[lbo-talk] listmembers in the news

[Marvin Gandall]

Don't know about the Assads and the Alawaites, but perhaps the more
significant Shia presence on Israel's northern border is the de facto
Islamic Republic of South Lebanon run by Hezbollah -- whose successful
resistance to the Israeli occupation is a continuing inspiration to Sunni
Palestinians and Iraqi Shias alike. When the US and Israel threaten Syria
for "harbouring terrorists" in the region, it is really Hezbollah they are
aiming at, in their mistaken belief that the Syrians could disarm or
otherwise control that movement.

Marv Gandall

----- Original Message -----
From: "John Lacny" <jlacny at earthlink.net>
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Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2004 5:25 PM
Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] listmembers in the news


> Doug quotes Michael Pollak in the FT:
>
> > Note to Prof Avineri: Syria, Israel's next door
> > neighbour, has been ruled by a Shia minority
> > for almost 50 years.
>
> Not quite. The Asad family are Alawites. Like the
> Shi'a, they revere Ali, but at least until the '70s --
> when the elder Asad changed some tings in Syria
> -- they were not even considered Muslims by
> either Sunnis or Shi'ites.
>
> Correct?
>
>
>
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