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To: SARMAN who wrote (251468)	12/14/2007 9:29:08 AM
From: Ruffian	Respond to of 281500

Lebanon mourns slain top general, The Islamo-Pigs Just can't control themselves with death............... HARISA, Lebanon (AP) -- Lebanon's deeply divided politicians united in mourning Friday for a top general whose death in a car bombing has raised fears that even the respected military has become a target in the country's unending political turmoil. art.officers.afp.gi.jpg Lebanese army officers present their condolences to Brig. Gen. Francois Hajj's family in Baabda Thursday. Schools and business closed as Lebanese staged a momentous farewell for Maj. Gen. Francois Hajj, who was killed along with his driver Wednesday. Authorities were looking into the possible involvement of al-Qaida-inspired Sunni Muslim extremists seeking vengeance against Hajj, who had led a major offensive against Islamic militants last summer. In pouring rain, his casket was first taken from the military hospital to his house in suburban Baabda, minutes away from the site of Wednesday's bombing. Hundreds of Lebanese lined up along the procession route. An army honor guard played somber music as the flag-draped coffin was then brought to the Maronite Catholic basilica in the Christian mountain heartland north of Beirut for an official service. The casket was to be later driven halfway across the country for burial in Hajj's southern hometown of Rmeish, near the border with Israel. The service was attended by pro-government and opposition politicians, Christian and Muslim. The opposition Hezbollah group sent a delegation. His slaying came as Lebanon is embroiled in the latest chapter of its yearlong crisis -- a dispute over electing a new president. The post has been left empty since Emile Lahoud's term ended Nov. 23, with supporters of the Western-backed government and the opposition, led by pro-Syrian Hezbollah, unable to agree on a successor. A bishop read a message from Pope Benedict XVI, condemning the "unjustified violence" and calling on Lebanese politicians to reconcile. The military chief of staff, Maj. Gen. Shawki Masri, promised in a eulogy the army would "not rest until the murderers are apprehended and punished" and called on the government and opposition to set aside their differences and work to end the political deadlock. "In unity, we will have the strength and we can achieve the impossible," said Masri, the highest-ranking Muslim officer from the Druse sect. Four Lebanese were detained Wednesday in the southern city of Sidon after the car used in the bombing was found to be registered in their names, a security official said.

To: SARMAN who wrote (251468)	12/14/2007 9:33:36 AM
From: michael97123	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

give me a break sarman. Every article you post is either US-DS or IDS. It never ends. You are just like syl, hurst, bacchus and that ilk. OTOH, parsons with all his faults posts a variety of pov as does Ruff for that matter.

To: SARMAN who wrote (251468)	12/14/2007 10:01:19 AM
From: Ruffian	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

Another AQ Islamo-Pig Chimes In; Al-Qaida No. 2 blasts peace conference By MAGGIE MICHAEL, Associated Press Writer 33 minutes ago CAIRO, Egypt - Al-Qaida's deputy leader denounced last month's Mideast peace conference in Annapolis, Md., as a "betrayal" of Palestinians in a new audio message posted Friday on an Islamic militant Web site, It was the first reaction by the terrorist network to the Mideast conference, sponsored by President Bush and attended by key Arab countries, including Saudi Arabia, Syria and Egypt, as well as Palestinian and Israeli leaders. The conference relaunched Palestinian-Israeli peace talks after a seven year hiatus — a key breakthrough in the region's core conflict. "The Annapolis meeting was held to turn Palestine into a Jewish state," the voice, purported to be that of Ayman al-Zawahri, said the 20-minute posting that carried a still photo of the white-turbaned militant against a backdrop of a photograph from the conference. "The czar of Washington invited 16 Arab countries ... to sit in one room, at one table with the Israelis," al-Zawahri said, adding that the conference "witnessed the betrayal deals to sell Palestine." The authenticity of the Friday's posting could not be independently confirmed, but it appeared on a Web site commonly used by militants. Al-Zawahri mainly addressed Arabs, urging them to condemn the Annapolis conference and label Mahmoud Abbas as "the traitor," adding that the Palestinian "brother-president sold you out in Annapolis and in its aftermath." It's time now, he said, for the Muslims to "extent hands to other jihad brothers"_ a likely reference to militants beyond the Middle East. "My brothers in Palestine, we, all Muslims, the Mujahedeen are by your side, in your confrontation with the Zionist enemy," al-Zawahri said. "We will not let you down even if your politicians do." He also criticized imprisoned Islamic militants in Egypt, who after years in jail turned away from their militant stance. "Those revisionists are in fact calling for a new American religion that violates God's rules," he said. Al-Zawahri — seen by many some counterterrorism experts to be al-Qaida's operational chief, rather than Osama bin Laden — is believed to play a large role in directing al-Qaida's strategy on the ground and issues frequent video and audio messages, often laying out the network's doctrinal line. In most recent postings, al-Zawahri sought to galvanize fighters from North Africa to Afghanistan. In a July message, he threatened to retaliate against Britain for having honored writer Salman Rushdie and railed against Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf.