? I don't see anything.

CUT TO:

VIZZINI,

busily switching the goblets while the Man In Black has his head turned.

VIZZINI

Oh, well, I-I could have sworn I saw something. No matter.

The Man In Black turns to face him again. Vizzini starts to laugh.

MAN IN BLACK

What's so funny?

VIZZINI

I'll tell you in a minute. First, let's drink -- me from my glass, and you from yours.

And he picks up his goblet. The Man In Black picks up the one in front of him. As they both start to drink, Vizzini hesitates a moment.

Then, allowing the Man In Black to drink first, he swallows his wine.

MAN IN BLACK

You guessed wrong.

VIZZINI(roaring with laughter)

You only think I guessed wrong --

(louder now)

-- that's what's so funny! I switched glasses when your back was turned. You fool.

CUT TO:

THE MAN IN BLACK.

There's nothing he can say. He just sits there.

CUT TO:

VIZZINI,

watching him.

VIZZINI

You fell victim to one of the classic blunders. The most famous is "Never get involved in a land war in Asia." But only slightly less well known is this: "Never go in against a Sicilian when death is on the line."

He laughs and roars and cackles and whoops and is in all ways quite cheery until he falls over dead.

CUT TO:

THE MAN IN BLACK,

stepping past the corpse, taking the blindfold and bindings off Buttercup, who notices Vizzini lying dead.

The Man In Black pulls her to her feet.

BUTTERCUP

Who are you?

MAN IN BLACK

I am no one to be trifled with, that is all you ever need know.

He starts to lead her off the mountain path into untraveled terrain.

BUTTERCUP(a final glance back toward Vizzini)

To think -- all that time it was your cup that was poisoned.

MAN IN BLACK

They were both poisoned. I spent the last few years building up an immunity to iocane powder.

Posted by: Phil 2005-11-19 09:26

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