FEATURE ARTICLE ASHARQ ALAWSAT: After You, Nasrallah
What the wise have been warning of has happened. The extremism of the Iranian-backed Hezbollah coupled with Syrian support and encouragement has clearly led to the rousing of the fundamentalist Sunni trend, which has emerged to counteract the Iranian coup carried out by Hassan Nasrallah on Lebanon. On Tuesday, the founder of the Salafist trend in Tripoli [Lebanon], Daii al Islam al Shahal mobilized the Sunni followers and “…those who are concerned… to start a new phase,” as he stated in a press conference…(Asharq Alawsat).
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IRAQ: Iraqi PM in Mosul to lead Qaeda raid
The Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is in the northern city of Mosul to supervise a military offensive against al-Qaeda in Iraq. "The Iraqi prime minister has arrived in Mosul to supervise the military operations called Lion's Roar. Its second phase is due to start today,'' the spokesman of the Iraqi Defense Ministry, Mohammed al-Askari, said Wednesday…(Press TV).
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IRAN/RUSSIA: Iran stops Russian consulate bombing
Iran's Intelligence Minister says the Shiraz mosque bombers had plans to target a Russian consulate in the northern part of the country. Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje'i announced that 15 people had been arrested in connection with the deadly explosion in a mosque in the southern city of Shiraz, adding that all detainees are Iranian nationals. "Their next target was the Russian consulate general in Rasht. They obviously hoped that the explosion would strain Iran's relations with its neighbors," Mohseni-Eje'i stated…(Press TV).
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IRAQ/IRAN/LEBANON: Iraqi Sources: Lebanon Crisis Planned By Iran, Hizbullah, Shi'ite Militias
Iraqi political and security sources have told the Lebanese daily Al-Mustaqbal that the crisis in Lebanon was planned in advance during a secret meeting in early May between representatives of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), Hizbullah, and the Shi'ite militias in Iraq According to the sources, the aim of creating the crisis is to establish a "Persian empire" in the Middle East, and also to cover up revelations of Hizbullah's role in training Shi'ite militias in Iraq. Iraqi MP Muhammad Al-Dahini told the paper that the Lebanon crisis is a settling of accounts by Tehran. …(MEMRI).
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SYRIA/IRAN/LEBANON: Al-Hariri Accuses Iran, Syria In Lebanon Crisis
Lebanese Al-Mustaqbal faction head Sa'ad Al-Hariri accused Iran and Syria of being behind the recent violent clashes in Lebanon. Al-Hariri said that Syrian intelligence personnel and members of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) are moving freely in Beirut and are carrying out terror operations against Lebanon's citizens. He added that the dialogue on the current crisis will deal first with the issue of the weapons of every organization loyal to the Syrian intelligence apparatus…(MEMRI).
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LEBANON: Lebanese Journalist: Hizbullah "New Sharons" – But Worse
Senior correspondent for the Lebanese daily Al-Mustaqbal Paul Shaul has called Hizbullah "new Sharons." However, he pointed out, when Ariel Sharon took Beirut and carried out the Sabra and Shatilla massacre, he was more merciful than Hizbullah. Shaul said that Sharon did not close down newspapers and didn't burn down media buildings like Hizbullah did. Shaul added that the Zionist enemy also did not celebrate the invasion of Beirut like Hizbullah did…(MEMRI).
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LEBANON: Lebanese Cleric Calls For Drafting Sunnis
Lebanese cleric Da'i Al-Islam Al-Shahal, founder of the Salafist stream in Tripoli, Lebanon, has called for a general draft of Sunnis following the attack on them during the current events in Lebanon. Al-Shahal said Hizbullah leader Hassan Nasrallah was a criminal because he was an agent of Tehran at Lebanon's expense, and said that they would know how to fight back. In response to Al-Shahal's statements, editor of the London daily Al-Sharq Al-Awsat Tareq Alhomayed said that the power-intoxicated Nasrallah had forgotten that his extremist counterparts among the Sunnis also knew how to use weapons, and that while Iran might be able to operate agents across the Arab world, it would not be able to put out the fire of civil war that it started in the Middle East…(MEMRI).
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SAUDI ARABIA: Saudi FM: Iranian Support For Lebanon Coup Will Negatively Impact Relations With Arab Countries; Iranian Daily: Saudis Planning Coup In Lebanon; Syrian Dailies Criticize Saudis
Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Sa'ud Al-Faisal told a May 13 press conference in Riyadh that if Iran did indeed support a coup in Lebanon, it would negatively impact its relations with all Arab countries, and perhaps also with Muslim countries, and not only with Saudi Arabia…(MEMRI).
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SUDAN/ISRAEL: Bashir: Israel supports Darfur rebels
Sudan's President has accused Israel of financing Darfur rebels who led the weekend attack on the capital leaving over 200 people dead. At a government-organized "victory" rally in Khartoum, Omar al-Bashir told tens of thousands of Sudanese that the rebels, who attacked Khartoum's twin city of Omdurman on Saturday, were backed by Israel…(PressTV).
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IRAN/TURKEY/OMAN: Iran to sign security agreements with Turkey, Oman
Director General for Border Affairs and Drug Control at the Ministry of Interior Rahim Nouei said on Wednesday that a security agreement among Iran, Turkey and Oman was finalized…(IRNA).
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