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September 23, 2004
Hezbollah slams Iraqi PM Allawi for shaking hands with Shalom

REUTERS: Hezbollah slams Iraqi PM Allawi for shaking hands with Shalom

Lebanon's Hezbollah guerrillas heaped scorn on Iraq's prime minister on Thursday for shaking hands with an Israeli delegate at the United Nations, saying he had disgraced Iraq and offended Arabs and Muslims.

Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi shook hands with Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom on Tuesday at the UN General Assembly, where alphabetical order put them side by side.

"(It) is a sign of one of the most dangerous goals of the American war on Iraq, yanking Iraq from its place in the Arab and Muslim worlds and sticking it in the U.S.-Zionist political cosmos," Hezbollah said in a statement.

"This unacceptable handshake is at once a true insult to the Iraqi people, their history, culture and Islamic and national commitment; and flagrant scorn for the suffering of Palestinian people and the sentiments of Arabs and Muslims," it said.

Posted by Laurence Simon at September 23, 2004 09:43 AM | TrackBack
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Oh, for crying out loud. Hezbollah, grow up already. You're like a bunch of ill-behaved children screeching about getting cooties.

Posted by: Achillea [TypeKey Profile Page] at September 23, 2004 09:50 AM

Wait 'till they find out he exchanged cheek kisses with Joe Liebermann after his speech to the US Congress today...

Posted by: Colorado [TypeKey Profile Page] at September 23, 2004 06:48 PM

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