Thursday, August 20, 2015

Huffington Post (USA) mimics Zionist media and downplays Jihadi terrorist threat in Lebanon

This piece in the Huffington Post USA is just bizarre.  It talks about a danger from US transfers of weapons to Lebanon, that they may fall into Hizbollah hands.  1) The article cites ONLY those who are in March 14 pro-Hariri/pro-Saudi camp, and who are hostile to Hizbollah. Not one non-March 14 person is cited in the article. 2) they mostly relied on this Lebanese guy who they identify as with "Atlantic Council". They failed to mention that he is indeed with the Atlantic Council but with the RAFIC HARIRI CENTER for propaganda and lobbying at the Atlantic Council. 3) they don't tell readers that Jihadi terrorist threats have been in existence in Lebanon for many years, since more than 15 years, and the US government knows that as it pressed on the Lebanese government to crack down on them especially as they had plots against US interests in Lebanon.  4) the US government never gives any weapons to Lebanese Army if it was threatening to Israel. They give Lebanese Army weapons that equip police forces here in the US, and nothing advanced. They want the Lebanese government to use the weapons against fellow Lebanese and against refugee camps in Lebanon. 5) The article repeats a typical Saudi-Hariri line: that Jihadi terrorist threats were non-existent in Lebanon until Hizbollah intervened in Syria.  Really? What about the violent protests that followed the publication of Danish cartoons? What about the clashes between the Lebanese army and Jihadi terrorists in Dinniyyah in north Lebanon in 2001. 2001, how many years before Hizbollah intervened in Syria. This article is a translation of propaganda pieces that you read in the Saudi press. It seems that Huffington Post has not only been in bed with the Qatari regime, but also with the Saudi regime. Shameful as this site was refreshingly less burdened with Zionist propaganda than most US mainstream media.  6) the article even downplays the danger of Jihadi terrorist leader, Ahmad Asir, and makes him a mere reaction to Hizbollah. Al-Asir just admitted to terrorist plots and he was--when he was arrested at the Lebanese airport--on his way to Nigeria to join Boko Haram.