I read that the Tories have called on the government to ban the head of Hezbollah's Al-Manar TV station, Ibrahim Moussawi, from visiting the UK next month. Moussawi, who, as head of Al-Manar, has presided over the showing of, among other fascinating programmes, a series based on the Protocols of the Elders of Zion, will be visiting the UK as a representative of Hezbollah, to speak at a conference scheduled for the first of December.So, what conference is this, that Moussawi will be attending? The annual general meeting of Hizb-ut Tahrir, perhaps? Or a gathering of neo-Nazis and rabid anti-Semites?
Well, no. Actually it's the "World Against War Conference", organised by that splendid organisation, the Stop the War Coalition, where Moussawi will be speaking alongside such heroes as George Galloway, and the "campaigning comedian", Mark Thomas. Why, next to such creatures, he has half a chance of coming off as the sane and rational one!
Now, whatever one's opinions regarding the Iraq war, or any other war, it ought to be patently obvious by now that, whatever the Stop the War Coalition's interests may be, stopping war is not among them. If they were genuinely anti-war, would they invite to their conference a representative of an organisation which exists primarily for the purpose of waging war, an organisation that has carried out terrorist attacks against targets as far afield as Argentina, an organisation whose leader has been quoted as saying that "if Jews all gather in Israel, it will save us the trouble of going after them worldwide"? No, of course they wouldn't.
This is not the first time that the Stop the War Coalition has shown its support, not for peace, but for Hezbollah. In August 2006, a great abundance of Hezbollah flags (you know, the ones with the big gun in the middle, which might give some indication as to their stance regarding the use of violence) were on display at the Stop the War Coalition march demanding that Israel call a ceasefire in its campaign against Hezbollah. No, the Stop the War Coalition has never truly been anti-war. They're fine with war and violence - just as long as it's waged against the West.
3 comments:
My stomach turns, it's so extreme I'm speechless.
These days calling people insane is like handing out speeding tickets at the Grand Prix.
Thank you for blogging FR, I like your style and nose tweaking wit. It brightens up my day a little.
I hope you get sued for defamation. Ibrahim Moussawi is not and has never been the director of Al-Manar. He is currently the editor in chief of Al-Intiqad.
Homophobic Horse:
Thanks for your kind comments.
Anon:
"Ibrahim Moussawi is not and has never been the director of Al-Manar. He is currently the editor in chief of Al-Intiqad."
Al-Intiqad being Hezbollah's newspaper. It doesn't really make much difference, does it, whether the representative of the genocidal terrorist organisation at the "World Against War Conference" is currently employed in the print or audio-visual wing of that terrorist organisation's propaganda operation? The fact remains that the Stop the War Coalition is welcoming representatives of Hezbollah to speak at its conference.
In any event, it appears that, his position at Al-Intiqad notwithstanding, Moussawi is employed in a senior position at Al-Manar. I described him as the head of the station, following the description used in the Telegraph. He is in fact its chief foreign news editor. Quelle difference!
As for the prospect of being sued for defamation: that frightens me rather less than the prospect of being killed by a Quaker suicide bomber.
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