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| Hizbullah supporters protest in Paris |
| 2006-08-22 |
| See also these France-Echos pages on earlier demonstrations : http://www.france-echos.com/actualite.php?cle=9805 http://www.france-echos.com/actualite.php?cle=9892 (pics & vids). (VIDEO) Israelis walking by Eiffel Tower notice hundreds of demonstrators waving Hizbullah, Lebanon flags. 'There was an atmosphere of euphoria. They spoke about Hizbullah restoring the dignity of France's Arabs' Dorit Siton Two Israelis who walked by the Eiffel Tower in Paris on Saturday evening could not believe their eyes. Hundreds of demonstrators, many of them Arabs, were carrying Hizbullah and Lebanon flags at the Trocadero area. "I am amazed how supporters of terrorists are allowed to demonstrate like this. It's like letting al-Qaeda and their supporters demonstrate freely," Shmuel Hess told Ynet. Well, it's not like France had any trouble with hizballah before, I mean, except for the Drakkar bombing and the 53 paras killed there, or the 80's hostages hidden from mosque to mosque, left to die from cancer without pain medication, or the hizballah spiritual adviser Hussein Moussawi saying "you, french, may be won't have in your generation the islamic republic of France. But, it's a certainty, your grandsons or perhpas your great-grandsons will live in it. Inch 'Allah ! For islam is good for everybody."... Hess, who took a trip from Tel Aviv to the French capital, recounted: "We passed there at around 7 p.m., after we saw them getting organized with flags the day before. Hundreds were standing with Lebanese flags and Hizbullah flags." "We stood there for a quarter of an hour. There was a lot of enthusiasm and harsh words. Flags of Nasrallah and Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez were waved. The ambassador of Venezuela, with a flag of Lebanon on her clothes, was also there and received a warm round of applause. "It all took place right at the foot of the Eiffel Tower. It was amazing to see it. There was food and drinks. We whispered and tried not to stand out. It seemed hard to understand, holding yellow Hizbullah flags with a drawing of weapons. Young people, French Arabs." Another Israeli woman who witnessed the demonstration said: "They sang the Lebanese national anthem. There was an atmosphere or euphoria, these are people who seemed to be of a relatively top class and not a horde. They spoke about how Nasrallah restored their dignity of the Arabs in France and thanked those who let them stand there and demonstrate in the area." "There was someone who said that since the establishment of the State of Israel there have only been wars in the area and that the Israelis want to take the Lebanese lands because of the water," she added. |
| Posted by:anonymous5089 |
| #15 Seems pretty tame. It's not like anyone grabbed a mic and bellowed "On to Bucharest!" |
| Posted by: mrp 2006-08-22 21:09 |
| #14 "It all took place right at the foot of the Eiffel Tower." Because Hezbollah likes to march in the shade. |
| Posted by: Raj 2006-08-22 20:02 |
| #13 Yeah but the Muzzies make lousy cheese, and they don't know the first thing about wine. |
| Posted by: mcsegeek1 2006-08-22 15:54 |
| #12 They have no need to destroy it. It will make a fine minaret. |
| Posted by: ed 2006-08-22 15:06 |
| #11 "It all took place right at the foot of the Eiffel Tower." Which the terrorists will destroy at their earliest opportunity. It will break my heart to see such an icon of the industrial revolution be desecrated, but the French will have deserved it in spades. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2006-08-22 14:51 |
| #10 Speaking is a means to achieve objectives. If a praiseworthy aim is attainable through both telling the truth and lying, it is unlawful to accomplish through lying because there is no need for it. When it is possible to achieve such an aim by lying but not by telling the truth, it is permissible to lie if attaining the goal is permissible. (Ahmad ibn Naqib al-Misri, The Reliance of the Traveller ( ÚãÏÉ ÇáÓÇáß ), translated by Nuh Ha Mim Keller, amana publications, 1997, section r8.2, page 745) |
| Posted by: Thoth 2006-08-22 13:41 |
| #9 "What I find really strange is why would anyone from Israel want to go to Phrance" Cheaderhead, they probably go for the same reasons I do. Although I despise the French government, and a large portion of the French people, I've always had a great time in Paris. The food, the wine, and the coffee can't be beat. |
| Posted by: mcsegeek1 2006-08-22 13:08 |
| #8 What I find really strange is why would anyone from Israel want to go to Phrance |
| Posted by: Cheaderhead 2006-08-22 12:48 |
| #7 I thought the Car-b-cues restored the dignity of French arabs. Or was that the many-on-one assaults, rapes and robberies? |
| Posted by: ed 2006-08-22 11:44 |
| #6 Deport them all. |
| Posted by: mcsegeek1 2006-08-22 11:19 |
| #5 This is a disgrace for France. However, we have the exact same thing now going on in Dearborn. I cannot understand why any Americans allow this f**king filth to march and mount support for Hezbs on our streets. |
| Posted by: SOP35/Rat 2006-08-22 11:15 |
| #4 the Black Knight |
| Posted by: Frank G 2006-08-22 11:04 |
| #3 "They spoke about Hizbullah restoring the dignity of France's Arabs'" Quite right the French haven't surrendered to anyone in a couple of years, it's up to Hizbullah to pick up the slack. |
| Posted by: Cheech/Chong 2006-08-22 10:42 |
| #2 What the hell are they protesting now? |
| Posted by: mojo 2006-08-22 10:22 |
| #1 Lemme get this straight. Hezbollah gets half of Lebanon flamed, many of their own guys iced, shoots hundreds of grapeshot rockets arbitrarily into civilian areas, and goes crying and whining to the UN for a ceasefire. That gives these idiots a restored sense of dignity as Arabs? I don't get it, maybe I never will. Would hezbollah claim victory if there were only one of them to crawl out of the rubble and taunt the IDF soldiers as they left? Would he have driven out the IDF single handedly? They are infuriating. |
| Posted by: Jaiger Spaviting9126 2006-08-22 08:36 |