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Titolo: Arab anger at Israel, U.S., explodes after Qana attack

Arab anger at Israel, U.S., explodes after Qana attack   
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Big News Network.com     Monday 31st July, 2006    
The Arab world is ablaze with anger and fury Monday following the
devastating bombing by Israel of an apartment building in the village of
Qana, in Lebanon.
The attack Sunday killed at least fifty-five Lebanese civilians including
37 children, and twelve adult women. Among the 37 children killed were
fifteen physically or mentally handicapped kids, said Lebanese
parliamentarian Bahia Hariri, who represents south Lebanon.
The normally-conservative Saudi daily Arab News, ran headlines like,
'Israelis massacre kids,' and 'All the Killings With All Those Weapons
Given by Americans.' 
The newspaper's editorial for the day is titled, 'Lebanon Holocaust,' and
starts off:
'Israel's murderous bloody attack yesterday, using US-supplied
laser-guided missiles, represents a new low in subhuman depravity.'
'The descendants of those who fled the European Holocaust are ironically
resorting to greater savagery than the Nazis,' it adds. 
The Arab News said Saudis and expatriates from across a broad spectrum
blasted the Israeli bombardment.
Most said the "massacre" (the second in the same region since 1996) would
sow the seeds of hatred against Israel and further tarnish the image of
the US for condoning, "these acts of genocide."
"It seems that these acts will send across a wrong message that might is
right and that it does not pay to be a moderate in the face of
state-sponsored terrorism," said the newspaper in an article. 
The brutal killings have further severely dented the UN's image in the
Middle East as a body representing the international community, since it
has demonstrated its palpable weakness when confronting stronger nations.
Describing the Israeli bombardment as, "an act of gangsterism and state
terrorism," Mohammed Al-Omar, a prominent Arab political analyst, told
Arab News that Israel would go down in history for perpetrating "Qana
Two." He said the first massacre in Qana was committed a decade ago when
Shimon Peres, then prime minister of Israel, ordered artillery bombardment
of Lebanese inhabitants in the same region. "The dubious distinction of
perpetrating the second Qana goes to the current Israeli Defense Minister
Amir Peretz," he said. 
"How much more does it take to wake the Arab world from its deep slumber?"
asked Um Aiman, a Saudi mother of five. "Israel is not our friend nor is
the United States. They are attacking the Arab countries one by one. We
wonder who is next because Lebanon is definitely not the last," she added. 
Michel Abdo, a Lebanese citizen living in Jeddah, said, "I am very upset.
I wonder if the world would react in the same way if it were Israeli
children who were killed."
Pointing out that the Qana "massacre" would have grave consequences for
future Arab generations, a Sri Lankan expatriate said that before the
civil war started in his homeland 30 years ago, the Tamils were a docile
and peaceful community. 
"Today they have become staunch supporters of the terrorist outfit LTTE
after being subjected to gross injustices at the hands of the Sri Lankan
government. The massacre in Qana would sow the seeds of hatred among
Lebanese children who, as the citizens of tomorrow, would support acts of
terror against which the US has launched its campaign," he said.
Hamza Ali, another Lebanese resident of Jeddah and who has four brothers
and five sisters trapped in Lebanon, sighed, "I have lost contact with
some of them because my family decided to separate and went to different
shelters."
He explained that his family had separated to avoid the possibility of all
being killed in one airstrike; by separating, they felt they would
increase their chances of staying alive. Ali supported the demonstrations
that led to the attack on the UN headquarters in Lebanon. "Secondly, the
attack might give the world an idea of how frustrated we are. We do not
have anything against the Jewish people but we are asking the world to
stop and to stand up to these bloodthirsty governments led by Bush," he
added.
The United States has not condemned the attacks on Lebanon; on the
contrary, it has encouraged them. The United States has even gone an extra
mile by supplying Israel with more arms. "Those same arms led to
yesterday's massacre which left 37 children dead; Washington is a partner
in this crime," Hamza observed.
One of the children who died Sunday was only a day old. "They ended his
life before it started. Condoleezza Rice was in Israel when the attacks on
women and children were carried out. Who do you think gave them the green
light?" he asked.
Mohammed A. Al-Harbi, a Saudi, said the answer to the question, "why they
hate us (Americans)" will be found in the TV images of mutilated bodies of
innocent children, men and women being pulled out from the rubble of
buildings destroyed by the Israeli attack. "We have nothing against the
American people, a majority of whom are well-disposed toward Arabs. The
main problem is the US administration which has been hijacked by
neoconservatives. By acting as the tail of the Israeli dog, the US
administration has placed itself up front as the enemy of Arabs," he said. 
He said that while an educated Arab would learn to distinguish between the
American people and their government, the man in the street cannot be
expected to make such a fine distinction in the heat of the moment. He
explained how the renowned British journalist Robert Fisk was lynched by
the mob in Afghanistan for an act of aggression committed by the US when
it invaded that country in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks.
Abu Ala, a Jordanian, said the Israeli acts of terror witnessed both in
Gaza and Qana, are pointers to the shape of things to come. "When US
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice spoke about the need for a new Middle
East during her recent tour, she must be having in mind a region where
Israel is the only super power. What we have seen today is a warning to
other states of the fate that awaits them if they try to challenge Israeli
aggression against its neighbors."
Syed Zia ur-Rahman, CEO of Yahind.com, said Israel, which claims to
represent democracy in the Middle East, should learn a lesson from India
which acted with great restraint in the face of terrorist acts committed
against its innocent people at three places in Gujarat, Benaras and, more
recently, in Bombay. He said that in sharp contrast to Israel which
destroyed the infrastructure and killed hundreds of people in Gaza and
Qana for securing the release of just three soldiers (as against over
10,000 Palestinians in Israeli jails), the Indian government and the
people showed remarkable restraint in dealing with a similar situation. 
In a fax message received by Arab News on Saturday night, John and Felicia
Kelly, who describe themselves as "American sympathizers of the
Palestinian cause," ask the editor in chief of Arab News: "Is there
anything the USA can do for the Arab world that Europe, Japan and/or China
cannot do?"
The fax mail continues: "Why have Arabs lived for so long with this
humiliation by US-Israel without even the courage to threaten, much less
impose, any form of economic sanctions on Israel's foremost backer? This
impotence is mind-boggling. Some of us believe the Arabs can overcome this
humiliation without even firing a bullet."
While these loaded questions also provide their own answers, a major
factor, according to Mohammed Al-Omar, is the fact that the US image has
changed beyond recognition since the era of Abraham Lincoln and Thomas
Jefferson. 
He points out that over the centuries down to the recent times, the US
used to inspire respect around the world for its enormous intellectual and
technological resources. 
"Today, these resources have been overshadowed by its mighty military
machine that has fallen into the hands of a bunch of fanatics out to
impose their will on the rest of the world. So, instead of respect, the US
today inspires fear. You fear a bully, but you don't respect him," he
said. 
In the UAE, Foreign Minister Shaikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan condemned
the Qana attack as atrocious.
"This horrible crime is a severe shock to humanity's conscience and is a
further proof to the ongoing and unchanged Israeli policy of using
destructive weaponry for the indiscriminate killing of human beings and
taking for granted all international laws and pacts which prohibit the
killing of civilians in times of war and armed conflicts," he said.
Jordan's King Abdullah was outraged. 'This criminal aggression constitutes
a blatant violation of the law and all international conventions,' he
said, adding 'this massacre represents a cowardly criminal act and a
blatant breach of all international conventions.'
The Arab League Secretary General called for an international
investigation. 'The Arab League Secretary General requested an
international investigation into this massacre and other Israeli war
crimes that were committed in Lebanon,', a statement from his office read.
The Gulf News ran two editorials, one titled, 'Halt Condi, stop the savage
attacks,' and the other, 'Shame on you Bush.'
The latter editorial took aim at the U.S. president's recent calls for
tackling the 'root cause' of Middle East terrorism.
'As the 'Free World' watched, Lebanon got a taste of the American New
Middle East in Qana yesterday,' it began. 'The scene of dozens of bodies
of dead children being pulled from underneath the rubble that was their
last shelter from the Israeli barbaric bombing is the 'chance' Mr George W
Bush was seeking to launch his new democratic and free Middle East,' it
went on. 
'He should be happy. His Israeli allies are taking care of the 'root
problem,' which, according to his Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice,
should be eliminated before even thinking of calling a ceasefire. It seems
the children of Lebanon are the root of the problem and have to be
annihilated to make Israel safer,' said the editorial.
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak condemned the 'irresponsible bombing,'
and Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit summoned the Israeli ambassador. 
Syrian President Bashar Al Assad slammed the raid and said, 'It
constitutes state terrorism committed in front of the eyes and ears of the
world.' 
'The Qana bombing is the outcome of (US Secretary of State Condoleezza)
Rice's trip to the region. Some American officials should be put on trial
for the crimes in Lebanon,' Iran said.
Tunisia declared three days of national mourning. 
 
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