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  1. Re:containment theory... by Eunuchswear · · Score: 1 · on Iran's Nuclear Ambitions

    However, Hezbollah is devoted to destroying Israel. Here [nybooks.com] are [standwithus.com] some [un.org] links [www.unb.ca], in case [psepc.gc.ca] you didn't bother to find them.

    You copied those links from the Wikipedia article didn't you?

    The first one:

    Adam Shatz (April 29, 2004). "In Search of Hezbollah". The New York Review of Books. http://www.nybooks.com/articles/17060. Retrieved 2006-08-14.

    Hezbollah's announced long-term objectives-- [...] the elimination of the State of Israel

    Unsupported allegation, which continues

    but it interprets its founding principles with considerable suppleness, as when Nasrallah says he will not sabotage an Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement

    Next up: http://www.standwithus.com/pdfs/flyers/hezbollah_program.pdf

    The Necessity for the Destruction of Israel[*]
    We see in Israel the vanguard of the United States in our Islamic world. It is the hated enemy that must be fought until the hated ones get what they deserve. [...] Therefore our struggle will end only when this entity is obliterated. We recognize no treaty with it, no cease fire, and no peace agreements, whether separate or consolidated.
    We vigorously condemn all plans for negotiation with Israel, [...], and all other programs that include the recognition (even the implied recognition) of the Zionist entity.

    Oh, what does that little [*] there mean?

    The Jerusalem Quarterly, number Forty-Eight, Fall 1988
    This is a slightly abridged translation of "Nass al-Risala al-Maftuha allati wajahaha Hizballah ila-l-Mustad'afin fi Lubnan wa-l-Alam", published February 16, 1985 in al-Safir (Beirut), [...]

    [*] This paragraph did not appear in the original translation published by the Jerusalem Quarterly.

    Ah, "this paragraph did not appear in the original translation. Why?

    It is possible [possible?] that this omision is due to the fact that the source (al-Safir) for the translation did not include this text, which appears in the original Hizballah Program.

    Appears in the original, sez who? Wikipedia says:

    Some translations of Hezbollah's 1985 Arabic-language manifesto state that "our struggle will end only when this entity [Israel] is obliterated".[10] However neither the original publication of the manifesto, nor those found on Hezbollah's website, include the statement.[10]

    God, this is boring, anyway, struggling on we have http://domino.un.org/unispal.NSF/fd807e46661e3689852570d00069e918/50862df07adbd884852569ad0054a527!OpenDocument

    Error 404
    HTTP Web Server: Lotus Notes Exception - Entry not found in index

    Well, got 'em bang to rights there.

    Moving on you cite http://www.unb.ca/web/bruns/9900/issue14/intnews/israel.html

    Sorry, the page you're looking for can't be found.

    The Brunswickan Student Newspaper is no longer hosted at the University of New Brunswick.

    Please update your bookmarks to http://www.thebruns.ca/

    A broken link to a student newspaper?

    And last, and least of all http://www.psepc.gc.ca/prg/ns/le/cle-en.asp#h20 - "Public safety Canada" whoever the fuck they are say that that Hizballah is a "listed entity". Sounds bad. They seen to have read the dodgy PDF above.

    You know, [citation needed] doesn't mean [stick in an unsuppo

  2. Re:containment theory... by WaywardGeek · · Score: 1 · on Iran's Nuclear Ambitions

    Why did you stop reading the article there? Sure, Hezbollah does some positive things, and has a broader scope than just the destruction of Israel.

    However, Hezbollah is devoted to destroying Israel. Here are some links, in case you didn't bother to find them.

  3. Even wierder: The Megaphone Desktop Toolbar by Animats · · Score: 5, Interesting · on PR Firm Behind Al Gore YouTube Spoof?

    There are wierder online PR things. See the Megaphone Desktop Toolbar. This is a piece of software designed to pump up pro-Israel responses in online polls and blogs. The toolbar pops up "alerts" when some central site sends them out. Nothing new there. But when it tells the user about a poll, the options are to vote their way, automatically, or not to vote at all. Site-specific scripts do the voting for you. Cute.

    It is supposedly distributed on behalf of the Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs. That's a new development - government sponsored adware. But that may be a fake endorsement. The "gyius.org" site itself has a "cloaked domain", and the "standwithus.org" site with the endorsement has phony domain registration info. There's no real contact info for either. There's an EULA with no real company name, and mention of a remote update capability. So this may be some clever scheme to get people to install adware/spyware.

    Somebody in the security business or the press really should chase this down. There's been an article in The Globe and Mail, but it's not about the technology.

  4. Middle East Data by superyooser · · Score: 0, Offtopic · on Israeli Government Suspends Microsoft Contracts
    Israel's population has a cornucopia of religions and ethnicities; a rainbow of skin colors, just like the United States does. Israel has three official languages, one of which is Arabic. Arab countries, on the other hand, are monotone olive. Little diversity is tolerated. South African apartheid would be a major step up from the typical Arab dictatorship.

    See some charts below showing comparisons of liberties in various countries.

    Human Rights in the Middle East (PDF, 31.5 KB)

    Political and Civil Rights in the Middle East (PDF, 31.6 KB)

    Religious Intolerance in the Middle East (PDF, 1.15 MB)

    Freedom of Religion in the Middle East (PDF, 346 KB)


    IN DEPTH:
    Israel & Human Rights: Myths and Facts

  5. Middle East Data by superyooser · · Score: 0, Offtopic · on Israeli Government Suspends Microsoft Contracts
    Israel's population has a cornucopia of religions and ethnicities; a rainbow of skin colors, just like the United States does. Israel has three official languages, one of which is Arabic. Arab countries, on the other hand, are monotone olive. Little diversity is tolerated. South African apartheid would be a major step up from the typical Arab dictatorship.

    See some charts below showing comparisons of liberties in various countries.

    Human Rights in the Middle East (PDF, 31.5 KB)

    Political and Civil Rights in the Middle East (PDF, 31.6 KB)

    Religious Intolerance in the Middle East (PDF, 1.15 MB)

    Freedom of Religion in the Middle East (PDF, 346 KB)


    IN DEPTH:
    Israel & Human Rights: Myths and Facts

  6. Middle East Data by superyooser · · Score: 0, Offtopic · on Israeli Government Suspends Microsoft Contracts
    Israel's population has a cornucopia of religions and ethnicities; a rainbow of skin colors, just like the United States does. Israel has three official languages, one of which is Arabic. Arab countries, on the other hand, are monotone olive. Little diversity is tolerated. South African apartheid would be a major step up from the typical Arab dictatorship.

    See some charts below showing comparisons of liberties in various countries.

    Human Rights in the Middle East (PDF, 31.5 KB)

    Political and Civil Rights in the Middle East (PDF, 31.6 KB)

    Religious Intolerance in the Middle East (PDF, 1.15 MB)

    Freedom of Religion in the Middle East (PDF, 346 KB)


    IN DEPTH:
    Israel & Human Rights: Myths and Facts

  7. Middle East Data by superyooser · · Score: 0, Offtopic · on Israeli Government Suspends Microsoft Contracts
    Israel's population has a cornucopia of religions and ethnicities; a rainbow of skin colors, just like the United States does. Israel has three official languages, one of which is Arabic. Arab countries, on the other hand, are monotone olive. Little diversity is tolerated. South African apartheid would be a major step up from the typical Arab dictatorship.

    See some charts below showing comparisons of liberties in various countries.

    Human Rights in the Middle East (PDF, 31.5 KB)

    Political and Civil Rights in the Middle East (PDF, 31.6 KB)

    Religious Intolerance in the Middle East (PDF, 1.15 MB)

    Freedom of Religion in the Middle East (PDF, 346 KB)


    IN DEPTH:
    Israel & Human Rights: Myths and Facts