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Southeast Asia
Malaysian FM: Hizbollah Not Terrorist Organisation
2006-07-30
Keep this in mind next time Malaysia says it supports the war on terror...
Hizbollah fighters are resisting Israeli attacks in southern Lebanon and are not terrorists as charged by the United States, said Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar.

He urged the West to see the broader picture of the conflict because it did not result from the capture of two Israeli soldiers by the Hizbollah two weeks ago but by Israel's occupation of Arab lands. The Palestinians, until now, have no country of their own, he said.
And they're doing such a bang-up job with it too
He told reporters that although the Hizbollah had been branded a terrorist organisation by the United States and other Western countries, Israel's actions in Lebanon could be deemed the same.

"What Israel is doing in Lebanon is state terrorism," said Syed Hamid, who had accompanied Johor Menteri Besar Datuk Abdul Ghani Othman to a ceremony to hand over land grants to 348 settlers in Felda Bukit Wa Ha here.

More than 600 Lebanese, mostly civilians, have been killed by land, sea and air bombardment of the country by Israel in the latest fighting. The conflict between Israel and Hizbollah, which is supported by Syria and Iran, has also claimed more 50 Israeli lives, both military and civilian, mostly due to rocket attacks.

Many countries and international organisations have called for an immediate ceasefire by both sides, but this has been rejected by Israel and its main ally the United States. Washington and Tel Aviv have demanded that the Hizbollah disarm and withdraw from the areas bordering Israel.

According to Syed Hamid, the United Nations (UN), which lost four unarmed observers after an observation post in Lebanon was bombed by Israeli planes, agreed that the Israeli aggression was disproportionate and violated international laws.

He said the anger felt by Malaysians over the destruction of Lebanon was justified, referring to the massive demonstrations against Israel and the United States in Kuala Lumpur Friday. The Foreign Minister also said that the conflict was not because of religion.
Oh, of course not.
He said that Malaysia, as the chair of the Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC), would hold a special meeting on the conflict among eight to 10 members here on Thursday. The meeting would be chaired by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and would seek an urgent stop to the calamity that had befallen Lebanon and Palestine, he said.

"The meeting is being called as the international community has been unable to end the crisis and it appears that the Israelis have been given a blank cheque to slaughter innocent civilians," he said. He added that Syria and Iran have also been invited to the meeting.
Sure- why not. Maybe they can share WMD recipes
Posted by:Pappy

#8  Malaysian FM: Hizbollah Not Terrorist Organisation

In other breaking news; Moon made of green cheese. Tape at 11:00.
Posted by: Zenster   2006-07-30 16:57  

#7  who in the hell asked malaysia for their input anyway?
Posted by: honkey   2006-07-30 09:11  

#6  The FM is known also as spudhead. What to expect from one who happens to be the son of an incompromising ultra racist politician father?

The government now can't even allow a discussion on its own constitution(regarding whatever rights and safeguards therein) following the rejecting of the formation of an Inter Faith Council earlier...it rather presume that islam is therefore de facto supreme and 100% unquestionable for all.

That's "moderate", for you,
Posted by: Duh!   2006-07-30 07:05  

#5  It ain't terrorism, it's war. Perhaps you are not sufficiently familiar with 500 years of Western traditions to know the difference.
Posted by: Perfesser   2006-07-30 04:33  

#4   D *** it, thats right, HEZBOLLAH and HEZABOLLAH, etal. are.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2006-07-30 03:25  

#3  Of course... malaysia is a Moderate Muslim country.
Posted by: anonymous5089   2006-07-30 02:17  

#2  The Hizzie-fits aren't terrorists?

Fine, then move them lock, stock and katyusha to Malaysia. See how you all like them then.
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut   2006-07-30 00:19  

#1  Malaysia hosted an al Qaeda conference. Of course it thinks Hezbollah's not a terrorist organization. Prior to 9/11, it did not consider al Qaeda a terrorist organization either. The post-9/11 change was probably due to fear of being bombed like Afghanistan. Malaysia notably opposed the invasion of Afghanistan. Basically, they shed crocodile tears over 9/11 and then opposed American efforts to kill the terrorists and their supporters.
Posted by: Zhang Fei   2006-07-30 00:16  

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