[lbo-talk] Nasrallah interview faked?

Bryan Atinsky bryan at alt-info.org
Fri Aug 18 14:59:52 PDT 2006


Gilbert Achcar says that he talked to a source in Beirut who is in close touch with Hezbollah, and it was confirmed that the interview is a forgery.

Bryan

Michael Pugliese wrote:
> http://angryarab.blogspot.com/2006/08/this-interview-with-nasrallah-that-is.html
>
> http://www.counterpunch.org/nasrallah08172006.html
> http://bellaciao.org/fr/article.php3?id_article=32554
>
> One of the comments,
> Also, As'ad, I would even from a standpoint of fairly severe ignorance
> concerning Nasrallah, be likely to agree with you. The interview text
> comes across more like a rant from the local communist bookstore owner
> in a Northern California town than statements from a Shi'ite Lebanese
> guerrilla leader and Islamic fundamentalist.
>
> His statements did not make reference to "God willing" or the Islamic
> faith in general, I think, once. His statements were all secular and
> devoid of religious invocations, which, I suspect, would be very
> unusual for him.
> Honest American | 08.17.06 - 2:55 pm | #



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