Finally, Lebanon will have representative government...
… and The Associated Press can’t stand it!
Lebanon is becoming a people’s republic with governmental checks and balances; so naturally, the neocon-Likudnik empire’s PR machine is approaching damage-control overdrive.
For today’s exposé on journalistic fraud by AP (Absolutist Propaganda), I’ll simply copy-and-paste paragraphs and emphasize the obvious empire-apologizing bias of the world’s largest allegedly-fair-and-balanced new service, starting with the opening paragraph.
Lebanon’s feuding factions ended an 18-month political crisis Wednesday after reaching a breakthrough deal that gives the militant Hezbollah and their allies veto power on any government decision.
Of course AP neglects to show how the other Lebanese political parties are not militant.
The agreement is a major triumph for Hezbollah, handing the armed Shiite guerrilla group increased political power and further eroding the government’s frail command of the religiously and politically divided country.
Gee. When do Hizballah’s opponents get to have three or more adjectives before their names? Darn!
“[T]he government’s frail command of the religiously and politically divided country” is more aptly described as the gerrymandered executive power over a populace divided by imperial powers based on a now-backwards 1932 census.
“There are no losers,” Lebanese Telecommunications Minister Marwan Hamadeh told The Associated Press, downplaying the concessions made to Hezbollah. “Lebanon is the winner.”
If AP knows who won and who lost, and everything between, then why do they bother interviewing?
The resulting deal was a major victory for the Iranian- and Syrian-backed guerrilla group, which the U.S. has designated a terrorist group.
Again, AP will tell you what to believe, regardless of what their sources say. And now there’s a five-word, two-adjective modifier. Nice. Oh, and don’t forget: Big Brother says they’re “terrsts!” I wonder how Hizballah would designate the U.S. terrorist-designators.
Hezbollah’s chief negotiator, Mohammed Raad, also downplayed Hezbollah’s win. “Neither side got all it demanded, but (the agreement) is a good balance between all parties’ demands,” he said.
Hmm. It looks to me like, if anyone “won,” it was the Lebanese people—including those Hizballah constituents and others who have been neglected all this time by that “U.S.-supported” majority government which AP handles with kid gloves.
The two sides agreed on an electoral law, which divides the Mediterranean country into smaller-sized political districts that will influence the outcome of the next parliamentary elections in 2009.
Oh no! Now they’re beginning to resemble a republic in the vein of… the United States! Egad! We don’t want that! We want “democracy.” Oops!
Now, all we need is one of those typical Orwellian quotes of a U.S.-approved quisling of state, preaching on civic etiquette in conflict resolution. Saniora’s fellow majority government factions are in collusion with Israel, the United States, and Saudi Arabia, scheming and attempting armed insurrection, so it makes perfect sense that AP would give damage-controlling inches to them. Yeah. AP is always good for at least one of those in every report.
Saniora called on the Lebanese to reject violence and asked Arab states to help support Lebanon’s army, which kept a neutral role during the latest clashes.
“We must … pledge never to resort to arms to resolve our political differences,” Saniora said, addressing the ceremony. “We should accept each other and hold dialogue to solve the problems. We want to live together and we will continue that. We have no other choice.”
Bingo! What a hoot.
Good for you, Lebanon!
Jump in the lake, AP.
Analysis: Doha accord swings Lebanon’s balance of power to Iran-backed Hizballah Heads of the pro-government majority factions and the Hizballah-led opposition reached an agreement in the Qatar capital early Wednesday, May 21, aimed at pulling Lebanon back from the brink of civil war. A president, lacking since last November, will be elected immediately, a new government will be formed with 11 ministries out of 16 for the Hizballah bloc (veto power), new elections will be held and Iran’s Shiite surrogate will not have to disarm. DEBKAfile’s Middle East sources report that after 26 years, and in defiance of two UN Security Council resolutions, Hizballah’s armed militia won formal national acceptance and the right to possess an independent weapons arsenal. While the pro-government Sunni, Christian and Druze faction heads at Doha accepted the standing of Hizballah’s leader, Hassan Nasrallah, as a central national figure, they also agreed to drop his archenemy, the pro-US Fouad Siniora, as prime minister in the new government. The only candidate for president, chief of staff Gen. Michel Suleiman, expects to be elected by a parliamentary consensus before the end of the week. Our Middle East sources term the Doha deal on Lebanon a Hizballah walkover, its reward for six days of armed onslaught on government positions, unopposed by the armed forces. It marks the most resounding strategic debacle the West, Israel have experienced since Hamas’ forcible takeover of the Gaza Strip in 2005 and Israel’s failure to smash the Shiite terrorists’ armed strength in 2006. http://www.debka.com/
This makes me wonder what the Monsters will do next. When they've been opposed or had their plans derailed they've always retaliated. May Allah save the innocent from their devious designs
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