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| Ahmadinejad plans to throw a stone at Israel | |
| 2010-10-08 | |
[Al Arabiya] Iran's diminutive President Mahmoud Short RoundAhmadinejad is planning to throw a rock at Israel during his visit to Leb, the New York Times quoted al-Manar TV, Hezbullies's television station in Leb.
Ahmadinejad will take part in various events during his southern Leb visit, and one of the events is the inauguration of a garden where he will perform his symbolic gesture to throw a rock at the direction of Israel. 'Not welcome' group tells Ahmadinejad Meanwhile, ...back at the ranch... a Sunni Islamist group in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli sent a blunt "not welcome" message to Ahmadinejad on Thursday ahead of his visit to the country. Several banners and pictures of the Iranian leader, who is due in Leb October 13-14, went up in the mainly Sunni port city expressing discontent at the visit. "You are not welcome in Leb", read in Arabic one banner hung over a pedestrian bridge in the Abu Samra neighborhood and signed by the Islamic Labour Front-Emergency Committee. "No to Wilayat al-Faqih" said another banner in a nearby neighborhood, referring to Iran's brand of Islamic rule. A picture of the hardline leader in another part of the city bore an X over his face and a message that read "Wilayat al-Faqih is not welcome here". The doctrine of Velayat-e Faqih, as it is called in Iran, grants absolute authority over all matters -- religious, social and political -- to a marja, or senior spiritual leader. Next week's visit will be Ahmadinejad's first official trip to Leb at the invitation of his counterpart Michel Sleiman. The visit has sparked controversy, with members of the pro-Western parliamentary majority calling Ahmadinejad's plan to tour the border region with Israel a "provocation" and Washington also expressing concern. Iran is a key ally of Leb's Shiite Islamic myrmidon group Hezbullies, which fought a devastating war with Israel in 2006 and has been blacklisted as a terrorist organization by Washington. Iran is an overwhelmingly Shiite Mohammedan country. In multi-confessional Leb, Mohammedans are the majority, with Shiites and Sunnis each accounting for a bit over 30 percent of the four-million population. Around 34 percent are Christians. | |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 A 'short round' needs to go thru the head of that beady eyed weasel, Ammadinjehead. If I were Israel, I would have a battalion of sharpshooters near the border that day. Brownie points for bagging that piece of human feces - Nasrallah too. Target rich environment. |
| Posted by: Dinah Kanser 2010-10-08 11:18 |
| #1 Can I call 'em, or what? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2010-10-08 03:31 |