Francois al-Hajj a martyr, as Arabs continue to blow each other up
Writing by abuhatem on Thursday, 13 of December , 2007 at 11:54 pm
Arabs love to kill each other. The rest of the world has nothing on us! Or at least we can say Arabs love to bomb each other, when it comes to bombings Arabs excel par excellence. It is very ironic that the top three stories in world news yesterday were -suicide bombings in Algeria, suicide bombings in ‘Ammara in Iraq, and the suicide car bombing of Francois al-Hajj. All Arabs killing Arabs. Yet, at the same time we complain that the media is holding us to a double standard. Perhaps if we weren’t so marred by the mentality of “agree with me or I will bomb you,” the world would actually consider the Arab viewpoint.
I haven’t written anything about the assassination of General Francois al-Hajj of Lebanon because there hasn’t been enough time for analysis yet. However, the best article concerning the situation comes from Robert Fisk in yesterday’s Independent:
When I had dinner with Mr Jumblatt, I made the point that what was terrible about the assassinations was we are beginning to expect them, they are part of our daily life. Every day we are expected to endure an assassination or an attempted assassination, and what is it meant to mean?
Category: Lebanese Politics
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