Ikhras اخرس

In a previous post (see Ikhras Shoe Of The Month March 2013 below) we pointed out Lebanese right-wing journalist Octavia Nasr began her journalism career in Lebanon at the LBC network, the propaganda arm of the fascist Lebanese Forces established by Bashir Gemayel with the help and support of Israel before moving on to spend 20 years with CNN.  Ikhras has confirmed that CNN was informed of Nasr’s work for the Lebanese Forces when she was first hired.  Not only did this not raise any red flags for CNN management, but apparently working for a fascistic organization responsible for some of the ugliest massacres witnessed in recent history makes one an ideal employee at the unofficial US regime network.  The following is from Lebanese-American Professor of Political Science Dr. As’ad Abukhalil. We cite with his permission.

When she [Nasr] was first hired I called Bernard Shaw, who was the chief anchor and I knew him some from DC and he interviewed me many times.  I told him that she worked for the Lebanese Forces militia station, and he was shocked.  He told me that they were under the impression that LBC is the state TV station of Lebanon.  I spoke to him at length and he asked me to wait to take notes. He said that he would bring it up with management but nothing happened.  I also mentioned I remember that her English was pretty weak.

An outfit in the United States calling itself the Syrian American Council has been active in calling for a US war on Syria. This is a Muslim Brotherhood front made up of Syrian-American supporters of the Syrian branch of the Muslim Brotherhood. They openly support the MB campaign of terror against Syrian state and society while sloganeering about democracy, freedom, and human rights. For this group, which is about as representative of the Syrian people as right-wing Cubans in Miami are of Cuban public opinion, the FUKUS-GCC proxy war on Syria is not enough. They are appealing for a direct, all out US military assault on Syria. Members of this group have directly appealed to the most racist, anti-Arab Zionist fanatics in Congress including Joe Lieberman, Lindsey Graham, John McCain, Eliot Engel, Illeana Ross-Lehtinen and others in hopes of leveraging the power of the empire to bring down a Syrian regime that the overwhelming majority of Syrians have refused to rise up against. As an alternative to overthrowing the regime this group has called for a policy which amounts to dismantling the entire Syrian nation-state and handing the remnants over to the Muslim Brotherhood and their Al-Qaeda allies. Arab-Americans and all those opposed to the US war on Syria must support the joint call of Syrian opponents and supporters of the Syrian government in rejecting any further US intervention in Syria and the entire region. We join the Syrian people in calling for an end to the US-backed proxy war on Syria and the withdrawal of all US military bases from the MENA region. Hands off Syria! US out of the Arab world!