[lbo-talk] Nasrallah interview faked?

Joel Schalit managingeditor at tikkun.org
Fri Aug 18 16:03:15 PDT 2006


Ahh, figures. But man, this is such a piece of work.

On Aug 18, 2006, at 2:59 PM, Bryan Atinsky wrote:


> 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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