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- A world without Isreal/ Jews !
- Pushing the Jews nation into the Sea!

yes, this is official Hizbollah Motto and Aim.

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150 Lebanese Arrive in Kano, Plan Protest
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Usman Yerima
usmanyerima_mantu@yahoo.com

Without being insensitive, I don't think Lebanese nationals have any business staging protests in Nigeria.

For one, the World is aware of their plight and the UN has condemned the bombardment of Lebanon. There is global awareness of the current crisis in their nation, which has led the UN and EU to call repeatedly for a ceasefire in the on-going war between Israel and Hezbollah. Nigeria has little or no significance in middle east politics, hence any protest in Nigeria about current events in Lebanon is of little relevance. Lebanon and the Lebanese people should take some responsibility. They are the ones that act as host to Hezbollah, and Hezbollah has used it camps in southern Lebanon to fire rockets into repeatedly, until Israel decided to respond in kind. So I think these mischievous Lebanese nationals should henceforth take their protests elsewhere. My main concern however, is with the security of lives and property in our country. There is pattern of violence whenever protests along ethnic and or religious issues are at center stage in Northern Nigerian. Given this kind of volatile atmosphere, it is ill adviced for anyone to plan on staging a protest in that region of the country. We know too well that regardless of how peaceful such planned protests may be, violence can erupt so easily, and unless the organizers of this protest have some other motive up their sleeves, they ought to know better.

Take for example the Cartoon riots that left over 200 people dead. Nigeria had nothing to do with it. That aggravation was between some disgruntled middle east Muslims and a Danish tabloid that published the cartoons. Somehow, some northern Nigerian Muslims managed to drag other Nigerians into the equation, and the result was another senseless slaughter of innocent people. So I am quite weary and Nigerians should too when we hear of such an event as a planned protest in Kano by some Lebanese nationals over the bombardment of their country by Israel. It is very obvious that these people are trying whip up religious sentiments with the aim of destabilizing the volatile peace that currently exist there. If these crooked Lebanese had any sense of decency, they would have thought twice staging any such protest in northern Nigeria given the tendency of certain Nigerians to go over board and turn such occasions to a killing spree.

I have heard first hand from Nigerians that have lived in Lebanon of how they are treated by the Lebanese public and it is very demeaning.

As a matter of fact, a close friend of mine often recounts his ordeal when he played semi professional basketball in Beirut a few years ago before moving to the US. We used to laugh at stories of his ordeals in Lebanon, but it is no laughing matter. Many Nigerians in Lebanon also suffer similar indignity.

According to this friend of mine, whenever he left his apartment to go grocery shopping, people would jeer and spew racial insults at him. Often times, he would ignore the racial comments directed at him and act as if he was completely unaware of the insults, but then they'd point at him and shout "N.i.g.g.e.r" just to make sure he knew it was him they were referring to. This was no isolated incident either. It happened so often that he eventually had to get used to it. Nobody should have to go through that.

The one that blew my mind was an incident that occurred at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport on his way back to Lebanon after a visit to Nigeria to see his parents during his off season. He said after he showed his passport and necessary travel documents to Nigerian immigration/customs officials, they asked him several un-necessary questions, and then asked him to step out of line for further questioning. He complied.

They then went away into an office with his passport along with his Lebanese work permit. After about 15 minutes, they re-appeared and told him he could not travel because there was a problem.

My friend knowing very well that his paperwork was legitimate and that he had never been in any trouble with the law, began demanding to know what reasons they had to prevent him from traveling. They could not provide him with answers, but escorted him to an airport security room in the building. There, he encountered an airport security officer. He again demanded to know what was going on and why he was being detained. The Security officer claimed he was unaware of anything, but that he (my buddy) should wait, and then left the room. Shortly after, a Lebanese businessman walked into the room and introduced himself to my friend.

My friend then enquired as to the man's identity and the Lebanese businessman apologized for my buddy's inconvenience revealing that he (the Lebanese) was the one who asked the Nigerian officials to detain him. When my friend asked why, his response was that he wanted a chance to negotiate a possible transfer deal with him regarding leaving his current basketball team, and joining his (the Lebanese businessman's team).

I told my friend that if had been me in that situation, it would have been an all out war. Imagine a Lebanese asking Nigerian officials at a Nigerian International Airport to detain and disrupt the travel plans of a Nigerian. This Lebanese that is not an airport employee had access to immigration/customs offices. He had access to the back end offices and behind the counter in a Nigerian International Airport, and still had enough muscle to have Nigerian security officials delay and detain Nigerian Citizens. What a shame!!!!! Which Nigerian can pull that off in Beirut? Not in this life time, and not even in a 100 life times.

This is one of the reasons why I have absolutely no regard for Nigerian immigrations/ customs. Above all, I have little respect for Lebanese folks.

I even encountered an obnoxious one at Eko Hotel, who found out in a hurry that he wasn't talking to a regular Nigerian, and then jumped in his car and sped off after a brief confrontation that he wouldn't forget soon. I'm not going to get into that. But people, Nigeria is really in serious trouble. If Lebanese and others can disrespect us in their countries as well as ours, then something is seriously wrong.

Allowing Lebanese folks stage protests in Kano is completely irresponsible and a gamble with our national security.

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...what happened in London today...

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Israel Asks U.S. to Ship Rockets With Wide Blast
By DAVID S. CLOUD
Published: August 11, 2006
WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 — Israel has asked the Bush administration to speed delivery of short-range antipersonnel rockets armed with cluster munitions, which it could use to strike Hezbollah missile sites in Lebanon, two American officials said Thursday.


The request for M-26 artillery rockets, which are fired in barrages and carry hundreds of grenade-like bomblets that scatter and explode over a broad area, is likely to be approved shortly, along with other arms, a senior official said.

But some State Department officials have sought to delay the approval because of concerns over the likelihood of civilian casualties, and the diplomatic repercussions. The rockets, while they would be very effective against hidden missile launchers, officials say, are fired by the dozen and could be expected to cause civilian casualties if used against targets in populated areas.

Israel is asking for the rockets now because it has been unable to suppress Hezbollah’s Katyusha rocket attacks in the month-old conflict by using bombs dropped from aircraft and other types of artillery, the officials said. The Katyusha rockets have killed dozens of civilians in Israel.

The United States had approved the sale of M-26’s to Israel some time ago, but the weapons had not yet been delivered when the crisis in Lebanon erupted. If the shipment is approved, Israel may be told that it must be especially careful about firing the rockets into populated areas, the senior official said.

Israel has long told American officials that it wanted M-26 rockets for use against conventional armies in case Israel was invaded, one of the American officials said. But after being pressed in recent days on what they intended to use the weapons for, Israeli officials disclosed that they planned to use them against rocket sites in Lebanon. It was this prospect that raised the intense concerns over civilian casualties.

During much of the 1980’s, the United States maintained a moratorium on selling cluster munitions to Israel, following disclosures that civilians in Lebanon had been killed with the weapons during the 1982 Israeli invasion. But the moratorium was lifted late in the Reagan administration, and since then, the United States has sold Israel some types of cluster munitions, the senior official said.

Officials would discuss the issue only on the condition of anonymity, as the debate over what to do is not resolved and is freighted with implications for the difficult diplomacy that is under way.

State Department officials “are discussing whether or not there needs to be a block on this sale because of the past history and because of the current circumstances,” said the senior official, adding that it was likely that Israel will get the rockets, but will be told to be “be careful.”

David Siegel, a spokesman for the Israeli Embassy in Washington, declined to comment on Israel’s request. He said, though, that “as a rule, we obviously don’t fire into populated areas, with the exception of the use of precision-guided munitions against terrorist targets.” In such cases, Israel has dropped leaflets warning of impending attacks to avoid civilian casualties, he said.

In the case of cluster munitions, including the Multiple Launch Rocket System, which fires the M-26, the Israeli military only fires into open terrain where rocket launchers or other military targets are found, to avoid killing civilians, an Israeli official said.

The debate over whether to ship Israel the missiles, which include the cluster munitions and use launchers that Israel has already received, comes as the Bush administration has been trying to win support for a draft United Nations resolution that calls for immediate cessation of “all attacks” by Hezbollah and of “offensive military operations” by Israel.

Arab governments, under pressure to halt the rising number of civilian casualties in Lebanon, have criticized the measure for not calling for a withdrawal of Israeli troops from southern Lebanon.

While Bush administration officials have criticized Israeli strikes that have caused civilian casualties, they have also backed the offensive against Hezbollah by rushing arms shipments to the region. Last month the administration approved a shipment of precision-guided munitions, which one senior official said this week included at least 25 of the 5,000-pound “bunker-buster” bombs.

Israel has recently asked for another shipment of precision-guided munitions, which is likely to be approved, the senior official said.

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For those of you who think Israel is wrong for going after Hezlbola, what happened in London today is a wakeup call.
--Biafra

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Israel has been saved by the bell (the recent United Nation's resolution) to cease war hostilities. If the war had continued, the Israelis should have killed more Lebanese civilians and destroyed more infrastructures while a great percentage of Israeli troops should have been wiped out. The Israelis were losing more troops than the Hizbollah. So, Israel has been saved by the bell.........>RICK

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Very Juvenile indeed.

One Daud said; Isreal lost the war because they pulled out, the other said, Israel is saved by the bell, yet Isreal's cabinet is yet to sanction the UN resolution this Sunday; Israel has not pulled out, they are doggone dug in Southern Lebanon until the UN forces arrive. Isreal started the operation from Haiffa and into Southern Lebanon, three miles to the river,pushed Hezbullah to the corner; yet Isreal is saved by the bell or lost the war, some will say.

I am not sure these guys watched the United Nation plea to cease fire via C- Span on Friday chaired by the Ambassador for Ghana; Hezbullah was not represented but the Lebanese Ambassador pleaded for cease fire and Ambassador for Israel was exceptional in his speech for self defense and the aborted terror by Arabs in UK. I thought both made convincing argument but I like Israel better.

Now,these juvenile thinking and analysis by these two stoogies shows one's limited faculty in current affaires and a mockery on critical thinking.Any person with sound faculty knows that Isreal has crippled Hezbulah, forced the UN to implement the 1559 Resolution which calls to disarm Hezbullah,Lebanon to take control of it's state, the result, Lebanon has pleged 15,000 soldiers on the boader to replace Hezbullah; Hezbullah to return two kidnnaped soldeirs. Any questions whose interest is met? Copy and let me know.


Hail Biafra