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Beware: A little bit of history leading up to this moment.....

The text further below is from back around February 23,1985, reported on in the "MIDDLE EAST REPORTER." IT SUMMARIZES 48-PAGE HIZBALLAH TRACT ISSUED ON FEBRUARY 16, 1985, regarding it's manifesto. Around 39 years ago.

The following below may help to shed some light on the past in the middle east leading up to the moment, regarding the feud or battle over the land of Palestine, from the viewpoint of HIZBALLAH.

-Lynda Carson

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"HIZBULLAH" DEFINES ITS MILITANT POLICY

"HIZBULLAH" (PARTY OF GOD) HAS NOW PUBLICLY DEFINED ITS POLICY, GOALS AND IDEOLOGY. AS A GROUP OF FUNDAMENTALIST SHIITES, THEY ARE DEDICATED TO PROMOT ISLAM ON THE PATTERN OF KHOMEINI'S REVOLUTION IN IRAN. THEY DERIVE THEIR APPELATION FROM TWO KORANIC VERSES WHICH READ: (1) "AND WHO SO TAKETH ALLAH AND HIS MESSANGER AND THOSE WHO BELIEVE FOR FRIEND (WILL KNOW THAT), LO* THE PARTY OF ALLAH THEY ARE THE VICTORIOUS." (SURAH 5/56); (2) "THOU WILT NOT FIND FOLK WHO BELIEVE IN ALLAH AND HIS MESSENGER, EVEN THOUGH THEY BE THEIR FATHERS OR THEIR SONS OR THEIR BRETHREN OR THEIR CLAN. AS FOR SUCH, HE HATH WRITTEN FAITH UPON THEIR HEARTS AND HATH STRENGTHENED THEM WITH A SPIRIT FROM HIM, AND HE WILL BRING THEM INTO GARDENS UNDERNEATH WHICH RIVERS FLOW, WHEREIN THEY WILL ABIDE. ALLAH IS WELL PLEASED WITH THEM, AND THEY ARE WELL PLEASED WITH HIM. THEY ARE ALLAH'S PARTY, LO* IS IT NOT ALLAH'S PARTY WHO ARE THE SUCCESSFUL. (SURAH 58/22-23). ANNIVERSARY: MARKING THE FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF THE VIOLENT DEATH OF THE MOSLEM CLERIC SHEIKH RAGHEB HARB, THE IMAM OF THE VILLAGE OF JABSHIT IN SOUTH LEBANON, "HIZBULLAH" STAGED A MASS RALLY AT THE CHIYAH SUBURB SATURDAY, FEB. 16, 1985. SHEIKH HARB WAS A STAUNCH OPPONENT OF ISRAEL OCCUPATION, AND AN ADVOCATE OF "HIZBULLAH" AND THE RISE OF A PAN-ISLAMIC "NATION OF THE PARTY OF GOD." HE WAS ASSASSINATED REPORTEDLY BY ISRAEL'S AGENTS IN HIS NATIVE VILLAGE ON FEB. 16, 1984. THE ORGANIZATION SEIZED THE OPPORTUNITY TO REFUTE THE ACCUSATION THAT IT WAS A HAND OF TERRORISTS. IT UNDER- LINED ITS ALLEGIANCE TO "WELAYAT AL FAQIH" (RULE OF THE THEOLOGIAN) UNDER IRAN'S AYATULLAH RUHALLAH KHOMEINI. AMERICA, FRANCE, ISRAEL AND THE PHALANGE PARTY WERE DECLARED AS ITS PRIME ENEMIES. IT DESCRIBED THE PRESENT LEBANESE SYSTEM AS "DESPOTIC" AND RENOUNCED THE REGIME OF PRESIDENT AMIN GEMAYEL. OPENING THE MEETING, SHEIKH GHABRIS SAID THAT "HIZBULLAH" WAS "MISLEADINGLY DESCRIBED AS A HANDFUL OF FANATICS BENT ON KILLING, PLUNDER AND ROBBERY;" AND THAT THEY WERE "BLAMED FOR EVERY UNPLEASANT INCIDENT." "BUT," HE EMPHASIZED, "IT WAS "HIZBULLAH" WHICH ACTIVATED THE (FREEDOM) FIGHTERS AND EXPELLED THE ENEMY." MANIFESTO: LATER SHEIKH IBRAHIM AL AMIN READ OUT AT THE RALLY A 48-PAGE "MESSAGE" DEDICATED TO THE "MARTYR SHEIKH RAGHEB HARB" WHICH WAS TANTAMOUNT TO A MANIFESTO OF THE PARTY. (SEE MER OF FEB. 19, PAGE '). THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME "HIZBULLAH" DEFINED ITS MILITANT POSITION AND IDEOLOGY SINCE IT MADE ITS IMPACT ON LEBANESE POLITICS IN THE PAST TWO YEARS. THE MESSAGE IDENTIFIED THE MOSLEM FUNDAMENTALIST MEMBERS OF "HIZBALLAH" AS "THE CHILDREN OF THE NATION WHOSE VANGUARD IN IRAN WAS BESTOWED WITH VICTORY." "THIS VANGUARD," THE MESSAGE WENT ON, "HAS LAID THE FOUNDATION OF A PAN-ISLAMIC STATE UNDER THE WISE GUIDANCE OF THE FULLY QUALIFIED FAQIH AYATULLAH RUHALLAH KHOMEINI. "HIZBULLAH" MADE IT CLEAR THAT IT HAD NO CARD-CARRYING MEMBERS, "BUT IT IS LINKED TO ALL MOSLEMS IN THE WORLD BY THE STRONG IDEOLOGICAL AND POLITICAL BOND OF ISLAM." EAST AND WEST: THE STATEMENT ATTACKED THE "HAUTY" POWERS OF THE EAST AND WEST ALIKE. IT SAID: "AMERICA HAS TRIED, THROUGH ITS LOCAL AGENTS, TO CONVEY THE IMPRESSION THAT THOSE WHO DESTROYED ITS ARROGANCE IN LEBANON AND FOILED ITS CONSPIRACIES WERE BUT A HANDFUL OF FANATIC TERRORISTS WHO HAVE NO MISSION BUT TO BLOW UP LIQUOR STORES, GAMBLING CASINOS AND AMUSEMENT MACHINES." THE STATEMENT POINTED OUT THAT SUCH PRACTICES WERE ONLY MARGINAL DEALING WITH THE TAIL INSTEAD OF THE HEAD. "WE ARE HEADED FOR DEALING WITH EVIL AT THE ROOTS, AND THE ROOTS ARE AMERICA," IT SAID, AND STRESSED THAT NOTHING WILL TAKE PRECEDENCE OVER FIGHTING THE U.S. "HIZBULLAH" BELIEVES THAT BOTH WESTERN CAPITALISM AND EASTERN COMMUNISM HAVE FAILED TO PROVIDE THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE MASSES. "THE ANSWER LIES IN THE MISSION OF ISLAM," IT SAID. DEMANDS: THE DECLARATION DEMANDED: 1. COMPLETE EVACUATION OF ISRAEL ARMY FROM LEBANON "AS A PRELUDE FOR THE REMOVAL OF ISRAEL FROM EXISTENCE AND LIBERATING JERUSALEM FROM CLAWS OF OCCUPATION." 2. "AMERICA, FRANCE AND THEIR ALLIES MUST LEAVE LEBANON ONCE AND FOR ALL, AND ANY IMPERIAL INFLUENCE IN THE COUNTRY MUST BE TERMINATED." 3. "THE PHALANGISTS MUST BE SUBJECTED TO JUSTICE AND BE BROUGHT TO TRIAL FOR ALL THE CRIMES THEY HAVE COMMITTED AGAINST THE MOSLEMS AND THE CHRISTIANS WITH ENCOURAGEMENT FROM AMERICAN AND ISRAEL." 4. "ALL OUR LEBANESE PEOPLE MUST BE GIVEN THE CHANCE OF DETERMINING THEIR FUTURE AND CHOOSES THE SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT THEY WANT, BEARING IN MIND THAT WE WILL NOT GIVE UP OUR COMMITMENT TO THE RULE OF ISLAM." POLITICAL "MARONISM": THE POLICY OF THE LEADERS OF "POLITICAL MARONISM" AS IMPLEMENTED THROUGH THE "LEBANESE FRONT" AND THE "LEBANESE FORCES" MILITIA CAN NEVER ACHIEVE PEACE OR STABILITY FOR THE CHRISTIANS, SAID "HIZBULLAH". "IT IS A POLICY BASED ON FANATICISM, SECTARIAN PRIVILEGES AND ALLIANCE WITH IMPERIALISM AND ISRAEL," IT ADDED. UNIFIL: THE INTERNATIONAL PEACE-KEEPING FORCE (UNIFIL) OPERATING IN SOUTH LEBANON, IS ACCUSED BY "HIZBULLAH" OF STANDING AS A "BUFFER" IMPEDING THEIR RESISTANCE AND "MAINTAINING ISRAELI'S SECURITY AND INVADING FORCES." "HIZBULLAH" DOES NOT RULE OUT THE POSSIBILITY OF A SHOWDOWN WITH UNIFIL "IF IT CONTINUED TO CONNIVE WITH THE ENEMY." OTHER ARAB STATES "ANXIOUSLY SEEKING PEACE WITH ISRAEL" ALSO CAME UNDER FIRE FROM "HIZBULLAH". THEY WERE URGED INSTEAD TO CLOSE THEIR RANKS, DEFINE THEIR AIMS PRECISELY AND BREAK THE FETTERS RESTRICTING THEIR WILL. MARCH: ARMED MEMBERS OF "HIZBULLAH WERE REPORTED TO HAVE MARCHED INTO SIDON MONDAY, FEB. 18, AND TORE LEBANESE FLAGS AND PICTURES OF PRESIDENT GEMAYEL. (SEE MER OF FEB. 19, PAGE 2). THEY SMASHED A NUMBER OF STORES AND SUPER MARKETS SELLING LIQUOR, AND RAISED IRANIAN FLAGS AND PORTRAITS OF THE IRANIAN RELIGIOUS LEADER AYATULLAH KHOMEINI. THE ACTION WAS SEEN AS A BACKLASH TO THE VISIT TO THE CITY THE DAY BEFORE BY PRESIDENT GEMAYEL JEERED BY THE ARMED DEM- ONSTRATORS "THE SHAH OF LEBANON". THE GEMAYELS: IN ITS STATEMENT, "HIZBULLAH" LASHED OUT AGAINST PRESIDENT AMIN GEMAYEL AND HIS BROTHER THE LATE BASHIR. IT SAID: "THE BUTCHER BASHIR HAD REACHED THE PRESIDENCY WITH THE HELP OF ISRAEL, THE ARAB OIL PRINCES AND SYCOPHANT MOSLEM MPS FLATTERING THE PHALANGISTS." "THIS WAS FOLLOWED BY AN ATTEMPT TO RECTIFY HIS REPUGNANT IMAGE BY AN EXERCISE CALLED THE "SALVATION COMMITTEE," WHICH WAS BUT AN AMERICAN-ISRAELI BRIDGE USED BY THE PHALANGISTS TO ACHIEVE CONTROL OVER THE OPPRESSED PEOPLE. HOWEVER, OUR PEOPLE COULD NOT TOLERATE SUCH HUMILIATION. THEY DASHED THE DREAMS OF THE ZIONISTS AND THEIR ALLIES. AMERICA NEVERTHELESS, PERSISTED IN ITS FOLLIES AND BROUGHT (PRESIDENT) AMIN GEMAYEL TO SUCCEED HIS BROTHER. THE FIRST THING HE DID WAS TO DESTROY THE HOUSES OF THE DISPLACED PEOPLE FROM THE SOUTH, DEFILE THE ISLAMIC MOSQUES, ORDER THE ARMY TO BOMBARD THE DOWN-TRODDAN SUBURB AND DESTRUCT THE HOUSES ON THEIR OCCUPANTS, AND TO CALL IN NATO FORCES TO HELP HIM AGAINST US, CONCLUDE THE NOTORIOUS 17 MAY ACCORD WITH ISRAEL WHICH WOULD HAVE TRANSFORMED LEBANON INTO AN ISRAELI PROTECTORATE OR AN AMERICAN COLONY." U.S. AND NATO: "HIZBULLAH" DECLARED "CLEARLY AND FRANKLY" THAT "WE FEAR NO ONE BUT GOD, AND WE CANNOT TOLERATE INJUSTICE, AGGRESSION AND HUMILIATION." IT WENT ON TO ANNOUNCE: "THE UNITED STATES AND ITS NATO PARTNERS AND THE ZIONIST STATE WHICH HAS USURPED THE HOLY ISLAM LAND OF PALESTINE, HAVE EXERCISED, AND ARE STILL EXERCISING AGGRESSION ON US WITH A VIEW TO HUMILIATING US. WE, THEREFORE, ARE ALWAYS ON THE ALERT AND CONSTANTLY GIRDING OURSELVES TO REPEL THE AGGRESSION AND DEFEND OUR RELIGION, EXISTENCE AND DIGNITY."

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Give Peace A Chance In Gaza! Ceasefire Now In Gaza!


- Historical Report About On-Going Crisis In The Middle East During April 1985 -

It appears that knowing a little bit of the history about the on-going crisis in the middle east may help to shed some more light on what has occurred in the past. A bloody past leading up to the current events occurring in Gaza and the West Bank, where the Palestinians are being slaughtered and exterminated, with the help of the U.S. Government and our U.S. tax dollars.

Our tax dollars, would be better used here in our country to assist the poor, the hungry, the elderly, children, families in need, and those with disabilities in America, instead of our tax dollars being used to exterminate and starve the Palestinians in Gaza.

Beware of those who are leading us down the path of a dark evil situation, pushing us into becoming what we deplore.

See the historical report below, from April of 1985.....

-Lynda Carson

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(Historical Report Below)

Israel Withdrawal From South Lebanon & Ceasefire During April of 1985

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"ISRAEL REPORTEDLY CONTINUES CONTACTS AIMED AT
USING INDIGENOUS FORCES TO MAINTAIN BORDER SECURITY
AFTER THE JUNE 1 WITHDRAWAL OF ISRAELI TROOPS.
ACCORDING TO LOCAL PRESS, THE ISRAELIS HAVE REACHED
A COMPROMISE WITH THE DRUZE OF THE HASBAYA REGION
WHEREBY THE DRUZE INHABITANTS WILL FORM A
"CIVIL GUARD," BUT WILL NOT HAVE DIRECT TIES TO THE
ASL OR ANY OTHER ISRAELI-BACKED ORGANIZATION. IF
THESE REPORTS ARE TRUE, THIS DEAL REPRESENTS A VICTORY
FOR THE LOCAL DRUZE WHO HAVE ALLEGEDLY BEEN RESISTING
ISRAELI PRESSURE (WHICH INCLUDED A BLOCKADE OF THE
VILLAGES OF AKA KAMA AND MIMAS) TO RECRUIT THEM INTO
THE ASL.

IN THE JAZZIN AREA, LOCAL PRESS REPORTS THAT
EFFORTS ARE UNDERWAY TO ESTABLISH A 300-400 MAN
CHRISTIAN FORCE INDEPENDENT OF THE ASL. THESE
REPORTS SUPPORT OTHER INFORMATION THE EMBASSY HAS
RECEIVED CONCERNING A DEAL ALLEGEDLY STRUCK BETWEEN
WALID JUMBLATT AND THE CHRISTIANS OF JAZZIN CONCERNING
SECURITY ARRANGEMENTS FOR JAZZIN AND THE IQLIM
AL-KHARRUB. DETAILS WERE REPORTEDLY HAMMERED OUT AT
A MEETING HELD LAST WEEK IN MUKHTARA ATTENDED BY
JUMBLATT, JEAN AZIZ, JAZZIN DEPUTY EDMOND RIZK, AND
AN UNIDENTIFIED ISRAELI OFFICER. AT THIS MEETING,
JUMBLATT REPORTEDLY ACCEPTED THE FORMATION OF THIS
CHRISTIAN FORCE, PROVIDED IT HAD NO OVERT CONNECTION
WITH THE ASL; HE ALSO APPARENTLY SAID HE WOULD NOT
ATTACK THE CHRISTIANS OF THE JAZZIN AREA OR THE
IQLIM AL-KHARRUB AND OFFERED TO OPEN THE CHUF ROAD TO
CHRISTIAN TRAFFIC IF THE COASTAL ROADS WERE CLOSED TO
THEM. IN RETURN, JUMBLATT ASKED FOR AN OPEN ROAD
FROM THE CHUF TO THE DRUZE VILLAGES OF HASBAYA AND
ROSHAYYA IN THE SOUTH, AND REMOVAL OF LF ELEMENTS
FROM OUTSIDE THE AREA.

IN SIDON, THE TWO AXES OF CONFRONTATION REMAINED
ACTIVE OVER THE WEEKEND. ONE FRONT PITS LF FIGHTERS
IN THE VILLAGES OF ABRA, HLALIYAH, AND QAYYA
(SOUTHEAST OF SIDON) AGAINST SUNNI AND PALESTINIAN
MILITIAMEN SUPPORTED BY THE LAF'S SUNNI TAWEED 98TH
BRIGADE FROM TRIPOLI LOCATED ON THE HILL OF MAR ELIAS.
ON THE OTHER FRONT, ALSO LOCATED IN THE EASTERN
SUBURBS, LF MILITIAMEN BASED IN THE VILLAGES OF
MIYAH MIYAH, MAGHDUSHEH, AND DARB AL-SIM CONFRONT THE
PALESTINIAN CAMPS OF MIYAH MIYAH AND AYN AL-HILWAH.
ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, FOR THE FIRST TIME, 155 MM
SHELLS FELL ON THE LAF'S ZGHAYB BARRACKS IN CENTRAL
SIDON. LOCAL PRESS REPORTS CASUALTY FIGURES AS
HIGH AS 26 KILLED AND WOUNDED IN WEEKEND FIGHTING.

ON THE POLITICAL FRONT, SIDON DEPUTY NAZIH BIZRI,
CLAIMING TO HAVE LOST ANY HOPE FOR LAF REINFORCEMENT
OR LF WITHDRAWAL, CALLED APRIL 19 ON THE
CITIZENS OF SIDON TO TAKE UP ARMS IN THEIR OWN
DEFENSE. USAMA SAAD, VP OF THE "NASSERITE POPULAR
ORGANIZATION," WHO HAD ACCOMPANIED BIZRI TO DAMASCUS
EARLIER IN THE WEEK, ALSO CALLED UPON THE AREA'S
CHRISTIAN VILLAGERS "TO FORCE THE LF FROM THEIR
VILLAGES SO THEY DON'T BECOME THE TARGETS OF A
MILITARY SOLUTION."

IN CONTRAST TO THE INFLAMMATORY RHETORIC EMANATING
FROM SIDON'S MUSLIMS, THE CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY SEEMS
INTENT ON DAMPING DOWN THE LEVEL OF TENSION.
FOLLOWING A VISIT TO ISRAEL (REF B) DURING WHICH
HE WAS REPORTEDLY WARNED BY THE ISRAELIS NOT TO
MAKE TROUBLE IN SIDON, AND AFTER A WEEKEND OF
CONSULTATIONS WITH FORMER PRESIDENT CAMILLE CHAMOUN,
SAMIR JA'JA' HELD A MORNING PRESS CONFERENCE ON
APRIL 22 TO ANNOUNCE LF MEASURES AIMED AT DEFUSING THE
CRISIS. ALTHOUGH WE HAVE NOT SEEN THE TEXT OF JA'JA'S
STATEMENT, WE UNDERSTAND THESE TO INCLUDE:

-- A. A UNILATERAL CEASEFIRE EFFECTIVE 1600 LOCAL
TIME ON APRIL 22;

-- B. A WITHDRAWAL OF NON-INDIGENOUS LF FORCES FROM
THE SIDON AREA BEGINNING 1100 LOCAL TIME ON APRIL 23.
THIS WITHDRAWAL IS IN ORDER TO "GIVE THE CENTRAL
GOVERNMENT A CHANCE TO UNDERTAKE ITS RESPONSIBILITIES."
(MILITIAMEN NATIVE TO THE AREA WILL REMAIN);

-- C. A CALL FOR THE PRESIDENT, PM, GOVERNMENT, AND
LAF COMMAND TO ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY FOR SECURITY
VIOLATIONS.

JA'JA' FURTHER STATED HIS HOPE THAT THESE MEASURES
WOULD CONSTITUTE A FIRST STEP TOWARD A SETTLEMENT
AND CALL FORTH PEACE INITIATIVES FROM THE OTHER
PARTIES INVOLVED. HE INVITED JOURNALISTS TO WITNESS
TOMORROW'S WITHDRAWAL.

ON THE MILITARY LEVEL, THE QUADRIPARTITE MILITARY
COMMISSION IS REPORTED BY THE PRESS TO BE WORKING
FOR THE DEPLOYMENT OF AN ADDITIONAL LAF UNIT TO
SIDON. NO DETAILS OF ARMAMENT OR CONFESSIONAL
COMPOSITION ARE AVAILABLE. IN ANY EVENT, PAST HISTORY
INDICATES THAT IT CANNOT BE DEPLOYED IN THE ABSENCE
OF A PRIOR POLITICAL AGREEMENT.

ONE USUALLY WELL INFORMED LOCAL PRESS SOURCE TELLS
US THAT SYRIA IS TRYING TO PUT IN PLACE A SCENARIO
WHEREBY SUNNIS OF SIDON CAN CLAIM VICTORY OVER THE LF
AS A SOP FOR RECENT SUNNI LOSSES IN WEST BEIRUT. THE
PRICE OF SUCH A DEAL, HOWEVER, IS ALLEGED TO BE
RENUNCIATION BY SUNNIS OF THEIR LINKS WITH PRO-ARAFAT
PLO PALESTINIANS AND ACCEPTANCE OF RELIANCE UPON DRUZE
AND ABU MUSA PALESTINIANS IN THEIR STEAD. THE ALTERNA-
TIVE, ACCORDING TO THIS SOURCE, IS FOR DRUZE, ABU MUSA
MILITIA, AND AMAL TO ADMINISTER THE SAME LESSON IN
SIDON THAT THEY DID IN WEST BEIRUT.

IN TYRE, ISRAELI FORCES CONTINUE THEIR
PREPARATIONS FOR WITHDRAWAL. IDF SPOKESMEN HAVE
ANNOUNCED A WITHDRAWAL DATE OF APRIL 24, BUT ACTIVITIES
ON THE GROUND INDICATE IT MAY OCCUR UP TO 24 HOURS
EARLIER. ALL BUILDINGS AND INSTALLATIONS OF
POTENTIAL USE TO THE RESISTANCE ARE BEING DYNAMITED,
THERE IS AS YET NO WORD ON POSSIBLE LAF DEPLOYMENT
AFTER THE ISRAELI WITHDRAWAL."

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