Hizballah Charged With “Terrorism” In Iraq; Dutch Citizens Join ResistanceFeb 11, 2005 By Muhammad Abu Nasr, Free Arab Voice; Edited And Published by JUS
Some 81 members of Lebanese Hizballah operating inside Iraq have been arrested and charged with "terrorism" as two citizens from the Netherlands join the resistance after reading "Fatimah's letter" that was smuggled out of Abu Ghraib.Members of Hizballah Charged With “Terrorism” In IraqThe London based Arabic daily al-Hayat quoted the Allawi so-called “Iraqi interior minister,” Falah an-Naqib, as saying that the Allawi authorities had arrested 81 Lebanese Hizballah members in Iraq. The Allawi official said that the Lebanese were charged with “terrorism,” according to a report on the article carried by the Jordanian daily al-‘Arab al-Yawm on Thursday.Belgium Announces Readiness To Train Iraqi Allawi Forces For AmericaAccording to Agence France Presse (AFP) the Belgian foreign minister, after talks with US Secretary of State Condaleezza Rice, has agreed to train Allawi Iraqi Allawi police in Belgium. The Belgian minister said that his country alternatively might simply join the Germans whose training program is located in the United Arab Emirates.Brussels joins other NATO satellites of the United States, including France and Germany, in expressing readiness to help the American aggressors by training Allawi forces, but on condition that the training take place anywhere outside of Iraq, in order to avoid having to send their own forces into the occupied country where they would be targeted by the Resistance and undermine the domestic popularity of those European governments.Netherlands Citizens Join Resistance After Reading Fatimah’s LetterThe Egyptian newspaper al-Wafd reported that two Dutch youths who recently embraced Islam announced that they were joining the Iraqi Resistance after having read the letter from Fatimah, a prisoner who was brutally abused and later died in the American concentration camp Abu Ghurayb. One of the youths was of Dutch background, the other from Surinam. Fatimah’s letter first appeared in the Arabic original on the Mafkarat al-Islam news website on 18 December 2004 and was then published in English around the globe. Portuguese Troops Leave Iraq Two Days EarlyReuters reported the Portuguese news agency as saying Wednesday that the paramilitary Portuguese aggressor contingent will return home from Iraq early on Thursday morning, two days earlier than scheduled. A spokesman said that the reason for the early departure had to do with logistics.Portugal, a NATO satellite of the United States maintained a 127-officer paramilitary contingent in Iraq to serve the American forces since November 2003. It has been stationed in the southern city of an-Nasiriyah. Portugal announced that four of its officers would remain in Iraq together with Italian and British units in an-Nasiriyah to help train Iraqi Allawi “security services.”<<>
Some 81 members of Lebanese Hizballah operating inside Iraq have been arrested and charged with "terrorism" as two citizens from the Netherlands join the resistance after reading "Fatimah's letter" that was smuggled out of Abu Ghraib.Members of Hizballah Charged With “Terrorism” In IraqThe London based Arabic daily al-Hayat quoted the Allawi so-called “Iraqi interior minister,” Falah an-Naqib, as saying that the Allawi authorities had arrested 81 Lebanese Hizballah members in Iraq. The Allawi official said that the Lebanese were charged with “terrorism,” according to a report on the article carried by the Jordanian daily al-‘Arab al-Yawm on Thursday.Belgium Announces Readiness To Train Iraqi Allawi Forces For AmericaAccording to Agence France Presse (AFP) the Belgian foreign minister, after talks with US Secretary of State Condaleezza Rice, has agreed to train Allawi Iraqi Allawi police in Belgium. The Belgian minister said that his country alternatively might simply join the Germans whose training program is located in the United Arab Emirates.Brussels joins other NATO satellites of the United States, including France and Germany, in expressing readiness to help the American aggressors by training Allawi forces, but on condition that the training take place anywhere outside of Iraq, in order to avoid having to send their own forces into the occupied country where they would be targeted by the Resistance and undermine the domestic popularity of those European governments.Netherlands Citizens Join Resistance After Reading Fatimah’s LetterThe Egyptian newspaper al-Wafd reported that two Dutch youths who recently embraced Islam announced that they were joining the Iraqi Resistance after having read the letter from Fatimah, a prisoner who was brutally abused and later died in the American concentration camp Abu Ghurayb. One of the youths was of Dutch background, the other from Surinam. Fatimah’s letter first appeared in the Arabic original on the Mafkarat al-Islam news website on 18 December 2004 and was then published in English around the globe. Portuguese Troops Leave Iraq Two Days EarlyReuters reported the Portuguese news agency as saying Wednesday that the paramilitary Portuguese aggressor contingent will return home from Iraq early on Thursday morning, two days earlier than scheduled. A spokesman said that the reason for the early departure had to do with logistics.Portugal, a NATO satellite of the United States maintained a 127-officer paramilitary contingent in Iraq to serve the American forces since November 2003. It has been stationed in the southern city of an-Nasiriyah. Portugal announced that four of its officers would remain in Iraq together with Italian and British units in an-Nasiriyah to help train Iraqi Allawi “security services.”<<>
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