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Politics : The Palestinian Hoax -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Haim R. Branisteanu who wrote (1267)	7/11/2002 8:16:11 PM
From: The Ox	Respond to of 3467

I had seen Thomas M dispute just about everything that was posted here but I did not recall ever reading his position on what should be done going forward. I wanted to clarify whether or not he would state for us what his expectation/view was. It makes it easier for me to understand the "purpose" with which he posts. The only reason I "bothered" was that he accused me of hating Arabs, which was a blatant fabrication of the truth.

To: Haim R. Branisteanu who wrote (1267)	7/11/2002 10:15:19 PM
From: chalu2	Respond to of 3467

Railroaded Christians Receiving Muslim Mercy Beirut court cuts sentences of Christians BEIRUT, July 11 (Reuters) - A Lebanese military court on Thursday reduced the sentences of three anti-Syrian Christian activists convicted earlier this year of contacting Israel with the aim of harming Lebanon and Syria, court sources said. They said a military appeals court reduced the sentences of Habib Younes, a journalist at the pan-Arab daily Al-Hayat, and Tawfik al-Hindi, senior official of the banned anti-Syrian Lebanese Forces militia, to 15 months from three years. The sentence of Antoine Bassil, a correspondent for the Middle East Broadcasting Corporation (MBC), was reduced to 36 months from four years. The three men were arrested in August 2001 during a crackdown by security forces on the mostly Christian critics of Syria's influence in Lebanon, where Damascus has some 20,000 troops and effective political authority. Earlier on Thursday, a court acquitted Nadim Lteif, a backer of exiled army general Michel Aoun, from charges of defaming Syria's army but sentenced several others to a week in jail. Syria poured troops into Lebanon early in the 1975-1990 civil war to rescue Christian militias from defeat by Muslim and Palestinian forces, but turned on those groups after they sided with Damascus's arch-enemy Israel. Many Christians resent Syria for its role in a post-war political settlement that has entrenched its place in Lebanon and diminished the traditional political power of Christians to the advantage of the country's Muslim communities. 07/11/02 14:59 ET