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Who will evict Isarael from Lebanon?

by MRN
January 1, 2013July 25, 2013

Who Will Evict Israel from Lebanon?

By Franklin Lamb – Northwest of Ghajar Village, South Lebanon "We, as Lebanese, are here to confirm that we cling to freeing every grain of our soil. We will not abandon the great national cause, which is the continuation of the liberation of our land. The resistance looks forward to hoisting the flags of victory again over the Kfarshuba hills, Shebaa Farms, Ghajar and Abbasieh where 80 percent of the land is still occupied" — Sheik Nabil Qwork, Hezbollah leader addressing villagers at Abbasieh Village, 10/2008 Under pressure from the lame duck Bush Administration to withdraw from territory that the Lebanese Resistance did not liberate during its May 2000 rout of the Israel army and its surrogate SLA militia, Israel to date remains unwilling to budge. One reason is that it claims the Bush Administration reneged on secret pledges to bomb Iran.

Palestine the moral test of the western world

by MRN
January 1, 2013July 25, 2013

Palestine, the Moral Test of the Western world!

In the year 285, Silvanus the Palestinian bishop of Gaza was given two choices, either to give up his faith or to die. Of course Silvanus knew that his power was little compared with that of the Roman Empire, the superpower of the time. But what can man do when he has to choose between freedom and slavery? History provides us with numerous examples of men who chose to die rather than live lives of servitude.

History recorded that Silvanus defied the Pax Romana peace. Bishop Sylvanus died as a martyr, but Christendom lived and the Roman occupation became history. This event took place in the days of antiquity, when the concepts of freedom and self-determination were not yet known and the charter of human rights has not come into existence, long before the Geneva Convention, intended to protect civilians in occupied countries and war zones, was born.
In that period, there was no modern media to report the atrocities committed against humanity, there was no United Nations; there was no International Red Cross, no Amnesty International and no human rights organizations to watch and to report.

Press statement expression of regret from mercedes benz south Africa

by MRN
January 1, 2013July 25, 2013

PRESS STATEMENT: Expression of ‘Regret’ from Mercedes Benz South Africa

The Media Review Network announces that it has received an apology from the President and CEO of Mercedes-Benz South Africa, Mr. Hansgeorg Niefer.

In his response to our correspondence Vis a Vis the Islamophobic material emanating from staff members, Mr. Niefer articulated his company’s regret and we quote: “I would like to express my deep and sincere regret for this incident….” Mr. Niefer assured Media Review Network that the employees acted on their own initiative.

The policy of Mercedes-Benz South Africa, with regard to company resources is zero tolerance and according to Mr. Niefer, “we instantly initiated disciplinary action”. Mr. Niefer also gave the assurance that Mercedes-Benz South Africa will ensure that “something like this does not happen again”.

Mr. Niefer not only spoke on behalf of Mercedes-Benz South Africa but also for Daimler AG in Germany.

Crackdown threatens uighurs oasis

by MRN
January 1, 2013July 25, 2013

Crackdown Threatens Uighurs Oasis

IslamOnline.net & Newspapers

Kashgar
People in Kashgar are living in a climate of fear created by the authorities. (NY Times)

CAIRO — China’s clampdown on its Uighur Muslim minority after the recent ethnic riots has spread to reach Kashgar, an ancient Silk Road oasis known as the heart of the Uighur culture, where a climate of fear has taken hold.
"The situation may look calm now, but it could change at any second," a local government official told the New York Times on Thursday, July 23, while taking a group of foreign journalists ordered to leave Kashgar to the airport.

The ancient city of Kashgar has come under a massive security blanket that grips Urumqi, the capital of the Muslim-majority Xinjiang province.

At least 190 people were killed and over 1,700 other injured in Urumqi riots and the ensuing security crackdown.

Thousands of Uighurs took to the streets of Urumqi on July 5 to protest repression and discrimination.

Hundreds of Uighur Muslims have since been rounded up in Urumqi on claims of being involved in the unrest.

Though being some 700 miles away, the authorities are mounting a similar crackdown on in Kashgar, a city of 3.4 million people more than 90 percent of them Uighur.