Friday, 27 April 2012




Special Dispatch No. 4678

Al-Jazeera TV Host Faysal Al-Qassem: A Gazillion Times More Syrians than Palestinians Have Been Killed

Following are excerpts from an interchange between Al-Jazeera TV host Faysal Al-Qassem and Lebanese journalist Salem Zahran, on a program that aired on April 10, 2012:
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Faysal Al-Qassem: "How do you account for this denial? The Syrian media give you the impression that nothing is happening there. The Syrian people are concerned only with barbeques, and they all hang out in the parks. Today, Syrian TV has run programs on the massacre of Deir Yassin in Palestine, at a time when the Syrian people is being massacred in Idlib, in Deir Al-Zour, in Homs, and in Hama. By God, how can you make a mockery of the people this way? Is this the time to be talking about the massacres in Palestine, when the Syrian people is being massacred in all the towns…"
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To read the full report, visit http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/6308.htm.

Special Dispatch No. 4677

Jordanian Islamist Abu Muntaser, Comrade of Al-Zarqawi: The 'Arab Spring' Is a Western and Zionist-American Plan to Change Arab Society

Following are excerpts from an interview with Jordanian Islamist Abu Muntaser, who was a comrade of the late Abu Mus'ab Al-Zarqawi. The interview aired on Alaan TV on April 4, 2012. The transcript is based on the original English subtitles.
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Interviewer: "What is the most important impact that the Afghani experience had on you?"
Abu Muntaser: "The most important impact was the love for jihad."
Interviewer: "Did you intend to convey this experience when you came back to Jordan, as a fight for freedom, or jihad for religion?"
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To read the full report, visit http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/6307.htm.

Sinai Residents Hold Rally Supporting Jihad in Syria

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On April 19, 2012, jihadis held a rally in the town of Sheikh Zuwaid in Sinai in support of jihad against the Assad regime. Footage of the rally was provided in a 17-minute video released by the Ibn Taymiyya Media Center. This is the second time the Gaza-based media center features Sinai jihadis in its productions.
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