http://www.memri.org/bin/articles.cgi?Page=subjects&Area=jihad&ID=SP188908
Special Dispatch Series - No. 1889
April 7, 2008 No. 1889
“On Hizbullah’s Al-Manar TV, American Activist Franklin Lamb Pays Respects at ‘Imad Mughniya’s Tomb in Lebanon”
SNIPPET: “During February and March 2008, Hizbullah’s Al-Manar TV aired reports on visitors from the U.S. and from Egypt who came to pay their respects at the grave of senior Hizbullah commander ‘Imad Mughniya, who was assassinated in February 2008.
One visitor from the U.S. was Franklin Lamb, author, activist, and director of Americans for the Just Peace in the Middle East and who writes on websites including Counterpunch. [1] Lamb, who was described by the Al-Manar TV reporter as “persiste[nt] in his support for the just cause of the Lebanese people’s resistance,” has demanded that the Bush administration “prove” that Hizbullah is a terrorist organization. [2]
In the Al-Manar segment that aired March 25, 2008, Lamb expressed his support for Hizbullah and said he was “honored to be in this venerable place,” and responded to criticism of his visit by U.S. Charge d’Affaires Michele J. Sison by saying that she herself should come to pay her respects.
In another segment, aired February 28, 2008, Egyptian Labor Party Secretary-General Magdi Ahmad Hussein spoke with Mughinya’s father,
To view this clip on MEMRI TV, visit http://www.memritv.org/clip/en/1728.htm .
To view the MEMRI TV page dedicated to Al-Manar TV, visit http://www.memritv.org/subject/en/116.htm .
Franklin Lamb Visit - Aired March 25, 2008”
Note: The following blog entry is a quote:
http://www.thememriblog.org/blog_personal/en/6802.htm
Report: Iran-Syria tension Over Investigation Of Mughniya Assassination
Arab intelligence sources have reported on a “quiet crisis” between Tehran and Damascus based on the investigation of the assassination of senior Hizbullah commander Imad Mughniya.
The sources said that Iran is perturbed because the investigation has as of yet turned up nothing, and even suspects the involvement of the Syrian intelligence apparatuses.
Source: Al-Qabas, Kuwait, April 11, 2008
Posted at: 2008-04-14