‘One of Hezbollah’s Giants I Respect A Lot’
July 4, 2010 15:06 by BackSpin EditorOctavia Nasr, CNN's senior editor of Middle East affairs, is going to get a lot of grief over this tweet about the death of Hezbollah's Sheikh Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah.
What is it about Fadlallah's record that earns Nasr's respect?
-
Fadlallah's approval of the Hezbollah manifesto, which describes "the necessity for the destruction of Israel?"
-
Fadlallah's links to the 1983 truck bombing of the US Marine barracks, the 2008 Mercaz HaRav Kook massacre, and his support for the 1979 seizure of the US embassy in Tehran?
-
A fatwa to boycott Israeli and USA products?
As far as all-time sympathy for the devil goes, Barbara Plett's tears for Arafat still tops the list.
Related reading: Hizbullah in Lebanon
(Hat tip: dejerusalem)
max
3:42 pm
Jul 04, 2010
CNN long ago sold its soul to the sheikhs. I watch CNN from Israel and the only mention of Israel is war and violence while the Emirates are portrayed as heaven on earth. Not surprisingly CNN recently opened a new middle east headquarters in Dhubai.
Agree or Disagree:
0 
0
Mark@Maple Syrup Diet
9:14 am
Jul 05, 2010
I do not think that is true Max, coz CNN has been trying very hard to state both sides of the story as well.
Agree or Disagree:
0 
0
steve mann
12:49 pm
Jul 05, 2010
I watch CNN here in the UK-
In all the years it has never given Israel any credit for surviving- Much like the BBC-
However the BBC for the first time showed impartiality over the flotilla incident- I am not giving them praise for it- Impartiality should be their remit-
CNN needs to follow suit.
Agree or Disagree:
0 
0