Hezbollah cells await Irans orders In Britain there are thought to be relatively few Khomeinists compared with Sunni terrorists. But there are enough to form a serious potential security threat if Iran decides to unleash Hezbollah against targets in the UK. And that is now a real possibility. According to German and Israeli intelligence sources, Hezbollah sleeper cells are present in more than 20 countries in Western Europe, Latin America and Southeast Asia, and have been told to be ready to carry out terrorist attacks should Israel prolong its military action in Lebanon. The Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett has told the Commons that there are indeed concerns about Iran-backed terrorists attacking the UK
RE:Middle East conflicts Layman views
by Ramiah Ariya on Aug 23, 2006 10:57 PM Permalink
Hezbollah has never carried out a single "terror" attack anywhere in the world - they have always fought foreign military forces IN LEBANON. Attacking military targets is not terrorism (even as defined by the UN). According to "western" press the current "war" in Lebanon is because Hezbollah committed the "terrorist" act of kidnapping Israeli soldiers. But Israel regularly kidnaps Lebanese citizens - and HAS exchanged prisoners before (as recent as 2004). Hezbollah did not fire a single rocket into Israel before Israel started bombing. For Indians to react in such a manner in support of a coloniser such as Israel and applaud the bombing of innocent citizens (that is terrorism) by a state is surprising - it must be because we confuse Hezbollah or Hamas with Lashkar or Jaish. We have also fallen into the trap of demonising Muslims and Arabs. In Lebanon and in Palestine, native people are being oppressed by colonisers who are basically racists - we have to stop defending them.The columnist says Hezbollah wants to make Labanon a Muslim nation - as if that is horrible; but Israel is already a Jewish nation - how is that better?
re: a biased view
by Habeeb on Aug 30, 2006 11:48 AM Permalink
Dear Mr.Ramiah Ariya
I fully agree with you for that though UN created two separate nations one for Jewish and another Palestine we should consider that the from the beginning itself UN is a puppet in the hands of so called secular US and UK. These countries US & UK are secular only in their own land and they created Israel only because they wanted to control whole of the west asia reagion coz it has rich natural resources. Thats all. But the article is very nice to read and understand. Hats off to the author.
