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| Iranians Upset at Government's Financial Aid to Hezbollah in Lebanon |
| 2006-08-22 |
| Hattip Best of the Web. The Iranian government's pledge of 500 million dollars to Hezbollah has angered many Iranians who say they are still awaiting money to help rebuild their homes that were damaged by wars and natural disasters, informed sources told Asharq Al-Awsat. The anger is particularly fierce in the Khuzestan district, which sustained severe damage during the Iran-Iraq war, and in Bam, which was hit hard by an earthquake three years ago. Hezbollah is reportedly handing out wads of cash to residents of southern Lebanon to help rebuild their homes. The money is thought to originate from Tehran, but Iran is downplaying allegations that it has allocated hundreds of millions of dollars in aid to Lebanon. Spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry, Hamid Reza Asefi, said on Sunday that Iran was examining ways to help Lebanon, but added that “nothing has been decided yet.” “Informed sources” told Asharq Al-Awsat that spontaneous demonstrations were staged in Bam and in Khuzestan on Friday as protesters shouted slogans critical of Hezbollah and the government. They were demanding their homes be rebuilt instead of the government intervening in Lebanese affairs. Iran is reportedly Hezbollah's main benefactor, providing the organization with weapons, funding and fighters. But Tehran insists the support it provides to Hezbollah is moral, not material. Elsewhere, Hezbollah's representative in Iran has ruled out the disarmament of their Lebanese counterparts and said the group will buy new weapons if necessary. By someone named Ali Nouri Zadeh, which sounds like an Iranian name to me, giving the article a more interesting perspective, I think. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #6 the town of Rubble doesn't think it's so funny :-) |
| Posted by: Frank G 2006-08-22 20:11 |
| #5 ...and in Bam, which was hit hard by an earthquake three years ago. Sorry, but I think the name Bam in that situation's pretty funny... |
| Posted by: Raj 2006-08-22 19:52 |
| #4 But... But... The President of Iran is such a nice fellow... Just ask Mike Wallace! {Insert Cyber-fart here} |
| Posted by: BigEd 2006-08-22 19:15 |
| #3 ...joined by the sound of Uro and US libruls doing the same... Naw, that is too much od a stretch, I thunk. |
| Posted by: twobyfour 2006-08-22 17:35 |
| #2 thwack! - the sound of a million palms hitting foreheads in Iran when they realise that the poison dwarf actually meant what he said about genocide... |
| Posted by: Tony (UK) 2006-08-22 17:27 |
| #1 Welcome to the upshot of electing a genocidal government. Your own needs and wants may just end up taking a back seat to Ahmadinejad's obsessions. As always, this astonishing dilemma centers upon that eternal and unknowably mysterious Islamic enigma, frequently referred to in the West as Cause & Effect. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2006-08-22 17:09 |