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Friday, March 18, 2005

Was that really a pro-Syrian rally?

According to Al-Ra'ai Il A'am Kuwaiti newspaper (Arabic link), students of "Omar Al Mukhtar" educational center in Helba city in Becca valley demonstrated yesterday in huge numbers against the Syrian presence in Lebanon. So far nothing unusual, but what makes this demonstration significant is not the numbers of demonstrators but rather the place and what the students had to say.Omar Al Mukhtar center was considered a stronghold for Abdul Haleem Murad, the Arab nationalist minister of defense in the resigned Lebanese government who directly supervise on the center, which made this center also a stronghold for Arab nationalists that by nature support Syrian presence but now they're demonstrating against Syria!Also the students said that their demonstration comes after a series of what they described as "oppressive procedures" carried out by the administration of the center with direct instructions from the minister.What's more is what one of the students said to the newspaper, "the minister forced us to take part in the pro-Syrian rally last week and used threats to prevent us from walking in Al Hariri funeral and promised to reward those who obey his orders"So who else was forced to attend that rally? I can say not the majority since Hizbullah has its own supporters. Also there are hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in Lebanon whom their participation in that rally would be understandable and there are also hundreds of thousands of Syrian agents and workers who would have to be there or they would probably have to leave Lebanon soon, that's not assuming they got direct orders from their government and its intelligence there. Not to mention Syrians that were possibly brought from Syria on that day.There was something fishy about hundreds of thousands of 'Lebanese' holding signs that cheer Bashar Al Asad, his father and the Syrian government much more than their own government while clearly accusing the majority of Lebanese of being ungrateful traitors! Now we know at least part of the truth that can guide us to find out more.Anyway, it appears that there are no Arab nationalists/Syria supporters left in what's supposed to be a stronghold for them except the minister and the center administration, as the students showed clearly on which side they are and decided that their freedom worth more than their degrees that are surely on the line now, but I guess Mr. Murad has to more worry about than them.In another development in Lebanon, the Lebanese army removed two statues in Hilba city, one for Bashar Al Alsad and one for his father. According to the Lebanese police the decision was made after quarrels took place between pro and anti- Syrian demonstrators who were both celebrating the Syrian withdrawal from Lebanon near the statues and after Lebanese toppled a statue for the late Syrian president Hafiz Al Asad twice and one for Basil Al Asad, Bashar's dead brother (sounds like "the mountain of Gods"). And yes the Syrian government and its supporters in Syria and Lebanon (well they're supporters since they're showing in their rallies!) do celebrate the Syrian withdrawal too, as it's a victory for Syria and her historic leadership. I know it sounds strange to most westerns but you're all just not smart enough to understand that, as your minds have been corrupted for a long time with this democracy thing that does not leave a decent place for legendary heroes. While we, Arabs understand perfectly that it's a victory for Asad just like the 1st Gulf war was a victory for Saddam and the 1967 war was a victory for Nasir.You see, the six days war was not part of the Israeli Arab conflict, nor the 1st Gulf War aimed to liberate Kuwait, otherwise both would've been victories for Israel and the international alliance respectively and therefore they would've been defeats for Nasir and Saddam as well as other Arab governments. The truth is that these wars aimed only to topple Nasir and Saddam and since that didn't happen then we can justifiably say that both historic, legendary leaders actually won in those wars, and since Nasir was the whole Egypt and Saddam was the whole Iraq then these were victories for Egypt and Iraq! Simple, isn't it?