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Post by jeffolie on Jun 9, 2013 12:42:29 GMT -6
May 29, 2013 Arabs in the U.S. Among the nation's 304 million people, only 1.5 million are of Arab ancestry according to a 2006-10 American Community Survey analysis. Among the nation's 114 million households, only 511,000 are headed by someone of Arab ancestry. The Census Bureau defines Arab ancestry as an ethnic origin, heritage, or place of birth in one of the following: Alberia, Bahrain, Egypt, United Arab Emirates, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia, or Yemen. Lebanese is the largest single Arab ancestry by far, with 486,000 U.S. residents identifying Lebanon as their origin. The Lebanese are also the most affluent Arab group, with a median household income of $67,264 in 2006-10 versus the $51,914 median for all U.S. households. Iraqis are the poorest Arab ancestry group, with a median household income of $32,075. Source: Census Bureau, Arab Households in the United States: 2006-2010 www.census.gov/prod/2013pubs/acsbr10-20.pdfdemomemo.blogspot.com/
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Post by jeffolie on Jun 9, 2013 12:50:48 GMT -6
Hezbollah in American Arab ancestry ... seems likely with almost 500,000 from Lebanon in America Lebanon home to Hezbollah ===================================== Hezbollah, which started with only a small militia, has grown to an organization with seats in the Lebanese government, a radio and a satellite television-station, and programs for social development.[25] The organization has been called a state within a state.[26] Hezbollah maintains strong support among Lebanon's Shi'a population, and is able to mobilize demonstrations of hundreds of thousands.[27] Hezbollah alongside with some other groups began the 2006–2008 Lebanese political protests in opposition to the government of Prime Minister Fouad Siniora.[28] A later dispute over Hezbollah preservation of its telecoms network led to clashes and Hezbollah-led opposition fighters seized control of several West Beirut neighborhoods from Future Movement militiamen loyal to Fouad Siniora. These areas were then handed over to the Lebanese Army.[29] A national unity government was formed in 2008, giving Hezbollah and its opposition allies control of eleven of thirty cabinets seats; effectively veto power.[9] Hezbollah receives military training, weapons, and financial support from Iran, and political support from Syria. Following the end of the Israeli occupation of South Lebanon in 2000, its military strength grew significantly.[30][31] Despite a June 2008 certification by the United Nations that Israel had withdrawn from all Lebanese territory,[32] in August, Lebanon's new Cabinet unanimously approved a draft policy statement which secures Hezbollah's existence as an armed organization and guarantees its right to "liberate or recover occupied lands". Since 1992, the organisation has been headed by Hassan Nasrallah, its Secretary-General. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hezbollah
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Post by jeffolie on Aug 31, 2013 13:36:29 GMT -6
Imagine repercussions from a attack on Syria this weekend in America by Hezbollah using car bombs, suicide bombers, etc ... at Labor Day events perhaps ========================================= Hezbollah in American Arab ancestry ... seems likely with almost 500,000 from Lebanon in America Lebanon home to Hezbollah ===================================== Hezbollah, which started with only a small militia, has grown to an organization with seats in the Lebanese government, a radio and a satellite television-station, and programs for social development.[25] The organization has been called a state within a state.[26] Hezbollah maintains strong support among Lebanon's Shi'a population, and is able to mobilize demonstrations of hundreds of thousands.[27] Hezbollah alongside with some other groups began the 2006–2008 Lebanese political protests in opposition to the government of Prime Minister Fouad Siniora.[28] A later dispute over Hezbollah preservation of its telecoms network led to clashes and Hezbollah-led opposition fighters seized control of several West Beirut neighborhoods from Future Movement militiamen loyal to Fouad Siniora. These areas were then handed over to the Lebanese Army.[29] A national unity government was formed in 2008, giving Hezbollah and its opposition allies control of eleven of thirty cabinets seats; effectively veto power.[9] Hezbollah receives military training, weapons, and financial support from Iran, and political support from Syria. Following the end of the Israeli occupation of South Lebanon in 2000, its military strength grew significantly.[30][31] Despite a June 2008 certification by the United Nations that Israel had withdrawn from all Lebanese territory,[32] in August, Lebanon's new Cabinet unanimously approved a draft policy statement which secures Hezbollah's existence as an armed organization and guarantees its right to "liberate or recover occupied lands". Since 1992, the organisation has been headed by Hassan Nasrallah, its Secretary-General. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hezbollah May 29, 2013 Arabs in the U.S. Among the nation's 304 million people, only 1.5 million are of Arab ancestry according to a 2006-10 American Community Survey analysis. Among the nation's 114 million households, only 511,000 are headed by someone of Arab ancestry. The Census Bureau defines Arab ancestry as an ethnic origin, heritage, or place of birth in one of the following: Alberia, Bahrain, Egypt, United Arab Emirates, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia, or Yemen. Lebanese is the largest single Arab ancestry by far, with 486,000 U.S. residents identifying Lebanon as their origin. The Lebanese are also the most affluent Arab group, with a median household income of $67,264 in 2006-10 versus the $51,914 median for all U.S. households. Iraqis are the poorest Arab ancestry group, with a median household income of $32,075. Source: Census Bureau, Arab Households in the United States: 2006-2010 www.census.gov/prod/2013pubs/acsbr10-20.pdfdemomemo.blogspot.com/
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Post by jeffolie on Sept 2, 2013 17:30:49 GMT -6
Iran Vows “Immediate Destruction Of Israel” If Syria Attacked September 2, 2013 “The horrible attempts by the Americans have paved the way for turning the threat into an opportunity for the Islamic Ummah to blow a heavy strike on the occupying regime of Israel which has committed all these crimes in the region,” Haji Sadeqi said. He said that the US attack on Syria will be a stupid and dangerous move, because the Syrians have shown resistance for more than two years without bowing to pressures. The Lebanese Hezbollah has stated that if the US launches a military strike against Syria, it will attack the American forces and the Zionist regime, he reminded. “What is important here is that the European and some other western countries have announced their rejection of a US-led military attack by saying that they do not accept Washington’s attempt anymore,” Haji Sadeqi said. He further lamented the support given by few Muslim states to the US, and said, “These Arab countries regard Islamic awakening and popular uprising as a move against their rule and know that the Syrian people’s victory will shake the pillars of their tyrannical leadership.” Earlier this week, Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei warned of the dire consequences of any military intervention in Syria for the region, and said the US will certainly be severely harmed by pursuing warmongering policies against the Muslim country. “The US threats and possible intervention in Syria is a disaster for the region and if such an act is done, certainly, the Americans will sustain damage like when they interfered in Iraq and Afghanistan,” Ayatollah Khamenei said in a meeting with members of the new Iranian cabinet in Tehran on Wednesday. He cautioned the US and its allies that their military intervention in Syria would yield no result but blazing fire and increasing nations' hatred from them. Ayatollah Khamenei warned the US and its allies that "starting this fire will be like a spark in a large store of gunpowder, with unclear and unspecified outcomes and consequences". The US and its allies have accused the Syrian government of using chemical weapons against its own people near the capital, Damascus, but Syria has vehemently ruled out any involvement in the attack, saying it was a false flag operation by the foreign-backed militants fighting against the Syrian army. libertycrier.com/iran-vows-immediate-destruction-israel-syria-attacked/
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Post by jeffolie on Sept 3, 2013 7:09:00 GMT -6
Hezbollah mobilises ahead of potential US Syria strike9/3/2013 Lebanon's Shiite Hezbollah group, a close ally of the Syrian regime, is redeploying its forces ahead of possible US strikes on Damascus, according to witnesses in Lebanon. The reports come as the daily Al-Akhbar, which is close to both Hezbollah and the Syrian regime, said on Monday that the group had "called on all its officers and members to man their positions." Residents speaking to AFP in the southern Lebanese city of Tyre said there appeared to be a general mobilisation of the group's members, even if such a movement was not being publicly discussed. Many Hezbollah fighters have disappeared from local villages in the last five days, though strict security measures around group headquarters and checkpoints have remained in place, residents said. The situation is the same in the Bekaa Valley of eastern Lebanon, a stronghold of the organisation. Residents said fighters, including gunners, had left their regular posts, and switched off their mobile phones to ensure they could not be traced. In the southern suburbs of the capital Beirut, also considered a Hezbollah bastion, teenagers have replaced more experienced fighters at checkpoints inspecting cars entering the district. A Hezbollah spokesman declined to comment on the reported redeployment of the group's forces. On Monday, Al-Akhbar also reported that the "Syrian army has mobilised units that have not participated until now in the conflict." "It has established an operations room... with Hezbollah and the units in charge of missiles are at an unprecedented level of alert," the daily added. "The Islamic resistance (Hezbollah) has called on all its officers and members to man their positions," the newspaper reported. The reported mobilisation comes after US President Barack Obama said he favoured the use of military action against Syria in response to an alleged chemical weapons attack in the suburbs of Damascus. But Obama has said he will seek approval from Congress for any strikes in response to the attack, for which the Syrian regime denies responsibility. Hezbollah is a close ally of the Syrian regime, and has dispatched fighters to battle alongside Syrian troops and against rebels seeking to overthrow President Bashar al-Assad. Wadah Charara, an expert on the group, says it commands around 30,000 fighters, including 10,000 with extensive combat experience.
Between 800 and 1,2000 Hezbollah fighters are thought to have taken part in the Syrian regime's battle to recapture the town of Qusayr in central Homs province earlier this year. news.yahoo.com/hezbollah-mobilises-ahead-potential-us-syria-strike-191153343.html
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